Inventory for Edwin Scheier (1910-2010)
Edwin and Mary Scheier were (and are) giants in the American studio pottery world. Though they are both gone now their reputations and art survive. In the late 1990's, when potter Ed Scheier could no longer work with clay, due to heart problems, but feeling the need to create, he did the logical thing, he bought a computer. Renting a space in their assisted living facility in Green Valley, Arizona, Ed set up a studio. Working with a computer sketch pad and a color printer, Ed began to make a different form of art. Working alone, asking few questions of others, experimenting all the time, he began to create remarkable printed images that he called computer paintings. If you know of Edwin and Mary Scheier's pottery then you will recognize that the iconography of the prints flow almost directly from designs he and Mary used when decorating pottery. And like his pottery no two prints were the same.
Ed's process in making these images was to create one image that he liked, print it out, and examine the image. If he liked the piece he would keep and sign it. If he was unhappy with the outcome he would destroy the print and the digital image. Oftentimes he would save an unsuccessful digital image that he felt held promise and at a later date go back to that image and heavily modify it or just completely erase the file. In the process of doing this he would destroy his original image to create a new one. As stated above no two prints were the same.
For persons interested in more information on Ed and his wife Mary I would suggest viewing the PBS documentary "Four Hands, One Heart: Ed and Mary Scheier" written and directed by Ken Browne. They were remarkable people!
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"Blue Woman" 2004, Ink jet print (Computer painting).
"Orange Boy" 2004, Ink Jet Print (Computer painting).
