EDWARD SILVA

I have found that fast and loose paintings work better for my methods. As such, my 3 paintings were made under a time constraint of one hour. This exercise is of placing ideas and concepts to formation more than anything else and to bring forth an emotion from the subject. My final offering is a ceramic sculptural work, while not adhering to my painting requirements, emphasizes bringing an idea made from observation and transferring it through the sculpting process.

The first one, Sound Wormhole, is my attempt to bring dimension and movement through the use of colors and shapes. It is an exercise to give the viewer the feeling of an expanding display through the use of color and simplistic shapes and lines.

The second, A Lost Realm, is my translation of a gloomy dreamscape. The view of a distant castle in rolling hills with clouds contrasted with the dread as much of the space is filled with dark ashen color washed upon it. Certain details were left out on purpose to add more mystery and dread in the painting.

The 3rd painting, Throne,frames a momentary situation of an armed individual standing in front front of a massive chair like object. It is a moment of wonder and expectation i was going for in this work as well as mystery.