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Ed Remembered

Memorial Article by Mark Van Proyen

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Exerpt from On Point Mark Van Proyen Artweek December 1997 Mutatis Mutandis- the more things change, the more they stay the same. The large oak tree that spreads over the lawn next to the UC Santa Cruz art department could… Read the rest

Santa Cruz Sentinel Biography

UCSC art professor dies in Mexico at age 60 Dan White Santa Cruz Sentinel September 12, 1997 Accomplished muralist and UC art professor Eduardo Carrillo dies in Tijuana on July 14.  The internationally known artist, who drew his inspiration from… Read the rest

Memorial Text by Christina Waters

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University California, Santa Cruz Christina Waters 1997 Adios, Eduardo, UCSC Professor of Art Eduardo Carrillo died on July 14, 1997, leaving a rich legacy of artwork and a collective broken heart. Born on April 8, 1937 in Los Angeles, Carrillo… Read the rest

Ed and Mary Holmes

by Alison Carrillo Mary Holmes was a gorgeous, long-legged painter, teacher and mother who loved horses even more than she loved men. She was forty five, smarter than most, outspoken, iconoclastic, with a quick eye for what mattered: painting. She… Read the rest

Ed in Spain 1960-61

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Ed at age 23 joined his good friend, John Fox, 29, a graduate student in painting at UCLA, with the intention of living together in Madrid for the year. John remembers: September 1960, Ed arrived in Madrid. I had spent… Read the rest