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Ed Mell, Grand Canyon, Arizona

Born in 1942, Ed Mell spent an idyllic childhood in what was then the small western city of Phoenix. He attended Art Center College of Design in Los Angeles, and soon after graduation accepted a position in New York as an art director for a large advertising agency.

Seeking greater artistic freedom,he opened an illustration studio and met with immediate success, establishing his national reputation. Still, Mell felt that he hadn't yet found his voice as an artist.

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Ed Mell, Cloud Storm, Oil on Canvas, 22" x 22"

Seeking a break from the city's pace, he accepted a teaching position the Hopi reservation in 1970. Time spent on Arizona's Colorado Plateau reconnected Mell with the land he loved and his artistic course was set. He relocated to Phoenix and began painting his well-known landscapes.

Ed Mell, Grand Canyon, Arizona

Mell's creative drive has led him to produce bronze sculptures and print series in addition to his oils. Ed Mell's work is found in many public and private collections including those of Tri-Star Pictures, Phoenix Art Museum, Kartchner Caverns State Park, Diane Keaton, Arnold Schwartzenegger, and Bruce Babbitt.

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Ed Mell, Surrounding Storm, Oil, 40" x 40"

Selected Highlights from the Career of Ed Mell

Corporate Collections
Atlantic-Richfield Corporation, Los Angeles, California
Bank One, Phoenix, Arizona
Loew's Ventana Canyon Resort, Tucson, Arizona
Mountain Bell, Denver, Colorado
Tri-Star Pictures, Hollywood, California
U-Haul Corporation, Phoenix, Arizona

Public Collections
City of Glendale, Glendale, Arizona
City of Scottsdale, Scottsdale, Arizona
Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, Arizona
Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, Arizona
Kartchner Caverns, Southern Arizona

Private Collections
Forbes Collection
Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Babbitt, Washington, DC
Craig & Barbara Barrett, Phoenix, Arizona
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Coors, Golden, Arizona
Stephane Janssen, Scottsdale, Arizona
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Los Angeles, California
Diane Keaton, Beverly Hills, California

Exhibitions
1982 Center of Modern Art, Guadalajara, Mexico
1983 Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach California
1984 The Nickolas Museum, Casper, Wyoming
1987 The Rockwell Museum, Corning, New York
1990,1996 Scottsdale Center for the Arts, Scottsdale, Arizona
1988, 2000 Museum of the Southwest, Mesa, Arizona
1996, 2000 Kolb Studio, Grand Canyon, Arizona
2002 Phippen Museum, Prescott, Arizona

2003 Northern Arizona Unviersity Museum, Flagstaff, Arizona

2006-2007 Grand Canyon: From Dream to Icon, Tucson Museum of Art, AZ

2007 Arizona: A Millennium of Arizona Art, Mark Sublette Medicine Man Gallery, Tucson, AZ

2009- Grand Canyon Modern Masters Invitational, Kolb Studio, Grand Canyon, AZ

2010 Ed Mell, New Works, Mark Sublette Medicine Man Gallery, Tucson, AZ
2010 Ed Mell: Paintings of the New West, Tucson Museum of Art, AZ

2010 The Rockwell Museum of Western Art, New York

2010 Museum of Northern Arizona, Flagstaff, AZ

2011 Book Museum of Western Art, Atlanta, GA


Books and Publications
ArtBook of the New West

Beyond the Visible Terrain, The Art of Ed Mell, Northland Publishing

Experience AZ
The Majesty of the Grand Canyon
Leading the West, Northland Publishing

Luxe Magazine

Smithsonian National Magazine of the American Indian
Southwest Art Magazine
Arizona Highways Magazine

Western Art Collector

Western Interiors and Design
Who's Who in American Art

 

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