THREE LADIES WITH UMBRELLAS by Ed Singer

Original Acrylic on Canvass, 55"Wx64"H, 1993. This exquisite painting by Ed Singer, renowned Arizona Dine artist, is an incredibly beautiful work of fine art. 

Ed Singer, Navajo, born in Tuba City, A.Z., attended boarding schools in Arizona and Utah, continuing his study of fine art in college at Southern Utah State College and Northern Arizona University. His earnest academic commitment to art history and skillful handling of old master techniques led Singer out of the reservation and into the rapidly developing contemporary art community surrounding his life as a student at the San Francisco Art Institute. It was there that his confidence grew out from the material surface of image into content driven compositions. Since then international acclaim from collectors and art critics continues to acknowledge his work for it's contemporary blend of political, Native American driven content and old-master technique. He says that the most meaningful commendations come from the Native friends, family and colleagues that are the core subject of his work. As such, he is sensitive to the stereotype that exists in many southwestern painting collections and works to eliminate all references to demeaning caricatures in landscape as well as figurative compositions. His work is found in corporate, private and museum collections throughout the U.S. and Europe, and in the humble hogans neighboring his home on Gray Mountain. “My portfolio offers an opportunity,” he says, “for Diné to participate in our own pride, to see ourselves as we are today – alive, thriving, secure in our Navajo way of being.”