{"product_id":"cd-darkness-into-light-edward-cowie","title":"CD - Darkness into Light - Edward Cowie","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eBRIEF BIOGRAPHY\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003eDescribed in the New York Times as \u003ci\u003e‘the greatest living composer directly inspired by\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003ci\u003ethe natural world’\u003c\/i\u003e, and in BBC Arts Magazine as \u003ci\u003e‘the David Attenborough of the Arts’\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003eEdward Cowie has certainly earned the accolade (from Tempo Magazine), \u003ci\u003e‘one of the\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003ci\u003every few world figures that truly deserves the expression \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003epolymath\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e’. \u003c\/i\u003eHis music is\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003eperformed all over the world by orchestras, ensembles and soloists of international\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003estanding. He has won international prizes as both composer and performer. He is\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003eexclusively published by United Music Publishing (UMP) and is also on exclusive\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003erecording contract with the prestigious USA label, \u003ci\u003eMetier Records. \u003c\/i\u003e(Many of his CDs\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003efeature paintings by his Australian visual artist wife, Heather Cowie). But he is also\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003eworld-renowned as a \u003cb\u003evisual artist\u003c\/b\u003e, having had more than 40 major exhibitions of his\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003ework in 16 countries worldwide, including the Royal Academy in London. In Australia,\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003ehe has been represented by Coventry Gallery; Greenhill Gallery; Kensington Gallery\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003eand The Glass Factory. His paintings and drawings are in both public and private\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003ecollections also worldwide. His work for television saw him earn a \u003cb\u003ePrix Italia \u003c\/b\u003ein 1986\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003efor his BBCTV2 film on Leonardo. Originally trained as a physicist (he holds doctorates\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003ein both theoretical physics and music), he also studies painting as a visiting artist at\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003eThe Slade in London. He has held several prestigious University Professorships in the\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003eUK, the USA, Germany and Australia). Now, busier than ever and with an ever-\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003emounting respect and admiration from the world of arts and ideas, Edward and\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003eHeather returned to Australia to live permanently after 30 years away in the UK and\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003eEurope. They now live in Armidale, NSW, from where Edward writes, ‘\u003ci\u003e’Australia has\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003ci\u003ebeen my spiritual and sensory home ever since I first visited it in 1981 and after which\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eI lived and worked here for 13 glorious years. This amazing and utterly inspiring land\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003ci\u003econtinues to fill me with new ideas about ‘ways of forming’. Its inspirational resources\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eand offerings are infinite, mysterious, captivating and utterly transformational!’\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Edward Cowie","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55083458625835,"sku":null,"price":25.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0950\/1560\/0427\/files\/IMG_7244.heic?v=1787809659","url":"https:\/\/13zhy6-xn.myshopify.com\/products\/cd-darkness-into-light-edward-cowie","provider":"Inverell Art Gallery ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}