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  • Shady Avenue bookcases and window seat - Part of a much larger renovation project of a vintage home that had fallen into disrepair.
    Shady Avenue bookcas
    Garden gate, trellis, stonework, and walkway - Part of a Garden landscape design project commissioned by a Shady Avenue client. Dave built everything in the picture but the blue urns. Notice Dave's custom high heat Hibachi.
    Garden gate, trellis
    Alabaster sink and backsplash by David Edwards - Pittsburgh clients living on Shady Avenue commissioned a bathroom sink and pedestal by David Edwards from Tiger Eye alabaster.
    Alabaster sink and b
    Wainscoting, doors, windows and fireplace mantle - David Edwards did all the woodwork shown in the picture while restoring a 1903 vintage house for clients on Shady Avenue Pittsburgh Pa.
    Wainscoting, doors,
    Junco Trail - Bird tacks in the snow
    Junco Trail
    Arm and Shield - Front view of a 22
    Arm and Shield
    Arm and Shield - side view of alabaster sculpture.
    Arm and Shield
    Satellite 119 - Oil
    Satellite 119
    Viking Song - Baked clay with marine bronze finish. This old viking sings tales of ancient conquest. Sold
    Viking Song
    labor - Carved from calcite . Glows amber in the sunlight. Very hard and difficult stuff to work with so
    labor
    Labor - Carved from calcite, this sculpture respects the trials of childbirth.
    Labor
    Transition - . Paduak wood and Alabaster 20 H
    Transition
    Trichromatic portrait art for family gifts. - Roy Liechtenstein type paintings for friends, most of the fun is coming up with a good quote to fit the subject. The quote part was never important to Roy.
    Trichromatic portrai
    Craig and Julia - 6
    Craig and Julia
    Greenman's Hands - Made of sign foam for the Greenman Project.
    Greenman's Hands
    Jimmy Ponder Jazz by David Edwards - Album cover design for friend, Pittsburgh jazz giant, Jimmy Ponder.
    Jimmy Ponder Jazz by
    Gary The Greenman - Made of commercial sign foam 22
    Gary The Greenman
    Greenman and Gary - I modeled this version of the mythical Greenman after friend, artist and avid gardener Gary Pletsch. This was made for Gary's ever popular yearly
    Greenman and Gary
    Michelangelo - 16
    Michelangelo
    Bad Myth - Charcoal drawing of a particular belief system. For sale, please call for details.
    Bad Myth
    The Sprout - Black Acrylic on white canvas. This was created for and donated to The Spout Fund for the 2005 Pittsburgh Hot House Event auction.
    The Sprout
    Jack's World - Oil painting from Jack's perspective. Jack is a very colorful person.
    Jack's World
    Jack's World no. 2 - Oil
    Jack's World no. 2
    Sky of Light - Oil painting of what I remember from a dream.
    Sky of Light
    evolution - 20
    evolution
    Another Bouquet - oil painting
    Another Bouquet
    Albert
    Albert
    Silver Skater - one single 4' length of bent steel. Sold
    Silver Skater
    Julia - 7
    Julia
    marisette's Light Study - White charcoal study of my lovely wife. I use this as an example work when I teach pastel classes. If interested in personal instruction please contact me.
    marisette's Light St
    Ian Edwards - charcoal drawing of Pittsburgh Jazz artist Ian Edwards. To listen to him, http://www.hellopittsburgh.com/Music/IanEdwards.Cfm#Music
    Ian Edwards
    Moon Light - 21
    Moon Light
    still life - oil painting in the style of the Dutch and Flemish masters.
    still life
    The Kiss - 10
    The Kiss
    The Goldfinch after Carel Fabritius - 16
    The Goldfinch after
    Miles Davis after photo - black acrylic on white canvas with Attack Theatre artist Peter Kope .
    Miles Davis after ph
    Jimmy Ponder Jazz by David Edwards - Pen and ink drawing of friend and jazz giant Jimmy Ponder.
    Jimmy Ponder Jazz by
    Soft Back Study
    Soft Back Study
    Hudson River - 2'X3' pastel and charcoal painting in the style of the Hudson River School artists. Awarded First Place in the 2006
    Hudson River
    Michele With Cello - A 14
    Michele With Cello
    Mother and child - 10
    Mother and child
    Nude Torso - Limestone
    Nude Torso
    Chalk street mural 'Girl with a Pearl Earring'
    Chalk street mural '
    'Southern Life' for Andy and Cecile - 27
    'Southern Life' for
    The Lovers - Limestone commission for client's garden in the East End of Pittsburgh.
    The Lovers
    Female Torso - clay
    Female Torso
    back study - 2002 Limestone Sold
    back study
    Dutch Seascape - 20
    Dutch Seascape
    Red Sky at Night - 18
    Red Sky at Night
    David and the King - The artist and his friends
    David and the King
    Kingly Chess - The set is made of mixing bowls, pvc pipe, carved wood and hammered copper ornamentation. Made for Pittsburgh First Night New Years celebrations and purchaced by Attack Theatre performance group after display at PPG plaza .
    Kingly Chess
    A David Edwards Chess Set, Fifth Ave. Pittsburgh. - 10 degrees in January and they played in the streets. Pittsburgher's, gotta luv em.
    A David Edwards Ches
    Fox Chapel School District Chess Set
    Fox Chapel School Di
    Queen Rook Pawn - Parts of a large metal chess set from 2' to 4' in height.
    Queen Rook Pawn
    5' Cedar chess set - Vertical vs. horizontal grain cedar
    5' Cedar chess set
    Cedar King - 5' chess set commission.
    Cedar King
    Cedar Chess Knight - Part of a set sent to a client on San Juan Is. Washington state
    Cedar Chess Knight
    Bishop Knight Pawn - Metal chess set 2' - 4' high
    Bishop Knight Pawn
    Land Fish - Copper fish exhibited in Mellon Park at the
    Land Fish
    King Queen Knight - Metal chess set 3' - 4' tall.
    King Queen Knight
    Copper chess pieces P, Q, R - Copper Pawn. Silver Queen. Copper Rook. All Piece wiggle and sway when moved. Dedicated to the fanciful early works of Alexander Calder.
    Copper chess pieces
    David Edwards Chess Set, Mattress Factory Pitts. -
    David Edwards Chess
    David Edwards Chess Set, Mattress Factory Pitts. - Garden Party Day at the Mattress Factory, Pittsburgh Pa.
    David Edwards Chess
    David Edwards Chess Set at the Hazlett Theater - Chess set creator David Edwards with
    David Edwards Chess
    David Edwards East End Event Garden Set - 2000 East End Event Garden Party. Set was featured On Q Magazine. Cedar (horizontal banding versus vertical) Sold to clients in Seattle
    David Edwards East E
    David Edwards cedar set on San Juan Island Wa. - I turned these pieces on a lathe but sometimes they turned me . This set is shown at it's new home on San Juan Island in Seattle Washington. This set was made at the request of a client for play at an outdoor recreation area at their summer home.
    David Edwards cedar
    David Edwards self portrait - Black acrylic on white canvas. 2'x3'. A Monochromatic study of yours truely.
    David Edwards self p
    Pastel sunset at Sea - Pasel drawing completed in 2004.
    Pastel sunset at Sea
    Fenestration - 16
    Fenestration
    Sleep Walking - Metal and padauk wood
    Sleep Walking
    dancing bird - 2003 Padauk wood Sold
    dancing bird
    The Quarrier - 2'x4' marble relief.
    The Quarrier
    2006 Sprout Fund Hot House Pittsburgh Pachyderm - Pittsburgh's Painted Pachyderm oversees Hothouse Party in East liberty Pa.
    2006 Sprout Fund Hot
    David Edwards design sponsored by PNC - Pittsburgh's Painted Pachyderm was sponsored by PNC. The Inflatable elephant is
    David Edwards design
    Elephant painting in Oakland - I guess he takes classes at Pitt. Who knew?
    Elephant painting in
    Pittsburgh's Painted Pachyderm by David Edwards - Pastel drawing submitted and subsequently turned into a 27'x19' inflatable sculpture for the Carnegie Art Museum's Fierce Friends exhibit. Visit the artist at www.myspace.com/artistDavidEdwards
    Pittsburgh's Painted
    Pittsburgh's Painted Pachyderm - Pittsburgh Roars promotional elephant temporarily located in front of Carnegie Museum of Art Pittsburgh Pa.. Edwards was commissioned for the design of Pittsburgh's Painted Pachyderm by the Sprout Fund.
    Pittsburgh's Painted
    David Edwards inflatable elephant Pittsburgh Pa. - The paint brush wielding pachyderm sitting in front of the Carnegie Museum was designed by David Edwards to promote
    David Edwards inflat
    Northside Mural - Welcome to Deutschtown Mural at the half way point in the historic northside of Pittsburgh.
    Northside Mural
    David Edwards Northside Mural Pittsburgh - Historic Deutschtown mural design approved and to be completed in mid June 2007. The five story tall mural celebrates the history of the Northside in conjunction with the NSLC and Pittsburgh Celebrates Glass programming.
    David Edwards Norths

