Biography

Edward Arambula was born in Pomona California of Spanish and American Indian decent. His parents recognized his talents at a young age, motivating and encouraging his efforts and seeing that he attended art lessons. His entries were accepted into various competitions throughout the years some he won and placed. An award worth noting was a scholarship to the Laguna Beach School of Art. Ed lived in Southern California until he married in 1992 and moved to Sacramento where he started and raised a family. After ten years, he returned to Southern California settling in the high dessert near Temecula’s wine country.

Edward has been working professionally as a freelance artist since 1985 and established his own business in 1991 as Creative Touch. He has provided original paintings and murals for private collectors and advertisers. His services include: garden statues, company logos, monuments, fountains, outdoor sculpted furniture, home decor, and figurines.

Notable commissions include The Ebony Collection, L.E. for Duncan Royal, Charlotte, the monument for Armstrong Nurseries. Statuary commissioned by Kansas City Art & Statuary, Lomelli’s and Al’s Garden Art are sold throughout the US and Internationally.

Custom works have also been done for Sierra Nevada, St. Paulie’s Girl, Rock Creek, Hump Back Migration Reserve, Red Nectar, Red Robin’s Grill & Spirits, Hornsby’s, Big Rock and others.

Attached to his home Ed has a studio open to a large yard with an unencumbered view of surrounding rolling hills and mountains. The environment is the ideal atmosphere with great Mediterranean climate and bright light for his plein air work. He enjoys listening to a wide range of music while working in studio, everything from classical to rock, techno, and jazz to the blues.

Culteral Influences are the American West. He is inspired to depict a positive reflection of nature and humanity. Ed works to stimulate thought, invoke ideas and interaction. Nature and the evidence of man’s presence are Ed’s favorite subjects. He finds God’s creation awe-inspiring but wants to capture man’s influence in the world as well. His goal is to produce for as long as he can and never retire. He is most interested in rural life and labor, landscapes, nature and figurative work.

Ed Arambula’s conviction is to work hard and appreciate all that you have. He lives his life this way and cherishes the company of his wife and children and the blessing of working from home. Ed uses as much color, texture and motion as he can in his painting and sculpting for greater richness and depth. The mediums that he incorporates for varying effects are acrylic, oil, and charcoal. In sculpting Ed uses a range of texture and grit of water and oil-based clays. His work sells within the price range of $100 to $6,000 dollars.