Ed Wintner is known for contemporary landscape painting that distills New England scenes into luminous planes of color. His subjects include tidal flats, coastal Maine, and the White Mountains. Influenced by Japanese woodblock traditions, 1920s travel posters, and the Hudson River School, Ed builds compositions with crisp silhouettes and finely tuned color gradations. He creates depth through the interplay of positive and negative space. His paintings often reflect places of personal history, such as Sagadahoc Bay in Georgetown and mountain trails up north. They invite viewers to experience the light, air, and quiet structure of the land. Ed’s visual language grew from years of thinking about printmaking translated into paint. Flat tones meet at precise edges, where the eye supplies the rest. “I approach landscapes with the idea that three-dimensional space can be created through simple color gradations whose boundaries define sharp contours and silhouettes,” he says. Ed’s process is both analytical and romantic. He describes spending weeks “walking around in my head,” considering shapes, colors, and space until the essence of a place emerges. Before painting full time, Ed earned a PhD in organic chemistry at MIT and helped launch biotech start-ups in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Seattle. That training in discovery and iteration informs his studio practice. Experiments in composition, color, and edge lead to the clarity seen on the canvas. Earlier, Ed studied painting in high school at the Philadelphia College of Art (now part of the University of the Arts), laying the groundwork for a style that bridges classic motifs with a modern sensibility. Rooted in observation and refined by design, Ed’s landscapes resonate with collectors who are drawn to a strong sense of place, whether shorelines, coves, or mountain vistas. Now based in Massachusetts, Ed frequently creates commissions of meaningful sites across New England. Learn more from Ed in his own words on Radio Maine.