Artist Statement:

I firmly believe that in the act of creating, especially fine art, I find myself closest to a higher power. I am driven to share this feeling in my work and express in it the significance of the composition through immediacy and a deep understanding for meaning and purpose. I desire all objective viewers to feel visually satisfied no matter how trained or untrained their artistic eye is when enjoying my work in the present and future. The act of creating something permanent compels me in its highest form and I am most concerned with affecting the viewer's conscious, subconscious and spirit in a way that gives significance to their lives as well. I approach my medium as I approach each day, completely new, fresh and with an underlying altruistic purpose.  
 
Biography:

Eric Harley Schweitzer was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia and spent his adolescent years in Fairfield County Connecticut. He served as an Avionics Electronics Technician in the U.S. Navy and later earned his B.A. in Communication Research, Concentration in Social Influence at the University of Maryland College Park. He is essentially self-taught, but has studied art at Montgomery College School of Art & Design, Glen Echo Park, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the Wooster Community Art Center. Eric works in a purely abstract gestural form and carries this style througout all his media. His paintings are largely made using enamel paint, but he also works in oil as well as other mixed media. Eric has been an active member at "A Salon DC" in Takoma Park, Washington, DC since 2008.  

Awards:

Fine Arts Award, Montgomery College School of Art & Design, Silver Spring, MD, 2006
Honorable Mention, Montgomery College School of Art & Design, Silver Spring, MD, 2006
Juried "Guest Artist," Waverly Street Gallery, Bethesda, MD, 2010