A Tribute to Ed Dupont
Dr. Ed Dupont, a retired podiatrist, began paintng in acrylic
on paper at age 65. He switched to watercolor after watching the
late Ed Whitney conduct a watercolor workshop in City Park in New
Orleans. He promptly fell in love with the medium, and for the
next 21 years produced hundreds of watercolors. He won numerous
awards and sold most of his paintings through French Quarter
galleries. For years he taught watercolor through the People's
Program in the New Orleans Recreation Department. There is no
record of where his paintings ended up, and the few I will
display were mostly painted in the twilight of his life when
glaucoma had diminished his vision, however his strong sense of
color, value, and balance still glow in these paintings. He treasured his French ancestry, and took walking tours across France where he lived as a native because he spoke the language fluently. Ed loved
New Orleans, all people, especially the ladies, good food, good
wine, and painting. He was a big man with a big heart. He was my
friend, my teacher, and I miss him.
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