The Unspoken Tension of Birds With Austin Eddy

The aesthetic of birds is the driving force and motif behind New York painter, Austin Eddy. Eddy studied at the Art Institute in Chicago in 2010. On the surface level, his work on canvases embody the stylistic choices of Matisse, in terms of broad colors and fluidity. Eddy’s shapes are just as bold as the colors and they’ve always formed bird figures. “Lately, it’s this body of work specifically focusing on paintings of birds in the reflection of the moon or in the sunlight,” said Eddy. “Previously, the paintings were birds in an isolated space.”