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Edward Lilley
Terrestrial 2
painting on aluminum
10″ x 8″
2024
Abstract, process and minimalist is my approach. I try to be innovative by making paintings which have a three dimensional character. This can give interesting optical effects for the viewer as they change their viewing position.
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Edward Lilley
Fill Her Up
Inspired by: Robert Adams, Bulldozed Slash
photo. digital print.
11″ x 14″ (unframed), 20″ x 16″ (framed)
2022
Time passes. Things come and go. Do we notice? We still drive cars. What is the future? But nature and regrowth never stop.
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Edward Lilley
Jagged Blue
Deformed aluminum and acrylic paint
10″ x 10″ x 4″
2023
Order and chaos can create beauty, that is my approach. The randomness in both the deformation (scrunching) and the spraying of paint helps me to achieve my goal. The scrunched cells are in a sense regular but then each one is different. I avoid subjectivity and reference to anything outside of art. My abstract art functions on its own terms.
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Edward Lilley
Colorama 2
acrylic on deformed paper
10″ x 10″
2023
Deep textured abstract color mix. This is the third one of my 3D paintings shown at ArtsWorcester this year.
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Edward Lilley
Cave
deformed thick paper and spray paint.
26″ x 20″ x 3″
2023
How to create mystery, vary color and shape in abstract art is my question. Here I present another answer in my series of slightly three dimensional paintings.
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Edward Lilley
Place Setting
Inspired by: Mixteca-Puebla Artist, Tripod Bowl
micro-cracked glass vessels
15″ x 15″
2020
I have worked with glass art for a number of years but rarely showed it. From my professional materials science back ground I have had an interest in the fracture of brittle materials especially high tech ceramics. That work was to understand the failure of the ceramic. Glass fracture is more interesting than ceramic fracture because crack branching occurs in glass leading to numerous fracture lines. This is demonstrated in the micro-fracture of the repurposed vessels shown here.
Edward Lilley
Colorama
deformed paper, angled spray paint
18″ x 24″
2022
I have been making deep textured, three-dimensional paintings — my own innovation — that appear almost elemental in form. This is accomplished by a mix of painting and the deformation of the paper. Typically the painted paper will finish up one inch deep. The colors vary with the viewing angle.