David Eddington

Blue Rowboat

2024

Acrylic on canvas

59 x 66 in.

Courtesy of the artist

About Artwork:

Blue Rowboat is part of a series that explores issues of water use and environmental concerns, especially to raise awareness of the plight of the Los Angeles river. In the summer of 2023, I had sailed my handmade skiff on a deep section of the river, north of Sepulveda Dam. The resulting images were taken from particular locations, further visualized into what could be possible where our wetlands protected, a reimagined alluvial landscape to nurture habitat and the lost indigenous wildlife.

About Artist:

English-born, Eddington attended college at London's Central School of Art, then earned an MA in Social and Political Influence in Art from Trent University.  A professor emeritus at Plymouth University UK, Eddington is a practicing painter with an international record of exhibitions who consistently shows work in England, the Netherlands, Spain and the U.S. He relocated to New Orleans in 1999 to teach at Loyola University, LSU Baton Rouge, and exhibit in public and private galleries. Eddington is now based in Venice CA; within the last two year's his paintings were included at Seoul's National Assembly Hall and the XX Biennial in Korea, and his two short films were shown at the Venice Biennale event Alive in the Universe. In California, the British Consulate of Los Angeles featured his work in a collection to mark the 2019 Academy Awards. He has also taught at CSU Long Beach and CSU Northridge and held solo and group shows in LA, Ventura, Inglewood and Torrance. Eddington continues to exhibit extensively, primarily large scale paintings in both acrylic and oils, works on paper, and site-specific assemblage.