Fred Vedder

Tree Skins (detail), 80" x 28" x 6"

Tree Skins (detail), 80″ x 28″ x 6″

Dried corn husks

Untitled, 10" x 10" x 2"

Untitled, 10″ x 10″ x 2″

Unfiltered beeswax, corn silk

Ego, 14" x 11" x 1"

Ego, 14″ x 11″ x 1″

Encaustic on plywood

Anemone, 48" x 48" x 7"

Anemone, 48″ x 48″ x 7″

Encaustic on plywood

Untitled 19, 6" x 6" x 1"

Untitled 19, 6″ x 6″ x 1″

Encaustic

Untitled 20, 6" x 6" x 1"

Untitled 20, 6″ x 6″ x 1″

Encaustic

Untitled Texture 08, 6" x 6" x 1"

Untitled Texture 08, 6″ x 6″ x 1″

Encaustic on plywood

Untitled, 10" x 10" x 2"

Untitled, 10″ x 10″ x 2″

Cattails, handmade paper

Untitled, 10" x 10" x 2"

Untitled, 10″ x 10″ x 2″

Dried corn husks

I was born and raised in Los Angeles. After graduating from Biola University in 1990 and attending UC Berkeley in 1992/93, I worked in Advertising and Database Marketing for 14 years in LA and Orange County. In 2004 I made a career switch into visual arts education. After receiving my single subject teaching credential from Long Beach State I moved to Santa Rosa where I have been a full-time Visual Arts Instructor at Roseland University Prep since 2006. RUP is a public charter high school serving 400+ mostly first generation Latino students from the Roseland area of Santa Rosa. Since 2009 I have rented a studio space in the Backstreet Studios & Gallery at SOFA (the South A St. Arts District) in Santa Rosa. My preferred media include natural fibers, encaustic, photography and multi-media drawing.

 

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