Introduction

Hello. This is me, Edward Ancher Nelson. (I use the middle name for artistic purposes but it really only serves to confuse people. Which I'm okay with.)

Show Upcoming
I've got a show upcoming at Soil Art Gallery in Seattle, be sure to check it out...

www.soilart.org

I'll be the guy with the big watercolors, watercolors so big they blot out the sun. See sample at the right there. Once a person who used to work at Daniel Smith said that I use watercolors the way they were intended which was quite a surprise to me. I think maybe she had a little too much to drink or something along those lines.

People from All Over
There are other people in the show from all over the place including Hollywood, Beijing, Brooklyn (EVERYBODY is from Brooklyn these days, I'm thinking of just SAYING I'm from Brooklyn to confuse matters further), Portland and Seattle. Also maybe somebody from Chicago.

How They Heard About It
I'm not sure how they all heard about it, I barely did.

Working with big watercolor is fun, the paper is great although every once in awhile it attacks me and I end up wearing it, all curled around me. An arches toga.

You sometimes have to laugh, that paper just has a mind of it's own.

It's also good I think to try something one way on it, like drawing something, and then having that not work out so you turn it a different way, but you still use the old lines.

Happens Every Single Time
That happens practically every single time.

I do all my drawing and painting on the wall, and I let the water drip down sometimes, let the paint run. I kinda like the idea of gravity playing a role in things, but not always.