Edwin Boone's Page

ARTIST STATEMENT

I prefer art that is beautifully rendered, technically sound, expressive, and informative, but neither sanitized nor edited, and that’s why my interest lie primarily in Realism. While rendering an image I strive to create either breath taking scenes based purely on their beauty, or images with a lasting affect on the viewer because of their historical or social significance.  

Sharing an emotional experience with the viewer through my art and portraying meaningful and lasting images which can be clearly understood without interpretation is my primary objective from conception to completion.

I prefer landscapes , because of the abundance of natural beauty found in nature, and the solitude found in the most remote places which offers a time to reflect on the meaningful things in life while availing the opportunity to render the closest things to paradise on earth. The Realist styles which I have studied were designed to create form under light, and I enjoy rendering the figure sculpturally from life to create the perception of depth, weight, and solid mass to a degree which surpasses photographs.

BIOGRAPHY

Edwin Boone is an African American Artist born in the city of Boston. He attended The Elma Lewis School of Fine Arts in the early 1970's before its transformation into the NCAAA, where at a very young age he was introduced to the visual arts. Edwin studied Russian Academic Art in New York from 2004 until 2010. In 2010 Edwin broadened his focus to include Classical Realism among his studies. Edwin's other interest include Social Realism, and African American Art.