The West Is Best for Artist Ed Anderson BY APRIL NEALE
The Boise arts community reflects the vigorous growth and infusion of people from far and wide. One local artist, Minnesota-native Ed Anderson, has called the Gem State home for more than 20 years, and his works are a pure reflection of his true West home and experiences. As a result, his art is full of motion–masculine, large, and bold– with imagery of the Idaho outdoors taken from ideas he has noted in journals and sketchbooks. These visual snapshots are magnified with black ink-meets classic
COURTESY ED ANDERSON
portraiture, a truly unique spin on what Western art can represent in the 21st century. Each of Andersons’s acrylic and ink works is rooted in a personal story and his style has a distinct, modern-Western style, filling homes and galleries across the state. His arresting visual paintings are honed from guiding in the wilds of Idaho. “It’s all based around my sketchbooks and journals,” says Anderson. “I tend to think of most of my pieces as storytelling. The animals that I paint are things that I’ve had experience with or know somebody who’s told me stories about them.“ COURTESY ED ANDERSON
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