BIOGRAPHY OF ARTIST / PAINTER
Ervin Vincent Toussaint Chandler
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.
His studio: A & E STUDIO 520 YOHO, is located 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.
Past Exhibits :
The River Gallery Irvington NY 2001, Art Walk Irvington 2001 and
2002, outdoor exhibits 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 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 NY 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
Evo Arts, Exhibitions, of Yonkers Local Artists, 2008,
Exhibit with Photographer: Omar Khareem, at Philips Manor Hall, Community Gallery, Yonkers,
2008
YOHO Artists Open Studios Show, 2009
7th. Annual YOHO Artists Open Studios Show, 2010
Ervin's paintings and prints are in the private
collections of various patrons.
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At the finish of a new painting, / especially the
abstract ones,
I do, / turn a
painting on all four sides.
I
don't believe in / Art Manifestos, and old time ideas, which try to write / Limits upon Free expression. /
To all artists I say, / " Just paint, paint,
paint, and don't worry about / getting on board the train of expectancy, /
Where every new work you do, should resemble the last one you did. /
Such thinking, are in / the past tense mood. /
An artist whose creativity knows no limits, / can create an abstract today, / a landscape
tomorrow, /
a still life two weeks
from now, / and even a portrait when ever the inspiration comes. /
Such abilities
dosen't mean, / that an artists lacks / focus in their art works, /
in fact it is because that the artist is / focused, / that they're able to express themselves
/ Freely.
