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Edward Aldrich is an artist dedicated to reaching
beyond the realistic rendering of wildlife and the natural world. He is
convinced that conveying the inherent being of an animal is integral to
his work. His style breathes life into his subjects and invokes the
viewer into feeling that he or she is actually a witness to the scene.
The viewer is not left to simply look and appreciate, but is drawn into
experiencing the essence of what is depicted. In short, his is an art of
feeling as well as portrayal.
Mr. Aldrich graduated in 1987 from the Rhode Island
School of Design. In 1991, at the age of 26, he was juried into the
Society of Animal Artists and has had work in their annual "Art and
the Animal" shows. 2000 was the sixth year that Mr. Aldrich was
accepted into the prestigious "Birds in Art" show in Wausau,
WI. The Museum: The Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum houses two of Mr.
Aldrich's works of art. Two of his paintings were also selected to be
included in the Christie's auction held in London during July 1995. The
Gilcrease museum has included his paintings into their annual miniature
art show. In addition to numerous appearances in shows around the
country, to date he has had ten one man shows in various galleries.
He was one of six artists chosen to be featured in American Artist
magazine's Emerging Artists issue of August 1988 and was honored to be
the cover artist. He has had two articles written about him in Wildlife
Art magazine including the Artist Vignette section of the
November/December 1988 issue and a feature article in the May/June 1997
issue. He has also been featured in the September/October 1993 , as well
as Fall of 1998 issue of InformArt magazine. Wildlife Journal featured
him in a beautiful 8 page article in fall 2000.
"Drawing and Painting Animals", published by Watson/Guptill,
is Mr. Aldrich's first book. Written by and featuring over 100 of his
paintings and drawings, this book is Mr. Aldrich's first venture into
expressing what goes into his artwork. This book was released in
November 1998.
Mr. Aldrich depicts wildlife from around the world, his preference being
the cat family, primates, and exotic birds. He paints in both watercolor
and oil. Mr. Aldrich's art is carried by five galleries in both Canada
and the United States.
“My goal as an artist is to keep exploring the idea of putting life
into my paintings.” For Edward Aldrich the future is bright and holds
the promise of great things to come from this Colorado artist. |
