VIDEO: Ed Jaffe Accepts the Litchfield Hills Creative Award

Ed Jaffe accepts the Litchfield Hills Creative Award for his […]

2018 Update

This was my Dad’s last post. He passed away peacefully […]

Article that appeared in “Country and Abroad Magazine” . September 2017

A new artistic force had moved to Litchfield County. Ed Jaffe is one of our new best kept secrets and he feels that Torrington is not far behind. Jaffe has lived his life in 20 year cycles. 20 years to grow up. 20 years as a photographer in New York, 20 years learning to sculpt in Vermont and 20 years as an artist/gallery owner in Virginia.

An old piece of apple wood has come to life.

Over thirty years ago I cut down an apple tree […]

This is a piece from the past…. way past 🙂

I have this sculpture on my kitchen counter. The light […]

You are invited to an open studio reception.

Saturday, July 16 , 2-5PM Ed Jaffe Studio     […]

My introduction to the collectors of Litchfield County.

My move is complete. I have managed to change the […]

Open invitation to visit the studio.

Now that the weather is beginning to warm up I’m […]

The paintings you missed in the past.

We hit 75 and sunny yesterday. That got me thinking […]

These paintings are still available.

Back in the days before I began working in the […]

The buds are on the lilac trees.

In a few weeks the yard will look like this […]

Check out the new Home Page

For those of you who visit the site often this […]

Are you aware that I have been doing something new?

Granted a years worth of work is still crated and […]

VIDEO: Torrington Artist Relocation Program

As most of you know I have been spending much of my time working on the Artist Relocation Program in Torrington since I arrived here a little over a year ago . That program is now live and much of it has been turned back to the city for execution .

My website has been redone. Check it out.

Now that the Artist Relocation Project is underway I have […]

The Love of Marble

I thought you might enjoy seeing how it all begins. […]

A Time of Transition.

The studio is in the beginning of the winter transition. […]

Ed Jaffe Carves his Niche into Torrington

Jaffe moved to Torrington last year in order to be a part of the obvious arts revival occurring here. Just off Torrington’s Highland Ave, Jaffe’s newly renovated and re-purposed studio holds all the magic of his prolific and successful career.

An invitation to visit the studio.

A reminder that the studio is always open for friends, […]

A new beginning

Getting ready for a show is always exciting. Taking it […]

VIDEO: FPG Artist Talk: Cecila Mandrile, Ed Jaffe, Dee Shapiro 7-31-2015

Five Points Gallery, Torrington, CT July 31, 2015 Moderated by […]

A reminder: “It’s showtime folks.”

My first gallery reception since I moved back north will […]

Welcome to my first show since moving north.

Five Points Gallery at 33 Main Street in Torrington, CT […]

The Gate Has Opened.

You may remember that I was working on the 3D […]

“Sail On” In The Field

The weather finally got good enough to do some necessary […]

I still have an inventory of marble sculpture.

Just to remind old friends and new collectors who are […]

My move is now complete.

It’s been a long and difficult year as I packed […]

Presentation for March 2015

To my friends and collectors local and across the country. […]

Finding new form

I was cleaning up some files and came across this […]

I’m ready for visits.

Those of you who have been following the progress of […]

Double Header: New website and a front page article on my move.

I invite you to check out my new web site. […]

The painting studio is finally ready for work.

What I thought would take two weeks ended up taking […]

The painting studio is almost ready for new work.

If you recall the room where I decided to construct […]

I’m getting too wrapped up in this renovation.

If you have been following the progress you know that […]

The painting studio is coming along.

It was difficult to get my team started but once […]

I’m writing this on Thursday morning.

I’m a couple of weeks behind schedule but the crew […]

Update on the move to CT.

It’s been a while but I finally can see the […]

With the help of 2 young men I can now see the end.

As difficult as it is to get all of this […]

Noon Sunday. Now I can take the rest of the day off.

I had planned to take the heaviest pieces off the […]

It looks like CT is going to happen.

I have received a commitment from the lender and the […]

Big changes are coming.

Looks like the story is going to change a bit […]

Time for an update

For those who may have been wondering why I haven’t […]

Progress Report

Construction is going well on the new 3D piece which […]

I think it’s finished.

The painting is at the stage where I don’t know […]

At a certain point you take a leap of faith.

I’ve seen this happen before. I’ll like what I’m working […]

The first coat of color is on… it will change.

For those of you who follow the site, I thought […]

This is the fun part.

I’ve completed the texturing on a yet untitled new painting. […]

Getting ready for fall and working again.

I have given up on buying another property until spring…unless […]

The Andean

This piece has been relatively dormant since last summer. Eventually, […]

Update

For those of you who might be wondering what happened […]

Almost like carving marble…a little piece at a time

I began “The Andean” a few weeks ago as a […]

The blog goes verbal

I’ve got a story to tell. Many of you know […]

The best-laid plans sometimes go astray.

In case you have been wondering where I have been…… […]

The process has begun again.

