BIOGRAPHY OF ARTIST
Ervin Vincent Toussaint Chandler / 2010

My art is about the relative values,
between abstract, / and real time,
where bold colors and forms / celebrate
the vignettes and landscapes of life.

Ervin a Caribbean born self taught artist, / from The Rep. Of Trinidad And Tobago W. I / at present living and working in Yonkers, NY.
Started his career around age ten, observing his older brothers Winston and Hubert both artists.
He developed methods of tracing images from the comics of local newspapers, then progressed
to drawing, with pencils.
Encouraged by his mother who bought him quantities of white Bristol board, he produced many drawings which he displayed on the living room walls.
Ervin advanced to colors, by experimenting with house paints, / occasionally his brothers would give him the use of their watercolors.
A frequent visitor to the local libraries, he became acquainted with the art of Leonardo DA Vinci, Michelangelo, El Greco, and other foreign artists.
Ervin migrated to the United States around 1980, Working at odd jobs until 1999, he married retired school teacher ms. Eileen Dennelly, and decided to advance his art career.

A & E STUDIO 520 YOHO, on Nepperhan Ave. In Yonkers, is his place of work.

Ervin paints with oil pastels and watercolors, expressing a union of the realistic and abstract, of distinctive colors and forms, that celebrate the vignettes and landscapes of the life around him.
Past Exhibits:
The River Gallery Irvington NY 2001,
Art Walk Irvington 2001 and 2002 an outdoor
group exhibit.
The Schervia Gallery Riverdale 2001 a solo exhibit,
The Cabrinni Gallery Dobbs ferry NY. 2001 a group exhibit.
A Solo Studio exhibit Yonkers 2002,
YOHO Open Studios Artists tour 2002,
Washington Square Out door Arts Exhibit NY City spring, and Fall 2003,
YOHO Open Studios Artists Tour 2003,
Arts on Third MT. Vernon 2003,
The Donald Gallery Dobbs ferry NY. 2004.
YOHO Open Studios Artists Tour 2004, and 2005.
Yonkers DWBID Farmers Arts & Crafts Market summer 2005 Larkin Plaza,
Riverfest Getty Square Yonkers 2005, / Yonkers DWBID Winter Carnival Getty Square 2005.
5th. Avenue Arts NY summer 2002 / 2003 / 2004 / 2005, /
YOHO Open Studios Artists Tour 2006,
Hastings on Hudson Arts & Crafts Festival 2006,
YOHO Artists Group Exhibit/ Philipse Manor Community Gallery Yonkers NY May 2006,
Private works #1. January 2006,/ #2. May 2006, / #3. November 2006, for a VIP Patron Yonkers NY.
The Blue Door Artists First Annual Members Exhibition at the Yonkers River Front Library Larkin Plaza. April 2007,
May Madness Irvington NY. Arts & Crafts Fair 2007.
"Notes of Summer Exhibit" at Cabrini Art Gallery, Dobbs Ferry, NY. 2007.
Support Your Local Artist / one man exhibit / at the / Grinton I. Will Library, Yonkers Feb. 2008.
5th. Annual YOHO Artists Studios Show/May 2008
Evo Arts. Yonkers 2008
Philipse Manor Hall Community Gallery, Yonkers NY. / with NY. Photographer / Omar Kharem 2008.
YOHO Open Studios Artists Show 2009.
7th Annual YOHO Artists Open Studios Show 2010.
Ervin's paintings and prints are in the private collections of various patrons.