As an old friend, my desire is to create a living legacy of a remarkable artist, Ed Reaume. Ed's work is pen and ink pointillism, and as far as I know, unique. There are many pen and ink artists, but he is alone in only using dots....there are no lines drawn in his works.
Ed was born in Detroit on January 20, 1945. After his four year tour in the U.S. Air Force ended in 1970 he began his career in pointillism. He felt that "all the great paintings have already been created". He was never satisfied with his paintings, so he chose to try a more challenging medium. He began with a 3X0 technical pen and later switched to a 6X0 pen. For those of you not familiar with technical pens, a line drawn with a 6X0 pen is finer that a human hair. Ed estimates that some of his works contain over 2,000,000 dots, and rarely finished a work in less that six months.
When Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans in late August 2005, Ed and his mother drove to Florida to his brother's house. They had no idea that their home would be covered by 8 feet of water. All of the remaining prints and even Ed's customer list were forever lost. Irrepairable nerve damage in Ed's left arm has prevented him from ever doing his work again. If you have any of his prints, consider yourself lucky.
Ed can be reached at (321) 452-8502. He has been undergoing chemotherapy for pancreatic cancer and is not feeling real "chipper", but loves to hear from friends and customers.
