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Professor, Edwin Hoag, displays water color paintings at Local Color Gallery
Carino Casas/The Battalion
Above: Edwin R. Hoag, an associate professor of landscape architecture,
has decided to leave school and take art on seriously.
\Right: Hoag’s painting, Idaho Winter, being displayed at the “Just Add Wa-
7M;ter” exhibit at the Local Color Gallery.
BY SCOTT HARRIS
The Battalion
L ocal artist Edwin Hoag is making a big
splash with his latest exhibit. Just Add
Water. Hoag’s exhibit is an excursion
into the landscape and architecture from
various spots around the world using wa-
tercolors.
With the exception of two paintings, all
of his work for this exhibit has been com
pleted since January and will be on display
at the Local Color Gallery until April 2.
Besides being an accomplished artist,
Hoag is also an associate professor of land
scape architecture at Texas A&M University.
Hoag said this will be his last semester
teaching at A&M, however, because he is re
tiring to pursue his artistic career. He and his
wife, Mary Jane, have opened an art studio
in College Station where he will be working
and teaching art classes.
Hoag said he relies on personal experi
ences for his paintings.
“I only paint what I have personally seen
and experienced,” Hoag said. “I try to relay
these experiences, emotions and interpreta
tions to the viewer. ”
Hoag said the works are based on recent
trips to Italy, Mexico and Colorado as well
as some local subjects.
“I use color sketches and photographs of
my subjects for mood and atmosphere,”
Hoag said. “I check back on them for accu
racy and detail because if you do it wrong
you will hear about it.”
Hoag said although he feels his work is
representational, it does lean towards im
pressionism.
“There is much suggestion of detail in my
work,” Hoag said. “There are traces of im
pressionism, the viewer’s eye completes the
detail. It fills in the shade and shadow.”
Throughout his years of painting, Hoag
has worked with many accomplished artists
such as Bruce Greene, Martin Greele and
Don Andrews.
“The thing is to select people you can
learn things from,” Hoag said. “Within my
circle their is no jealousy, we are in it for
each other. We feel that ‘your success is my
success.’”
Even though Hoag has been affected by
these artists, he said influence can come
from anywhere.
“There are influences from all over,”
Hoag said. “If not, you’re not looking for it
or seeing it.”
Hoag’s work is mostly of landscapes, but
he said this is due mostly in part to his back
ground — he has a bachelor’s degree in
landscape architecture.
He has started painting florals, but he just
likes to paint, regardless of the subject.
“I am just in love with painting,” Hoag
said, “not subject matter painting, just
painting.”
Hoag said working with water colors is
not an easy task.
“Painting with water colors is a crap
shoot, every now and again you will
bomb,” Hoag said. “Some things are just
bad, it takes awhile. Not every painting will
turn out, but the percentage of good ones
goes up with experience.”
David Romei, the executive director of
the Arts Council of Brazos Valley, said the
title of Hoag’s exhibit adds much to the
work itself.
“The nice thing about ‘Just Add Water’
is that it is an understatement,” Romei
said. “The title is representative of his
unique ability to make a statement. It is
representative not of a full picture, but a
small window, a small picture. It allows the
viewer to conjecture wild stories and ac
tivities from small details in his paintings.
“In his paintings, he is saying T am not
asking you to go with me to these places I
am going, just to add water so the flowers
will bloom and. maybe you will find the
beauty and see how beautiful it is to me.’”
Romei said Hoag’s work is representative
of the kind of person he is.
“I see Ed as a man with a deep soul,”
Romei said.' “His gentle strokes are repre
sentative of this, in his art, he is asking the
viewer to join him for a moment, just for a
little while.
There is a lot of truth in art and just a
look at one of his paintings, and you will feel
the truth and a calm.”
Romei said “Just Add Water” is different
than some of Hoag’s other work.
“It is more nature oriented, some of his
other works are more industrial and urban,”
he said. “These are softer and more gentle,
bringing color to life.”
“This exhibit is a unique opportunity for
a first-time collector to acquire an original
work of art at an extraordinary price.”
Painting is Hoag’s passion in life and is
something he feels strongly about.
“I am not a philosopher or a poet. I am
a painter,” Hoag said. “I am a merchant of
shapes, forms and colors. I paint what I see
and what I feel. My goal is to communicate
with the viewer. I strongly feel that a work
of art is preceded by the art of work. Noth
ing of significance can be accomplished
otherwise.”
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