Ed Moses

BIOGRAPHY

An experimental, ever-changing artist, Ed Moses has had a more than fifty-year career as a noted artist in non-objective* and abstract* styles.  Characteristic of his technique is that he seldom uses a brush but instead works by staining, knifing, splashing and mopping, and achieves his lines by using tape and snap lines.

In the mid 1950s in Los Angeles, Moses was a student at UCLA and became a technical illustrator in an aircraft factory.  He also did a series of coastal architectural drawings, and in this endeavor, his affinity for grids became obvious.  He later got into more sensual subject matter, and in the 1970s worked in translucent resins*. 

In the 1980s, he did a series of large wooden-panel paintings with abstract architectural design, and in the 1990s, his work became more gestural* and expressive*.

In 1996, a retrospective of his work was held at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles and was organized by the poet and curator, John Yau. 

Ed Moses is California born, and cross-hatching is the centerpiece of his abstraction.


Source:
"Gallery Watch", Editors, Art & Antiques, 7/2002