“Watkins’ ambitiously large drawings employ a visual magic realism; his figures are rendered with exquisite draftsmanship, and elements with his drawings add layers of symbolism and allegory.
-Taken from Detroit Art Review, written by Jonathan Rinck
WRITTEN REVIEWS
Critical art reviews of Detroit galleries and museums weekly Sons: Seeing the Modern African American Male & Drawing from Life – Exhibition at the Flint Institute of Arts March 5, 2022 By Jonathan Rinck
BLACK CREATIVITY ART EXHIBITION REVIEW
Griffin Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago (JANUARY - APRIL 2025) by Mitchell Oldham
Review of “Drawing from Life”
(JANUARY -FEBRUARY 2022)
A review on Window With a Different View: The Inner World of Ed Watkins
by Peter Hinterman.