1976 Eds first international commission came at an early age when he was commissioned by the POPE PAUL VI in 1978 via Cardinal Medeiros of Boston to represent the United States as delegate to the arts . From this commission came many more years of religious works including a 70 tall cathedral walls and ceilings with various religious depictions years later. Ed also had an illustrious career working as a government official portrait painter to such distinguished people as Carl Albert speaker of the US house of Representatives under President Carter, Hubert Humphrey, Vice President of the United States and Senator, and many more. 1982 Ed spent the better part of the 80S customizing autos and motorcycles for national competition collectors. Eds auto mural work gained world recognition when his custom mural work one him several World of Wheel Awards and Winston Championships. Ed also wrote feature instruction articles for Air Brush Action Magazine . During that same time Ed was the first muralist in the country to fully illustrate and airbrush a full size public transit bus for RI. The Zoo Bus was featured in many news papers in New England. The Roger Williams Park Zoo Bus had every inch muraled including the roof. Ed also created murals for 50S style dinners and several story buildings through out the early and mid 80s many of which are still there today. 1988 The Largest undertaking was the Cathedral of St Annes in Cranston RI. With 60 walls and several chambers illustrating the Last Judgment the Transfiguration the Ascension and more, it is the largest scale work Ed has ever undertaken in mural format. 1989 2002 By the late 80s and early 90s Ed aggressively pursued the Comic Book and Gaming art publishing art market. He attended his first Gen Con Gaming Convention in 1993 and was hired by a new upstart company known today for its world famous Magic the Gathering Card Game now owned by Hasbro. Ed has nearly 200 cards in Magic alone. Ed has worked for RPG magazines, card Games, children’s books and just about anything Fantasy Game and Comic related. With over 1000 published works and hundreds of other interior and cover works as well as a lengthy list of licensed products with Ed’s images on them, ranging from tshirts, mugs, puzzles, calendars, and more Eds art can be found just about anywhere. 2003 Eds art has climbed the licensing charts for merchandise as well. Such international companies as The Mountain Corp worlds largest manufacturer of TShirts Cuppa Corp worlds largest manufacturer of Coffee fantasy image based Mugs The Rook Corp worlds largest manufacturer of collectible game tins to hold cards. The TreeFree Greetings card Corp worlds largest manufacturer of Tree Free non paper based Greeting Cards, Ceaco, Cobble Hill and other jigsaw puzzle companies, and more. 2004 Ed is extremely proud of his role as co producer in ZMan Games’ product Camelot Legends a hybrid card board game where players can battle knights and Kings at Cornwall, the Perilous forest and even Camelot. Ed and his wife Kelly through their company, Art Directed and handled all of the artist content of the card images. Ed is extremely proud of this boxed set product and is proud to have worked with 29 of the most talented people in the fantasy gaming Art industry as well as with the likes of Designer of the Game Andrew Parks and Publisher and long time friend Zev Shlasinger of ZMan Games. 2006 – Ed launches ERS Publishing and Licensing and begins representing a select group of top Fantasy Illustrators by publishing them through licensing on various products. Ed has released his own full color Art book called The Enchanted Realm available on Ed’s website, Amazon, Bud Plant Comic Catalog, and other major bookstore chains. Ed also has illustrated the 2007, 2008 and soon to be 2009 Dragon calendar internationally distributed by TideMark the world leader in calendars. 2007 – In an ever increasing digital world, always looking for a faster, easier, and more efficient technology for art, Ed has launched handpaintedmasters a web site and organization that celebrates the unique skill set and ability of the traditional hand painted techniques by his and many other top industry illustrators from Fantasy to Wildlife art, and the one of a kind tangible original art that is generated from the craft. July 2007 Ed produces a series of instructional DVDs to which samples are uploaded to youtube and have received tremendous approval and requests for Ed to begin a new series that include “Drawing the Dragon” “The Complete Drawing Instruction” and a new series showcasing Ed’s unique acrylic painting technique. Ed and his wife Kelly, a theater performer and singer, have been have been together for 17 years. They have two children Destini who also performs theater and sings is 15 yrs and Dustin who is already showing that he has the gift and skill in illustration as well is 10 yrs. Ed continues to attend Renaissance faires across the country where he demonstrates his craft and signs autographs for his card gaming fans. He continues to be a regular attendee at Gen Con and Origins and the Pittsburgh Comic Con each year. Ed also attends CCG tournaments both domestically and overseas as artist guest.

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