Image size of this print is 20 x 21 with Ample margins

THE BLUE CUP by Barbara Edidin

Born in Chicago, Illinois in 1952, Edidin attended the Kansas City Art Institute, Northern Arizona University and Arizona State University. During her academic career she became interested in ceramics and fiber arts, especially quilt making. "I came back to drawing through quilting. After a couple of years it dawned on me that I absolutely hate to sew! So I decided to draw the quilts." The influence of her quilting background is apparent in the repeated juxtaposition of patterns and the intricacy of her textile subjects.

Edidin's technique with colored pencils is unique. And as many artists know, anyone who is dedicated to this medium considers it a labor of love. The drawings are not executed quickly, but this effort has yielded artistic rewards. Her recent still lifes amaze the eye with their utter clarity. Edidin's drawings, with their jewel-like colors and crisp lines, look like oil paintings. The great patience and focus with which she creates each image is apparent. Silver gleams like silver, crystal refracts light like crystal. The work is startlingly realistic, with a deep, luxurious surface, pushing the limits of the medium to a new level. But dazzling her audience with her technique is not really her aim. "I hope that people can look beyond the technique, and find in the work something that moves them, something beneath the surface, something of myself. When that happens then I am really showing them what I see. Then I am sharing my way of looking at things

This print list for $30 in the publishers current catalogue.