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Name:
Edwin Fotheringham
Location:
Seattle, Washington, USA
Web Sites:
www.edfotheringham.com/
Art Rep
The Ispot
Influences/Inspiration
All the usual suspects: Saul Steinberg, Ben Shahn, David Stone Martin, Andy Warhol (duh), David Hockney, many of the NY School abstact expressionists (DeKooning, Motherwell etc.), and the professors who taught me to appreciate them: Jacob Lawrence, Mike Spafford, Mike Dailey, and Bob Jones. And Yoda, I guess.
Best Things In Life
I love to surf (on waves) and try my hardest to not act like a surfer. I once loved to skateboard in bowls and tried my hardest not to get hurt, but failed. So now I love to ride my bike around by myself and look at stuff while getting someplace I've never been. I love hanging out with my family when everyone's in a good mood. I love my family regardless.
Music
Devo, The Fall, Pere Ubu, The Birthday Party, Barbara Streisand
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Posted By:
Nate Williams
October 7, 2007
Edwin Fotheringham spent his formative years in Sydney, Australia, and was educated at the University of Washington School of Art in Seattle, where he lives today with his family.
In 1992, after giving up on the idea of being a fine artist and stockboy, Edwin met with the eminent graphic artist Art Chantry for a portfolio review. With the response, "don't quit your day job," the gauntlet was thrown down. Never one to back away from a challenge, Mr. Fotheringham was born.
It was a golden moment in Seattle's history: the nation's psyche was focused on some grubby music types and all that they touched. Mr. Fotheringham was lucky enough to have been touched, and seized the opportunity; a trip to New York yielded incredible results, and that was that.
With work that has addressed subjects and markets as varied as punk rock and Neiman Marcus, The New Yorker and Ladies Home Journal, a Visa Card campaign and an elementary school auction, Mr. Fotheringham continues to enjoy solving visual problems with blotty lines.
