KANDINSKY, MATTA, MIRO - Allan Eddy
Allan Eddy is an award winning 1988 B.F.A. graduate of the Atlanta College of Art. Among his many awards, he was the recipient of Atlanta's prestigious Forward Arts Foundation scholarship award for his senior year.
Buyers of his art include Elton John, King and Spalding Law Firm, and many private and corporate collectors.
One of the South’s most promising abstract artists, Allan Eddy juxtaposes the organic shapes found in nature with architectural or man-made elements. The geometry in architecture inspires the underlying grid in his complex compositions. The mixed media relief, formed with layers of paper and acrylic paint, creates texture, rhythmic patterns, and movement across the surface. Eddy is equally concerned with mastering formal elements such as color, composition and value, which are also evident.
The titles in Eddy’s work frequently provide a clue to the personal story line behind the painting. In Heartland, the geometric component is the site plan of his new house, overlaid with drawings of landscape. Sometimes, similar textures in different works can have dual meanings; for example, the triangular shapes of the dragon’s scales in Dragon’s Home become hard stamped steel in Heartland.
Recently Allan's painting style has primarily been abstract surreal: pointillism, pastel, and oil pastel. And always sculptures.
Allan Eddy is an award winning 1988 B.F.A. graduate of the Atlanta College of Art. Among his many awards, he was the recipient of Atlanta's prestigious Forward Arts Foundation scholarship award for his senior year.
Buyers of his art include Elton John, King and Spalding Law Firm, and many private and corporate collectors.
One of the South’s most promising abstract artists, Allan Eddy juxtaposes the organic shapes found in nature with architectural or man-made elements. The geometry in architecture inspires the underlying grid in his complex compositions. The mixed media relief, formed with layers of paper and acrylic paint, creates texture, rhythmic patterns, and movement across the surface. Eddy is equally concerned with mastering formal elements such as color, composition and value, which are also evident.
The titles in Eddy’s work frequently provide a clue to the personal story line behind the painting. In Heartland, the geometric component is the site plan of his new house, overlaid with drawings of landscape. Sometimes, similar textures in different works can have dual meanings; for example, the triangular shapes of the dragon’s scales in Dragon’s Home become hard stamped steel in Heartland.
Recently Allan's painting style has primarily been abstract surreal: pointillism, pastel, and oil pastel. And always sculptures.
