Esther Garcia Eder: Two Coasts

Two Coasts is a collection of Esther Garcia Eder’s plein-air paintings from Maine and California. The artist blends vibrancy and magical realism with her landscapes, blurring memories of familiar places and capturing delight with her poetic use of color.

Esther Garcia Eder was born in Buenos Aires and studied painting as a young woman under renowned Argentine painter, Emilio Pettoruti (1892-1971). At 21, she moved to the United States, married, and raised seven children. She returned to painting full time in 1980 and has spent the last five decades painting from her studios in Boston’s South End and on Vinalhaven, an island twelve miles off the coast of Maine. Esther’s work has been exhibited in the U.S. and France, and reviewed by critics in The New York Times and The Boston Globe.