Artist Charles Edelman shares a whimsical portfolio and musings on his journey of curiosity and imagination. Visit his website to see more.
“Abstract Soccer” mixed media on paper, 18″ x 24″
Light runs through my work like a first language. I look at nature which influences the imagination. Where else can you get concerns about art if you haven’t paid close attention to the outside world? Einstein said, “Imagination is more important than knowledge.” If you don’t have the knowledge, how does imagination obtain any fuel for new discovery?
“Suzanne, Odette, Henri and Vincent in Secret Conversations of Love” acrylic, 60″ x 72″
My art gives my clients the possibility to explore and expand their imagination and knowledge from the interaction between the subject and the way I’ve presented it on the canvas. I’m only bored once a year. My curiosity never quits. This is the reason I push myself into reading and studying astronomy, physics and a wide range of subjects and books.
“Romance In Venice with the Red Bird on the Trellis” oil, 30″ x 40″
My art journey begun when I was twelve years old. I was given a small wooden box of oil paints. What really changed my life is when I painted a copy of Dr. Gatchet by Van Gogh. The color red and blue still haunts me decades later. I knew I wasn’t good enough a few years after that to become a professional baseball player. Even then I wanted to travel to other countries and experience about other cultures in this wonderful world.
“Tropical Jewelry Lovers” acrylic, 66″ x 54″
That’s another reason why I never get bored. My belief is that I have studied the fundamentals of art from a variety of cultures and certain guidelines that some people adhere to. But the artist that I admire the most didn’t follow any playbook of rules.
“Taking Flight with a Proud Toucan” acrylic, 24″ x 36 “
For the past ten years, I have been building up a huge vocabulary of a variety of ideas about color, abstraction and figuration. This is in order to paint a gigantic ten foot by thirty foot canvas that is about harmony, spirituality and a theme of joy. It is the polar opposite of a Picasso’s Guernica. I spent many hours in front of the original painting and some of the studies while it was displayed at the Museum of Modern Art.
“My Mom is on A Jewelry Mission-Italy” acrylic, 64″ x 30″
My past is not clear, but it’s the journey of discovery that furthers my growth as a artistic person in this day and age. Countless people have admired and learned from me.
“A True Renaissance Woman-Gianetta In Siena 1401” mixed media on canvas with collage, 30″ x 40″
At least two or three times every year, something strikes me in that I’ve made a huge leap in my work. It’s a combination of creating something that I’ve never dreamed of before. For example, twelve years ago in my line drawing the pen and ink are an actual extension of my arm and hand.
“A Red Sun Over the Toucan King’s Awe” mixed media triptych, 40″ x 80″
The slightest variation of a fraction of a fraction created huge spatial implications that change the whole character of the work. Every minute mark altered the space and psychology and the expression of that magical work. I was astounded. Can you imagine every night for a week, you dream of thickly impastoed brush strokes? What does that tell you?
“Crashing Waves” by Charles Edelman
I wrote a book titled “Crashing Waves” which is available on Amazon.