Hello, At the moment it is difficult to display finished pieces as I am currently making work so I thought I’d update my blog with some shots of my studio and make comments about the work. In the background is my first oil painting in over three years! Realising how long it had been I decided to have a month of colour mixing before I got started on this ...
Hello please click here to read about me in the latest article publicising the open studio event, Art Trek. -Ed
Hello, I have great news that I have now completed the knots for the Mariner’s Way Project. The total number of knots comes to 146,000 and of the 6,000meters of Tarred Marlin rope I used; the total length has been reduced to 1,300m. It took me the best part of 6 months to do (av.380hours) and after wearing through a dozen gloves I am happy to say that it is ...
The way in which I record myself in the environment by tallying each step taken on a walk I then wanted to develop this process in my studio and so created a knot to represent every step taken on my walk. Pace – Pencil and Rope on Rag paper – June 2011
Welcome to Edward Crumpton’s new website! It is 2011 and with a new website, new framing equipment and new layout of the studio I am ready to start the year again continuing on my effort develop my paintings a drawings. I have added a new page to the website called walks. This page displays all past routes I have taken and pin points any drawings that were ...
Dear readers, It has been almost a year since I moved into the hay loft and I would like to share with you a few pictures of what the studio now has to offer. With the framing equipment fully functional I can now quickly and easily create the perfect frame for each new drawing or painting I make. This passed year I have exhibited in a number of key gallery spaces ...
Hello, Here are some new paintings I have composed in my studio. They come from my last walk across Exmoor and Dartmoor and will be shown at the next ONSHOW exhibition I am having in London. – Ed