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Artist Bio

Growing up in Pittsburgh Pa. in close proximity to international exhibitions featured at the Frick Art Museum and the Clayton House, the residence of Henry Clay Frick, sparked Edwards's interest in mastering a wide variety of artistic disciplines. Edwards earned a BA from Allegheny College and is a professional stone sculptor, woodcarver, painter and metalworker with over 20 years of experience in building design. With an extremely diverse collection works in notable private collections he is best known for his nationally exhibited life size outdoor chess pieces and giant public art installations. The artist's award winning creations have been exhibited at such notable venues as The Carnegie Museum of Art, The Westmoreland Museum of American Art, The Mattress Factory, US Steel Building, PPG Place, Fifth Avenue Place, Pittsburgh Zoo, Hazlett Theater and The Omni William Penn Hotel. His art has been featured in The Tribune Review, The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, The City Paper, on WYEP radio, KDKA TV and On Q Magazine in a promotional role for First Night organization's Pittsburgh New Year's Eve celebrations. Edwards is a member of the Associated Artists of Pittsburgh, the Pittsburgh Society of Sculptors and has participated in various Pennsylvania art educators conferences showing examples of interactive art projects for students and educators. Edwards accepts public and private commissions and periodically teaches painting and sculpture workshops throughout Allegheny County. Edwards welcomes requests for private instruction in stone sculpting and painting (oil, pastel or acrylic) at his studio In Glenshaw Pa. Please visit the main website listed below or meet the artist at www.myspace.com/artistDavidEdwards

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