Eddie Chau, "Random Imaginations: A Collection of Illustrated Musings" (ORO Editions, 2018)

Nov 12, 2019

Random Imaginations

A Collection of Illustrated Musings

Eddie Chau

Hosted by Tricia Keffer

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Summary

Today I talked to Eddie Chau about his new book Random Imaginations: A Collection of Illustrated Musings (ORO Editions, 2018). The book is a reproduction of thousands of graphic images from a single sketchbook, drawn over the course of 27 years. As a way to challenge the approach of drawing what is in front of the artist, these freehand drawings are a collection of images from imagination and memory. What started as an exercise to break out of a design block, these images began on a single sheet and then became a visual journey and exploration of landscapes, everyday items, architecture, abstracts, and compositions. Like the original sketchbook, Random Imaginations is a visual catalog of countless subjects and visions, to be used as discovery, inspiration, or just casual viewing. Eddie Chau is a landscape architect and Principal of ECLA Studio, illustrator, and teacher in the San Francisco Bay Area. He has taught drawing and sketching at the California College of the Arts, University of San Francisco, University of California Berkeley Extension, and the University of California Davis. He was also the former Program Director of Landscape Architecture at UC Berkeley Extension. He loves to draw and paint, as well as being a chocoholic.

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Tricia Keffer

Tricia Keffer has a BA in Psychology and an MLA in Landscape Architecture. The arc of her career path took her from beach portraits in Destin, FL to the parks in Paris, France. Her photography has been published in Delta Sky Magazine, BAE Defense Contractor Calendar, and two ADDY (Advertising) awards for Dale E. Peterson brochures. Her vacation portrait concept was featured on Good Morning America. She is working on her next adventure with her landscape design business Plants People Love Designs in Florida. In her spare time during the pandemic, she picked up an additional degree BA in Art and a certificate from Master Artist David Chang’s Portrait and Figurative Studio at FIU.

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