Color Chronicles: Exploring the World of Ed Charbonneau
In this episode, embark on an extraordinary artistic journey with Ed Charbonneau. From teenage mural painter to aspiring Disney animator, Ed’s path takes unexpected twists. Join him as he ventures to Alaska, returns to study art, and discovers a passion for large-scale abstract painting and buildings in need of murals.
Ed openly talks about his mental health challenges and the vital support system that fuels his creativity, emphasizing that his accomplishments are not solely his own but the result of collaboration and connection with others.
Delve into the captivating power of color as a language of communication, the democratization of art through digital platforms, and the importance of inclusive and applicable approaches to color theory education.
Ed Charbonneau is an artist, adjunct faculty at the Minneapolis College of Art & Design (MCAD) and host of the wildly popular Chromosphere: The Color Theory Podcast.
Quotes
ED: “...so...yes, this has to do with art and I'm an abstract painter, but to me this is about human experience of color”
ED: “And part of being isolated in the pandemic, and I'm writing this thing, my natural inclination is to try and share what I have with people. Yeah. Just like painting a mural on the side of the building... And so I shared it with a number of people and you know, over the years I've noticed that those people are my support system...”
ED: “we have a saying at our studio that 50% of creativity is lunch, as opposed to that old thing of like 1% inspiration, 99% perspiration, you know...back to that manly, like, I gotta work.”
Links
Chromosphere: The Color Theory Podcast
How COVID Accelerated the Evolution of the Art World, University of Demo | January 20, 2021
Color: A Visual History From Newton to Modern Color matching Guides by Alexandra Loske
New Life for a 1902 Manual About Color, NY Times, By Julie Lasky Oct. 4, 2018
