ED WILSON AMERICAN SCULPTOR

Excerpts from 'The Art of Ed Wilson"
Essay By Michael Roque Collins

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The work of Ed Wilson is steeped with the juices of belief. Unfettered by solely commercial or esthetic criteria, his work plumbs the soul through honest reflection of his in-dividual beliefs.  His work connects central themes of faith and fear through spiritual longings  and contemplates  the use of power in the world.  Wilson’s sculptures possess metaphysical aspects such as machinery of war and its impact on nature....... 

​......the work of Ed Wilson stands as an impassioned reminder to the value of both heartfelt content and masterfully resolved process in a work of art.  The truth of his voice has been protected over time through the love, gestation and perseverance so vital for all artists.  The fruit of focused and intelligent repetition has developed honesty of vision and curiosity through purpose. This artist´s work stands as an exclamation for the vital sense of belief so missing in a large part of recent contemporary art. His works are stunning examples of the process and content existing in soulistic harmony beyond the banality of erasure.  Their works stand in heroic opposition to the shallowness of art found to reflect only the means of its process and not the soul of the maker.