Figure 28

 "Figure 28", 2007

chalk and graphite on paper

15 x 18

"Treat nature by means of the cylinder, the sphere, the cone, everything brought into proper perspective so that each side of an object or a plane is directed toward a central point." 

- Paul Cézanne, 1904.

In this drawing, Ed embraces early modern art influences from early 1900's artists, such as Paul Cezanne. The idea of abstract shapes being an interpretation of nature is a philosophy that Ed constantly explores. Circles, cones, lines, all these ordinary shapes can make up our surroundings, and the relations these shapes have in nature.