Edward Epp, 470-309 2^nd Ave. W. Prince Rupert, B.C. V8J 3T1
eepp@telus.net

Born 1950, Saskatoon, married and three children. Educated U. of S., MA Studio Art 1975, M.Ed Counselling 1996 UNBC. Practicing artist for 30 years. Exhibited widely in Canada. Commerical galleries include Gallery One, Toronto, Art Placement, Saskatoon, Upstairs Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba. Subject: inventive lyrical blend of landscape, figurative, and the abstract. Spiritual inspiration: Baha’i Faith. Educator: taught in universities and colleges in Western Canada and Africa for 20 years. Produced many workshops and exhibitions on wide variety of themes. Recent show: “Who is Writing the Future?”, Museum of Northern B.C., Prince Rupert” 2001.

On my art:

“For me it goes beyond the physical resemblance of landscape; to the inner, fully felt-poetic dimension. There is a critical urge to transcend the predictable. Beyond the mundane chores of commerce that I must endure like everyone else, a requirement to give form to the intuitive and the ideal beckons. In my art this is concretized through my search to push the medium beyond the known and sure, to move into a ‘fresh’ zone where I never traveled. This place, the “placeless’ is hinted at only too slowly and painfully, it seems to me, as I gain experience and confidence in the medium:

          “The is the Day whereon the unseen world crieth out, ‘Great is thy blessedness, O earth, for thou hast been made the footstool of thy God, and been chosen as the seat of his mighty throne.”

Baha’u’llah, cited by Shoghi Effendi,”The Advent of Divine Justice”, p. 78

 

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