Ervin V. Toussaint Chandler
615 Warburton Ave. Apt. 5 J
10701 Yonkers New York
USA (United States)
1-914-476-6961
http://www.dennyjoeart.com
Kunstart: Malerei
Stil: Abstrakt
Vita / Lebenslauf:
BIOGRAPHY OF ARTIST
Ervin Vincent Toussaint Chandler 2008
Ervin a caribbean born self taught artist, at present living and working in Yonkers, N.Y.
Started his career around age ten, observing his older brothers Winston and Hubert both artists.
He developed methods of tracing images from the comics of local newspapers, then progressed
to drawing,with pencils, Encouraged by his mother who bought him quantities of white bristol board, he produced many drawings which he displayed on the living room walls.
Ervin advanced to colors, by experimenting with house paints, occasionally his brothers would give him the use of their watercolors.
A frequent visitor to the local libraries, he became acquainted with the art of Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, El Greco, and other foreign artists.
Ervin migrated to the United States around 1980, Working at odd jobs until 1999, he married retired school teacher ms. Eileen Dennelly, and decided to advance his art career, he has a studio: A & E STUDIO 520 YOHO, on Nepperhan Ave. in Yonkers.
Ervin paints with oil pastels and watercolors, expressing a union of the realistic and abstract, of distinctive colors and forms, that celebrate the vignettes and landscapes of the life around him.
Aktivitäten / Ausstellungen:
Past Exhibits :
The River Gallery Irvington NY 2001, /
Art Walk Irvington 2001 and 2002 an outdoor exhibit of Westchester Artists, /
The Schervia Gallery Riverdale 2001 a solo exhibit, /
The Cabrinni Gallery Dobbsferry 2001 a group exhibit of Westchester artists, /
A Solo Studio exhibit Yonkers 2002, /
YOHO Open Studios Artists tour 2002, /
Washington Square Out door Arts Exhibit NY City spring , and Fall 2003, /
YOHO Open Studios Artists Tour 2003, /
Arts on Third MT. Vernon 2003, /
The Donald Gallery Dobbsferry 2004 a solo exhibit, /
YOHO Open Studios Artists Tour 2004, and 2005, /
Yonkers DWBID Farmers Arts & Crafts Market Summer 2005 Larkin Plaza, Riverfest Getty Square Yonkers 2005, / Yonkers DWBID Winter Carnival Getty Square Yonkers 2005,
5th. Avenue N. Y. C. Arts summer 2002 / 2003 / 2004 / 2005, /
YOHO Open Studios Artists Tour 2006, /
Hastings on Hudson Arts & Crafts Festival 2006, /
YOHO Artists Group Exhibit/ Philipse Manor Community Gallery Yonkers N.Y May 2006, /
Private works #1 January 2006,/ #2 May 2006,/ #3 November 2006, for a VIP Patron Yonkers NY, /
The Blue Door Artists First Annual Members Exhibition at the Yonkers River Front Library in Larkin Plaza April 2007, /
May Madness Irvington NY Arts & Crafts Fair 2007, /
Notes of Summer Exhibit at Cabrini Art Gallery, Dobbs Ferry NY 2007,
Support Your Local Artist / one man exhibit / at the Grinton I Will Library Yonkers Feb. 2008.
5th. Annual YOHO Artists Studios Show/ May 2008
Ervin\\\\\\\'s paintings and prints are in the private collections of various patrons.
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