Welcome the new Year in with The Foundry Gallery during its January 2012 show, “A Natural Progression” featuring oil paintings by solo artist Edward Bear Miller at the opening reception on Friday, January 6, 2012, 6 to 8pm.
Edward Bear Miller’s recent oil paintings explore nudes, portraits, cityscapes, the mountainous Adirondacks, and the parks and waterways of D.C. He has studied and absorbed the influences of Gustave Courbet, George Bellows, Lucian Freud, and also of his contemporaries. His pieces originate in the realist, gesture-driven impulses of Courbet and Bellows, but he also intends to push for wilder, more mystical energy on canvas.
Miller is an emerging artist whose work is immediate, vivid, and modern. Each piece communicates the artist’s admiration for the natural world, where monumental bridges, outstretched trees, and wistful human forms serve as motifs for our current condition.
Miller applies his paint rapidly and generously, producing bold, clear images that break down into gracefully abstract brushwork as the viewer steps forward. These canvases enliven the spirit and lend a fresh, local perspective to a venerable tradition. Miller says that he is consumed by a 21st-century admiration for our devastated natural world. Bridges, ships, and human forms in wild and urban-industrial spaces serve as motifs for contemplating humanity’s notions of liberation and progress in light of the biosphere’s diminishing robustness.
Miller painted and studied history at Reed College and taught high school history for more than ten years before becoming a full-time painter in 2009. In addition to being a member of the Foundry Gallery in DC, Miller is also represented by the Corscaden Barn of Art in Upstate New York, and Octavia Gallery in New Orleans.
The Show runs from Wed. January 4, 2012, through Sun. January 29, 2012. Meet Edward in person and check out his work at the opening reception January 6, 2012, 6 to 8pm. Miller will also be a part of the Feb Four show featuring the Works of the Newest Member of the Gallery the following month.
The Foundry Gallery is looking for new member artists at both the ”full” and “associate” level. Questions call 202-463-0203, email or join The Foundry on Facebook.
Foundry Gallery is located at1314 18th St NW, First Floor, Washington, DC (202) 463-0203, Open: Wed--Sun 12—6pm.
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