Sidney Edwards

ARTIST STATEMENT
“I love the character of watercolor, coupled with 
the malleable quality of paper, always presenting opportunities to encounter changing balances”. Transformation is the guiding principle for his creative output; oscillating from deliberate to spontaneous, creating degrees of transparency, ambiguity, light and form. The work speaks to the transience of life, always in motion, no beginning, no end, always rejuvenating. The subject is captured coming into or out of existence. Sometimes obscured, sometimes distorted, sometimes familiar, creating mystery, curiosity and beauty.

The more sculptural surface of the Transformation series ask the observer to explore alternate perspectives in a literal and figurative manner. Expanding the scope of the configuration of a “painting” and questioning the formality and standardization of these versatile mediums.

“Art shapes, elevates, and shifts our point of view” David Zwimer

ARTIST BIOGRAPHY
Sidney’s formative years in a Maryland high school art program for gifted and talented students, were influenced by fantasy illustration masters Boris Vallejo, Jeffrey Jones, Roger Dean and N.C. Wyeth. In the first years of college he was awarded two commissions for murals. This i...

Parsons School of Design
Art Students League (Gustav Rehberger, Frederick Wong, Paul Ching-Bor, Sila Kiese, Micheal Pelleterri)