MR. FAST MOVING HUMAN CANNONBALL and MS. FAST MOVING HUMAN CANNONBALL

Tekeian, Ed. MR. FAST MOVING HUMAN CANNONBALL and MS. FAST MOVING HUMAN CANNONBALL. Ink and tracing paper on canvas, 2005. Each 18 x 20 inches, mounted to stretchers. Ed Tekeian is a Boston-based painter, sculptor and surf-board designer. His work has been shown at the Danforth Museum of Art in Framingham, MA., at galleries in the Boston area and at his own studio in the South End. Of his show at the Danforth, a reviewer commented: "In his first Danforth show, Boston-based Tekeian creates metallic masks that display menace and wit. A self-taught artist with a longtime interest in drawing and painting, his work has the power of primitive art and the self-mocking humor of a cartoon. Tekeian's welded "Steel Head Devil" is fierce and funny. Other masks, particularly, "Mr. Severe Tire Damage," have a disturbing tactile quality that hints of an original vision promising greater things.