Reflected Image of Village by the Sea

In *Reflected Image of Village by the Sea*, Edward merges the aggressive materiality of Abstract Expressionism with a rigorous structural geometry derived from his architectural background. Operating as a self-described "twenty-first-century primitive," the artist builds dense stratigraphies of oceanic blue, emerald green, and deep black across the canvas. Foregoing traditional brushes, Edward utilizes sticks and knives to physically excavate the wet surface, employing a severe sgraffito technique to carve a cross-hatched grid into the heavy pigment. This rhythmic scoring slices through chaotic color fields, imposing a rigid order that mirrors the vertical forms of coastal buildings and their fragmented distortions across the water’s surface. The resulting composition acts as a highly tactile artifact, fulfilling his stated intent to forge a symbolic, tribal visual language through the forceful accumulation and subtraction of raw matter.