Edward Lane McCartney
Restoration
January 13 - April 26, 2025
The Beeville Art Museum will feature an exhibition by Edward Lane McCartney. Restoration will showcase collages, assemblages, jewelry, and sculpture, created from found objects from everyday life. An artist’s reception on January 18, which is free and open to the public, will provide an opportunity to meet the artist and explore his work firsthand.
Folio Chromatique #11, 2013
Paper, Acrylic
In Restoration, McCartney reflects on his twenty-five years as an artist, marked by discovery, resilience, and the transformative power of materials. From the wood of demolished houses to discarded cardboard and collected buttons, each piece holds a story, a history that resonates with the act of creation.
Repetition and optical properties serve as central themes throughout his work. Complex layering of materials builds visual complexity and embodies the restoration of the discarded into something meaningful.
“My work echos the broader human experience of finding beauty in what is overlooked or forgotten.”
Gone Fishing II, 2011
Neckpiece Fishing floats, Steel, Sterling
McCartney also creates jewelry with his found objects and the exhibit features pieces that utilize both precious and non-precious materials, challenging conventional notions of beauty and value in jewelry. “This collection showcases how scale and unexpected materials can redefine what the viewer sees as beauty,” commented Tracy Saucier, Executive Director.
Edward Lane McCartney, born in 1964 in Pittsburgh, PA has resided in London, Toronto and San Francisco, and is currently based in Houston, TX where he has been creating art since 1999. His work is held internationally in many private, public, and museum collections. McCartney continues to study at the Glassell School of Art, MFAH, served as the Board President of the Houston Center for Contemporary Craft from where he is a former participant in their Artist in Residence Program and is active in the local arts community. McCartney's work is represented by Hooks- Epstein Galleries, Houston, TX and Jewelry is available at High Gloss, Houston TX.
Cartoneros #4, Totem, 2015, Cardboard, Wood, Paper, Steel
Prismachrome #1, 2015a, Acrylic Sheet, Corian, Wood, Aluminum, Brass, Vinyl, Bicycle Reflectors, Rubber, Steel, Paper Mache, Plastic
Restoration #3, The Rose, Reclaimed Building Materials, Wood, Stainless Steel, Aluminum
Typecast, Control, 2018, Mouse Circuit Board on Masonite Panel
Cocktails, Anyone...,2011, Plastic Champagne Glasses, Brass, Sterling
Color Story, Rouge, 2022, Sterling, Ruby (Center Stone), Ruby in Matrix, Garnet, Pink Topaz, Synthetic Ruby, Pink Tourmaline, Amethyst, Strawberry Quartz, Bi-Color Tourmaline, Synthetic Pink Sapphire, Watermelon Tourmaline
Arabesque #16, 2018, hand cut and layered paper