Eddie Powell has been a full time painter for almost 20 years. Before selling his first piece in 2005, he was an award-winning art director at advertising agencies in NYC, Atlanta and Birmingham. “Then I decided I was going to bring the paint brushes out. I’ll paint some and see what happens.”  

A few of his classic subjects are florals, fish, bikes, trees and landscapes, all done with the heavy acrylic paint and sealed with varnish.    
                    
The process, more than the subjects he chooses, is the power behind Eddie’s work. He creates texture and movement on canvas through his relief painting method as he repeatedly applies paint, removes it and shapes it. Tree branches and ocean foam nearly emerge off the surface.

For creating the texture, Eddie’s best tools are spatulas, forks and knives. “When I walk the kitchen aisles at Target, I ask ‘What can I use that for in my painting?” The utensils allow him to bring up paint from the surface and pair strong and sharp textures with a softer, natural color palette. 

Eddie enjoys doing a variety of subjects. “If you have a lot of ideas, it’s more difficult to be strapped to doing one thing. True artistic endeavors can be risky. So this is a challenge.”

In all of the places he’s lived, the coast or the mountains, Eddie captures the natural landscape around him. His organic water-like style brings new life to painting local scenes. 

Eddie has recently moved to Fairhope and is happy to join the Gallery by the Bay family.