Artist Statement

Painting to me is more about the canvas than the subject. Edge to edge surface quality, shape relationships, and a seamless shifting between reality and abstraction. These are the things that are important to me. The subject is just an excuse to paint.

Artist Biography

Professional Memberships:

Rockport Art Association
North Shore Arts Association
International Society of Marine Painters
Copley Society of Artists
Academic Artists
Southern Vermont Art Center


Publications:

American Artist Magazine, "A Conversation with Ed Carson - by Charles Movalli", January 1995.
Ed's Books available at blurb.com http://www.blurb.com/user/store/edcarson


Selected Exhibitions/Events:

Marine Museum at Fall River, Massachusetts.

Penobscot Marine Museum, Searsport Maine.

Hudson Valley Artists, New York.

Whistler House Museum, Lowell Massachusetts. Invitational 1996 'Aldro Hibbard and the Cape Ann Painters', featuring the work of Aldro Hibbard and nine Cape Ann artists.

Attleboro Museum, Attleboro Massachusetts. Invitational 1998 'New England Impressions, Painting from Life', showcasing seventy of New England's Painters.

Harvard Club, Boston Massachusetts. Invitatiional 1999 'New England Painters of Today' presented by the Stobart Foundation.

2001 - Artist Residency, Maison D'Artists De La Grande Vigne, Dinan France. Painting selected for the museum's permanent collection.

National Juried Open Competition, Southern Vermont Art Center 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010.


Gallery Representation:

NAACO Gallery, North Adams - naacogallery.org

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