Ed Musante
Western Tanager/Arturo Fuente, 2021
oil on cigar box lid
12 7/16 x 8 7/16 x 1 in.
Painting for me is an act of exploration and discovery. The process is a process of digging into the surface of the panel, which has been heavily layered with paper, pigment and medium. What emerges in the process of this act is personal statement that, hopefully, can result in the illumination of the viewer.
I paint birds and animals because I like them. They are part of everyone’s experience one way or another. We can look at the beak of a falcon and know that the bird is a hunter. The glare of a rooster’s eye can intimidate. A trout in the water can be both predator and prey. I use generic titles to allow the audience to create its own metaphors.
"Painting for me is an act of exploration and discovery."
ED MUSANTE
1942–2022
EDUCATION
1999
MFA, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID
1981
BFA, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA
1965
BA in Art History, University of California, Berkeley, CA
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2023
Twenty-Five Treasures Summer, Paul Thiebaud Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Ed Musante, Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum, ID
2014
Ed Musante, Etherton Gallery, Tucson, AZ
2013
Recent Paintings, Paul Thiebaud Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2011
Cigar Box Paintings, Paul Thiebaud Gallery, New York, NY
2010
Cigar Box Paintings, Paul Thiebaud Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Figuring Out the Figure, Santa Rosa Junior College Gallery, Santa Rosa, CA
2009
New Work, Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle, WA
2008
Ed Musante, Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum, ID
Ed Musante: Paintings, Bolinas Museum, Bolinas, CA
Cigar Box Paintings, Paul Thiebaud Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2007
Cigar Box Paintings, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
2006
Cigar Box Paintings, Stanford Faculty Club, Stanford, CA
Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay, OR
Cigar Box Paintings, Paul Thiebaud Gallery, New York, NY
2005
Inland, Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum, ID
2004
Cigar Box Paintings, Paul Thiebaud Gallery, San Francisco, CA
New Work, Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle, WA
2003
Ed Musante: New Work, Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum, ID
2002
Cigar Box Paintings, Paul Thiebaud Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2001
Cigar Box Works, Campbell-Thiebaud Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
1999
Cigar Box Works, Campbell-Thiebaud Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
Ed Musante
Rock Wren / Charles Denby, 2012
mixed media on cigar box
8 9/16 x 5 15/16 x 2 5/8 in.
Ed Musante
Baltimore Oriole / Lord Beaconsfield, 2019
mixed media on cigar box
8 7/8 x 5 9/16 x 2 9/16 in.
Ed Musante
Horned Lark / Curly Head 3, 2014
mixed media on cigar box
7 x 9 1/2 x 1 13/16 in.
Ed Musante
Mountain Bluebird / Tampa Nugget, 2016
mixed media on paper
9 1/16 x 5 5/16 x 2 1/2 in.
Ed Musante
Blue Jay / Home Made, 2019
mixed media on cigar box
8 3/4 x 6 x 2 7/16 in.
Ed Musante
Western Tanager / Arturo Fuente, 2021
oil on cigar box lid
12 7/16 x 8 7/16 x 1 in.
Ed Musante
Horned Owl / A. Fuente, 2012
mixed media on cigar box
10 3/4 x 8 11/16 x 1 5/8 in.
Ed Musante
Alder Flycatcher / Elisardo, 2010
mixed media on cigar box
8 7/16 x 5 3/8 x 1 3/4 in.
