Beth Edwards was born in Alabama and lives and works in Memphis. She received a BFA from the Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia and an MFA from Indiana University. She is known for contemporary still-life painting with sensuous, metaphorical realism. Referencing historical vanitas paintings, she re-invents the genre through a saturated palette, magnified cropping, and the confrontational scale of her subjects. Edwards has had an active 30-year career painting, exhibiting, and teaching.
Hydrangea XIV
2020, Oil on canvas
