"Birches and Needles"
2004
Oil on Linen
18 1/4"H x 20 1/4"W x 2 1/4"

Ed Nadeau Biography
My recent paintings elaborate a direct observation of the Maine woods. Decaying plant life, pine needles, fungi and fauna articulate in microcosm Mother Nature in all her intimate glory: as Sir Albert Howard, founder of the organic farming movement, describes it, "her cycle of life."

I have always looked to nature for inspiration, but rarely from such an intimate vantage point. Derived from sketches, photographs and/or from memory, my interpretations are ultimately collective.

These microcosm images offer insight into the development of my continually evolving artistic sensibility; my immediate approach takes into consideration how similar subject matter may be interpreted relative to my own differing objectives.

The "pine needle" images are of a series of ten (60" x 60") paintings on which I am currently working. They express my love of mark making, a process of scratching into the surface of the underpainting and then over which I apply traditional glazes. The result is the illusion of a lush, pine-laden forest floor, timeless not only in its biological structure but in its formal relationships as well.
EDUCATION
Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
Mount Royal School of Painting
M.F.A. (Painting) 1986
Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
College of Visual and Performing Arts
B.F.A. (Painting) 1980
EXHIBITIONS
2005
"Whitney Art Works" Portland, ME
"Faculty Exhibition" University of Maine, Carnegie Hall, Orono, ME
"Grand Re-opening Exhibition" Whitney Art Works, Portland, ME
"Surviving Winter in Maine" Group Exhibition (curated by Bruce Brown), Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, ME
2004
"Family Sublime" Three person show, Park School, Baltimore, MD
"Art Now" University of Maine Faculty Exhibition, Carnegie Hall, University of Maine, Orono, ME
2003
"New Paintings" Clark House Gallery, Bangor, ME
"Northern Observations" Narrative paintings of the 1980's, Carnegie Hall, University of Maine, Orono, ME
"Gallery Artists'--Current Work" Clark House Gallery, Bangor, ME
2002
"Into the Woods" Clark House Gallery, Bangor, ME
"Rotations" Clark House Gallery, Bangor, ME
2000
"Paintings in Wax and Oil" Clark House Gallery, Bangor, ME
"Maine Landscape: 12 Painters" Clark House Gallery, Bangor, ME
1999
"New England Artist's Trust Congress V" Juried exhibition (curated by Dan Cameron), Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT
"The Landscape: Two Views" New paintings by Ed Nadeau and Michael H. Lewis, Clark House Gallery, Bangor, ME
1998
"Contemporary Landscape: Oils, Pastels, Photography And Assemblage" Clark House Gallery, Bangor, ME
"Small Works: Clark House Gallery Artist's" Clark House Gallery, Bangor, ME
"Baltimore Collects: George Ciscle" Villa Julie College, Baltimore, ME
1997
"Studio Work--Emerging Artists" Between The Muse Gallery, Rockland, ME
"The Juried Show: Maine Debuts Since 1979" Maine Coast Artists, Rockport, ME
1996
"Husson College Gallery" One person show of encaustic paintings, Husson College, Bangor, ME
"Roots; Ethnicity in Maine" Group show sponsored by Union of Maine Visual Artists, Ellsworth Public Library, Ellsworth, ME
1995
"Maine Industry: A Juried Show, Artists of Maine Take a Look at Industry." J.S. Ames Fine Art, Belfast, ME
"Maine Cost Artists 1995 Juried Exhibition" Maine Coast Artists, Rockport, ME
1993
"Growth and Atrophy: The Emphatic Landscape" A group of exhibitions of painting and sculpture by New York and Baltimore artists (curated by Diane Kuthy), School 33 Art Center, Baltimore, MD
1992
"New Work" Exhibition of new paintings, School 33 Art Center, Baltimore, MD
1991
"Group Show" Exhibition of paintings, drawings and sculpture, Semmes, Bowen and Semmes, Attorney's at Law, Baltimore, MD
1988
"Landscape: Three Perspectives" Juried exhibition, Maryland Art 1988 Place, Baltimore, MD
1987
"War and Peace" Juried exhibition, McDonough School's Tuttle Gallery, McDonough, MD
"Drawing Surveyed" Juried exhibition, School 33 Art Center, Baltimore, MD
1986
"Sweet Land of Liberty" Juried exhibition, School 33 Art Center, Baltimore, MD
"Maryland Biennial" Juried exhibition, Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD
COLLECTIONS
Bangor Savings Bank, Bangor, ME
George Ciscle, Baltimore, MD
HONORS
Maryland State Arts Council, Visual Arts Fellowship recipient, 1987
REVIEWS
Art New England June / July 2004 "Ed Nadeau: New Paintings" written by Carl Little
BOOKS
More Paintings of Maine by Carl Little, to be released by Downeast Books, 2006