north carolina artist | Ed Walker Sculptor

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Ed Walker, is originally from Burlington, NC. After graduating from East Carolina University with a BFA degree in Sculpture in 1975, Ed attended graduate school at the University of North Dakota, in Grand Forks, obtaining his MFA in Sculpture in 1979.

Ed Moved to New Orleans in 1980 and began doing metal fabrication for the well known kinetic sculptor, Lin Emery. In 1982, he started teaching sculpture at Tulane University, where he remained for 5 years until opening a small foundry in his studio in New Orleans.

Ed returned to North Carolina in 1989 and founded Carolina Bronze Sculpture. The foundry was originally located in Asheboro, NC and relocated to it's present facility in Seagrove, NC in 1994.

Ed has continued to create his own sculpture and is currently accepting commissions for sculpture.

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Ed Walker, Sculptor, Wilmington NC firefighter by Ed Walker

I grew up in the city but my heart has always been in the country. I love nature with all its patterns, shapes, textures and motion. My curious and exploratory nature led me to pursue a career in art. In the years since, I have never lost the intrigue of daily exploration and discovery. My work is a reflection of the shapes, movement and texture found in the natural and manmade environment. The balance and tension that I observe are the consistent subjects of my sculpture. Natural floral arrangements such as log jams on a river bank, erosion of a rock face, scarred trees with overgrown knots or cracks, or the patterns on water rippling in the wind fill my head with ideas.

Working with a variety of media in both abstraction and realism, I try to capture the unique moment in time that will reveal the passion and magic of the world around me.