“Color intoxicates me.”
About the Artist
Color intoxicates me. It’s spontaneous. There is no resisting the call of paint to canvas. I feel free. I meditate. I explore.
For me, it is color that stimulates a conversation between tone and texture, between motion and shape. Four, five, six layers emerge—and a focal point is revealed.
Brayers. Credit cards. Cardboard. Fingertips. There are endless possibilities for moving paint. I am drawn to cloth, wood and paper. Redefining chaos with acrylic, gel, brushes, and palette knives; introducing torn pieces of canvas: and my latest adventure; painting oil on marble stone: this is my process.
As an Abstract Expressionist, my preferred style of painting is non-objective. It is not my intention to paint figures. However, sometimes an abstract shape will manifest itself into a figure and become meaningful.
Each day renews my belief in the power of color. It excites me. It is contagious. And that’s why I invite you to explore with me.
Website: ediemaneyart.com
Solo Exhibitions
- 2018 Gray Matters • River Gallery • Chattanooga, TN
- 2016 Intoxicated By Color • The Arts Company • Nashville, TN
- 2014 Liquid Lights Paintings • The Arts Company • Nashville, TN
- 2012 Color Poet • Imagine Gallery • Franklin, TN
- 2012 Australia/NewZealand on My Mind and Then Some… • University Club of Nashville at Vanderbilt Nashville, TN
- 2010 New Paintings • Auld Alliance Gallery Nashville, TN
- 2009 Figure Paintings • Sarratt Gallery • Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN. Not By Chance • Leu Gallery• Belmont University Nashville, TN
- 2008 Collision of Color • Tennessee Art League Nashville, TN
- 2007/08 Flying Solo • Nashville International Airport Nashville, TN
- 2007 OZ • Artrageous • Local Color Gallery Nashville, TN
- 2006 Seeing Red • Maralyn Wilson Gallery Birmingham, AL
- 2005 If Paint Could Talk • Marnie Sheridan Gallery Nashville, TN
- 2001 Centennial Art Center Nashville, TN
- 2000 Tennessee Arts Commission Nashville, TN
- 1999 Murfreesboro City Hall Murfreesboro, TN
- 1998 Centennial Art Center Nashville, TN
Group Exhibitions
- 2019 15 Over 50 • Customs House Museum • Invited • Clarksville, TN
- 2018 Oiled Fantastic • Pryor Gallery • Columbia State Collage, Columbia, TN
- 2016
- Prismatic Dreamscapes • Amsterdam Whitney Gallery • Chelsea-New York, NY
- New Year! New Exhibit • River Gallery • Chattanooga, TN.
- 25th Anniversary Gala • Huntsville Museum of Art • Invited, Huntsville, AL
- 2013 Divided Loyalties • “Stones River Sorrows” • Invited, Oaklands Museum, Murfreesboro, TN
- 2012 Shades of Freedom •War of 1812 • Tennessee State Museum Purchase Nashville, TN
- 2011
- Exploration • River Gallery • Invited Chattanooga, TN
- Centennial Art Center • Vessels and Visions • Invited Nashville, TN
- 2010
- TN Watercolor Society • Chattanooga State CC • Cash Award Best of Show Chattanooga, TN
- Modern Girls • Custom House Museum • Invited Clarksville, TN
- 2009 Central South Art Exhibition • TN Art League • Cash Award Nashville, TN
- 2007
- All That Jazz • River Gallery • Invited Chattanooga, TN
- Interaction:4 • Centennial Art Center Nashville, TN
- 2005
- Red Clay Survey • Huntsville Museum of Art • Juried Huntsville, AL
- Central South Art Exhibition • Leu Art Center • Cash Award Nashville, TN
- 2004
- Magic City Arts Connection • Juried Birmingham, AL
- TN Watercolor Society • Ned Ray McWhorter Center • Purchase Award Jackson, TN
- National Oil and Acrylics Painters Society • Columbia College • Juried Osage, MO
- 2003
- Central South Art Exhibition • Leu Gallery Nashville, TN
- Catfish Out Of Water Project • Juried Nashville, TN
- 2002
- Red Clay Survey • Huntsville Museum of Art • Juried Huntsville, AL
- The Red Show • Bennett Galleries Nashvile, TN
- Central South Art Exhibition • Leu Gallery • Cash Award Nashville, TN 0
- 2001
- The Best of Tennessee Art Competition • Tennessee State Museum • Juried Nashville, TN.
- The Salon Show • River Gallery Chattanooga,
Memberships
- Nashville Artists Guild
- Tennessee Watercolor Society • Regional Director 1992-1994
Accomplishments
- 2016
- LUXE Interiors and Design Magazine Dallas • “Elegant Musings” painting on the cover.
- Nashville Lifestyle Magazine • Included as one of 5 Inspiring Artists in “At Home” article.
- 2015
- Journeys To Abstraction 2: 100 More Contemporary Paintings and Their Secrets Re- vealed (Volume 2) Two Paintings by Sue St John.
- 2012
- Tennessee State Museum • Selected and purchased “Soldier in the Mist” a painting for their permanent collection.
- Nashville Arts Magazine • Featured artist • edie Maney Art Down Under
- ABC drama series Nashville • Three paintings have been selected to be featured in the ABC drama series Nashville.
- The Nashville University Club Art Gallery at Vanderbilt • “Australia/New Zealand on my Mind and Then Some…” curated solo Exhibition.
- 2011
- Watercolor Artist Magazine • Selected as one of “10 Artists to Know”
- 2010
- Tennessee Watercolor Society Exhibition, Chattanooga, TN • “Best of Show”
- 2008
- Nashville International Airport • “When the Wind Stopped” series shown.
2017
- HONORABLE MENTION • Lighthouse Art Center’s Plein Air Festival • Tequesta, Florida
- MASTER CLASS FINALIST • Art Muse Contest • April
- MAPAPA AWARD • Wayne Art Center’s 11th Plein Air Festival • Wayne, Pennsylvania
- THIRD PLACE • Laguna Plein Air Painters Association 13th Annual Best of Plein Air
- BEST OIL • Plein Air Salon • June/July
- FINALIST • FASO Boldbrush Painting Competition • November