Nancy Hoffman Gallery


DON EDDY
SILVERWARE FOR M

Don Eddy, SILVERWARE FOR M, 1975, acrylic on canvas, 40 x 55 inches
A realist artist, sometimes called a photo-realist, Don Eddy works in acrylic on canvas as well as in colored pencil on paper. Over the past decade Eddy has moved from images of toys floating in front of landscapes and majestic architectural interiors within the perimeters of one rectangular canvas to juxtaposing images in triptych and polytypch configurations.
Daphnis Spring

Don Eddy, DAPHNIS SPRING, 2001, acrylic on canvas, 55 x 37 inches
Underlying his panoply of images from nature and man's interaction there-with is a profound desire to explore (and by so doing achieve a better understanding of) the mysteries of being. The artist's juxtaposition of images is never literal, narrative or didactic, but poetic, infused with his interest in things philosophical and spiritual.
THE DANTE PARADOX

Don Eddy, THE DANTE PARADOX, 2000, acrylic on panel, 29 x 34 inches
A perpetual motif for Eddy is water: the ocean in its manifold richness, a waterfall in winter, water pouring from hands, water crystallized into ice. Water is both physical and spiritual, it is that which brings and that which takes life, the ultimate conveyor and source of energy.
SEASONS OF WATER

Don Eddy, SEASONS OF WATER, 1999-2000, acrylic on canvas, 53 x 98 inches

Like water, there are other images that are "keywords" of Eddy's vocabulary: flowers in full bloom--be they flamboyants from the Caribbean, magnolias from Dunbarton Oaks or oleander in France; hands--grasping and giving strength from man to man, passing a gift from woman to man; architectural ruins--the one remaining wall of an ancient ruined abbey in England; the columns of the marketplace in Rome, to name a few examples.

Eddy's titles echo his reflective, contemplative nature: Harmonia Mundi (the harmony of the world), Catena Aureum (the Golden Chain), The Dioras Cup (to see into and through things).

If one comes away from Eddy's paintings with one sensation it is that of celebration, a celebration of life at its simplest. For Eddy that which is pure and simple, distilled from civilization or nature, is that which bears riches.

Eddy's painting technique is unique. He works in acrylic, first painting the entire canvas green, then brown and then purple. With these three layers he separates warm from cool colors. After the three layers of underpainting color, Eddy often adds 20-30 transparent layers of glazing in different colors to achieve the powerful visual impact of his palette.

Don Eddy was born in southern California in 1944. He received his B.F.A. and M.F.A. degrees from the University of Hawaii and did post-graduate work at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
He resides in New York City.

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SKY STALKERS and WATER GODS



Don Eddy, SKY STALKERS AND WATER GODS,
2000, acrylic on canvas, 38 x 12 inches
ORACLE BONES II


Don Eddy, ORACLE BONES II, 1999, acrylic on wood panel, 18 x 38 inches