Eric Harley Schweitzer

b. 1974- Nova Scotia, Canada

Eric is an abstract artist who works in a loose abstract gestural style throughout all his media, including stone. His paintings and other 2-D works are largely made without any plan other than to keep a constant reverence for composition and open mind. Often his compositions remain non-objective, but spontaneously works will evolve to become abstract figurative forms using a technique of layering paint.

While enamel "house" paint is a medium of choice due to its fluidity, he also works with traditional oils, acrylics and mixed media. "Nothing is off limits."

He attributes his gestural painting style to the early impact of street graffiti back when it was more popular in the 80s and its stark contrast to his own New England countryside upbringing.

Eric Harley Schweitzer
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Studio Address:
6925 Willow Street, N.W. #207B
Washington, DC 20012-2000

Bio/ Education:
b. 1974- Halifax, NS
1980- Moved to Brookfield, CT
1997-2001- US Navy-Avionics Electronics Technician
1996- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC (3-D Study)
1990- Wooster Community Art Center, Danbury, CT (Studio Drawing)
2001-2003- B.A. Communication Research - Social Influen...

2006-Montgomery School of Art & Design, Silver Spring, MD (Art Fundamentals)

2004- Glen Echo Park, Glen Echo, MD (photography)

2001-2003- B.A. Communication Research – Social Influence, University of Maryland, College Park,MD

1997-2001- US Navy-Avionics Electronics Technician

1996- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC (3-D Study)

1990-1991 Wooster Community Art Center, Danbury, CT (Studio Drawing)

2019 – SR/A Gallery, Bethesda, MD

2018 – Defining the Art of Change, Center for Contemporary Political Art, Washington, DC

2018 – SR/A Gallery, Bethesda, MD

2016 - Vivid Abstractions, Falls Church Arts, Falls Church, VA

2013 - Eric Schweitzer: Abstract Paintings, Bantam Cinema, Bantam, CT **

2013 - Winter Wonders, Gallery 19, Essex, CT

2013 - Appetite for Abstraction, Good News Café, Woodbury, CT **

2013 - The Newtown Project: Art Targets > Guns, First Congregational United Church, Washington, DC *
2013 - The Newtown Project: A Call To Arms, Charles Krause Reporting Fine Art, Washington, DC *
2012 - Driven To Abstraction, Behnke Doherty Gallery, Washington Depot, CT **
2012 - Third Annual Invitational Group Winter Exhibition, Behnke Doherty Gallery, Washington Depot, CT

2011 - Eric Schweitzer: Paintings & Works on Paper, Waverly Street Gallery, Bethesda, MD */**

2010 - Cool (Invitational Group Show), Gallery 10, Washington, DC *

2010 - Some Like It Hot (Invitational Group Show), Gallery 10, Washington, DC *

2010 - An Immigrant Experience, Willow Street Gallery, Washington, DC
2010 - Carte Blanche, Studio Gallery DC, Washington, DC *