Edward A. Obermeyer
Artist, Teacher, Painter, and Graphic Designer

Contact Me: edobermeyer@cox.net

My paintings reflect my passion for nature. As an art teacher and artist, the purpose of my artwork is to share my diverse experiences with nature and cultures I have encountered throughout my travels. It is this passion for natural phenomena that prompted my most recent trip to Nova Scotia and Niagara Falls during the summer of 2005. Standing on the Canadian side of Niagara Falls was reminiscent of Frederic Edwin Church’s early works and will certainly be an inspiration to future paintings. Whether driving through the Cabot Trail in Nova Scotia or swinging from a zip line in the rain forests of Costa Rica, I have witnessed some of the most breathtaking landscapes one could ever hope for.

Brush painting and airbrush are used for various realistic effects in my paintings. It is the abstract repetition of little marks on canvas that bring out my interpretation of reality. I enjoy the challenge of trying to duplicate reality with little abstractions of color, line, and complex under painting techniques. My paintings reflect a layering of textural qualities, with airbrush and paintbrush together, to capture the feeling of the moment. I model the painting process for my students to show them the effort required to do a complex drawing prior to beginning the actual painting. As I encounter technical or structural problems, in front of my students, I demonstrate how I solve these problems in the process of painting.

Traveling to destinations such as Costa Rica, Mexico, Nova Scotia, and other exciting places, is the inspiration for my work. On each of these trips, I have kept a journal with photos taken during the adventure. You can view these and the paintings that resulted from them on my web site:

http://www.edobermeyer.com

I have been an art teacher in the Virginia Beach City Public Schools for 28 years and have a Masters In Interdisciplinary Studies and a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree, both from Virginia Commonwealth University. My work has been shown in the Contemporary Arts Center of Virginia, Frame Up Gallery, Ocean Art Gallery, The Virginia Beach Boardwalk Show, Tidewater Artists Association exhibits, Teaching Artists exhibitions, and Old Dominion University. I have also had my work exhibited at the Hummingbird Gallery, Monteverde, Costa Rica and the Rainforest Alliance headquarters in Manhattan, New York. I have also been published twice in the Virginia Beach Schools anthology, “A Tapestry Of Knowledge”.