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The Art of Ed Gorham

 

Ed Gorham – Artist Statement

I have always been fascinated with water and the creatures that live in it.  I usually start by covering the canvas with a dark color. Any white in the finished work will not be gesso, but put in later where the composition needs it.   Then using enamel paint, I apply several colors, each thinned to a different viscosity, and tilt and roll the canvas guiding the colors as they meet, mix and create their own lines and designs. Thus, in my work, the process of putting paint on the canvas mirrors the movement of the water my creatures are going to inhabit.  The finished work look as though the paint is still flowing.  Next, I coax the creatures of this background out with brushes and pallet knives, some of them realistic, some fantastic. Multiple layers of paint allow some creatures to be nearer, clearer and more detailed and some to be more part of the background – amorphous, illusionary and ambiguous.  The viewer can even find that different images are possible at the same spot and can become involved in an exploration of the work to any degree, at and distance, at any angle.

I also offer extensive creative experience and proven design concepts.  Combining original graphics and computer technology to transform clients ideas into unique image for print and web.

Recent Paintings

  • 703 Echoes of a Whipered Past


  • 504 Pisces Bones


  • 577 Which Way Up


  • 578 China Blue


  • 590 SAVING THE PEARL


  • 594 MARCHING SAINTS


  • 595 TURQUOISE MANDARIN


  • 597 BLUE DEVIL


  • 604 ELEVENTH HOUR


  • 615 Circle of Goldfish


  • 625 SHELL OF THE SUN


  • 629 ANEMONE HUGERS


  • 642 One of the Wild Ones


  • 644 A Koi of the Realm is Sweet Face


  • 651 Home In The Water


  • 659 Being Kio With Attitude


  • 660 Flirting in Good Faith


  • 661 The Seas Whispered Past


  • 667 Embrace and Hold the Moment


  • 670 Goby Chop


  • 684 Why Not_#3337


  • 686 Consenting Fourth Equus


  • 688 Bring the Season Home


  • 697 DANCE IN THE SOUTHERN FIRE AGATE SEA – ZAPP


  • 698 BLUE TURTLE


  • 699 Goby Gotcha


  • 702 WING IT


  • 303 First Clown Fish


  • 402 Seeing Green


  • 412 Wave Dancer


  • 442 Downunder Red


  • 485 Blue Eyes TWO


  • 505 A fin to Remember


  • 506 Sinuous Sea


  • 514 Turning Tide


  • 530 CRAB NEBULA


  • 534 PUFFER LOVE


  • 540 Change is a Fools Name for Fate


  • 541 Blue Scales


  • 543 Ocean Dragon


  • 545 GATHERING OF LIONS


  • 548 Oscars of the Wild


  • 550 An Angel of Sang Real


  • 558 Left Side of Yellow


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