I knew it would happen. Over the weekend I found […]

Priming the Pump

I’ve noticed in the past that when I finish a […]

Another in the 3D series

Around 30 years ago I began to collect African Art. […]

New! Limited Edition Prints Now Available!

The work on this site has always been for sale […]

The first of the new series is completed.

Often, when I’m starting a new series I go back […]

Sheffield #6 is finally complete…I think.

I plan to live with it for a while before […]

Sheffield #6 is Finally Moving Along.

It’s interesting when you have to leave a piece just […]

Earlier work finds a place to rest.

Over the past few weeks the painting studio has been […]

An Interlude on Canvas.

In between working on the 3D series I’ll often begin […]

Did you ever create a meal from leftovers?

I got side tracked from working on the Sheffield #6 […]

A long shot to test the power of networking.

Many of you are aware that my building in Orange […]

My collection of limited edition canvas prints.

Just a reminder. Along with the new work I am […]

The last of the Sheffield series from July.

The roughs that I kept from my trip to the […]

What fun to be able to see well again!

Between the time that I started this painting and I […]

A video showing the process used to create “Sheffield #5”

I thought you might be interested in seeing the process […]

Ed Jaffe Studio: 3D Video Tour Of The October Show

Because of “Sandy” many of you were not able to […]

Review of the 3D show.

The opening reception for my new show took place last […]

A shape from the past.

I’ve got 2 large pieces working now. Another large Sheffield […]

Strange the way the mind works sometimes.

While working on the Sheffield series I sometimes walk away […]

I’m having a ball with the Sheffield series

So far I have scaled 2 of these up to […]

Sheffield #4 is finished.

I actually didn’t have as much left to do on […]

The Sheffield Series Continues

This is # 4 in the series. It is on […]

The Sheffield series is taking on a new scale.

I looks as if the sketches I made when I […]

The wall sculpture and paintings are back in production.

It took a while to get into the rhythm of […]

Another follow up on Carrara

In the post I wrote in January I tried to […]

PS on my trip to the Berkshires

I was extremely surprised when my two granddaughters presented me […]

A month away and some new sketches

I’m back from a month in the Berkshires of MA. […]

#11 gets a few coats of paint.

As usual I laid in a color scheme just to […]

Working on #11 in the wall series

Once the basic construction is completed and the blending and […]

Geisha #2 is now finished.

As stated in the last post , It was my […]

Geisha #2 is ready for painting.

As usual this piece has been “finished” several times. I’ve […]

The End of Phase One on Geisha #2.

The rough construction of Geisha #2 is now complete. Over […]

It’s very rare that the first cut works.

A few posts back I showed you the drawing for […]

We run constanly in our flight to stand still.

The title line comes from a prologue i wrote to […]

The cycle begins again.

I’ve always been amazed at the way the creative juices […]

What’s going on today?

I’m now up to number eight on the new series […]

The painted wall sculpture moves to a different level..

After working on three of the new pieces the process […]

Introducing My 3 Demensional Paintings.

Until now I have been showing the growth pattern of […]

Out of contex but you have to see this.

I’ve been to Ecuador several times and have driven past […]

You Are Now Caught Up. On to Phase Two

By following this blog and checking my page on Facebook. […]

Cure for small burns

Do you ever get a small burn on your hands […]

There is rarely anything new out there.

The last post got me thinking about how the current […]

Painting doesn’t come easy.

Creating sculpture has always seemed a natural thing to do. […]

From my personal collection.

I went to Guatemala the first time in search for […]

It’s always dark in there. That’s because the lights are not on.

Years ago in Vermont and here in Orange I realized […]

The Morphing of My Painting Styles

I’ve been giving some thought to how I moved from […]

A Yankee Moves To Virginia

I am often asked what made me move from Vermont […]

Here’s something for you wood sculptors to try.

Back the early eighties I was sculpting in many mediums […]

Exotic woods that no one knows are on St Croix

I remember visiting some friends in St Croix, Virgin Islands […]

The evolution of Musashi in Marble

When I purchased the 18th Century house in Chester, VT […]

Don’t throw your drawings away.

I wonder how many artists out there do what I […]

I wish I had kept more paintings.

I did some paintings in the 50’s that were good […]

Sold…. to a collector in Colorado

This sale brought to my attention the fact that the […]

When is a sea shell not a sea shell.

Back in the 80’s I was working on a series […]

What’s going on today?

I’m re-posting my earliest blog so people new to the […]

The elm sculpture in Vermont

One day when I was living in Vermont I remember […]

The Creative Block

After talking to many artists over the years I’ve come […]

Getting Stone from Portugal

Getting stone from Portugal was a real problem early on. […]

Follow up on Carrara

After running the post on Carrara yesterday I began to […]

My first trip to Carrara.

Carrara : Where the mountain tops look snow covered: and […]

What’s going on today?

If you would like to keep up with my work […]

My first attempt working in clay. Marc’s head.

Marc has never been able to sit still for too […]

In search of the Conquistadores

Why would a sculptor who paints want to visit the […]

First trip to Guatemala

So what happened when my favorite woods from Africa, Central […]

1988: The end of wood sculpture and the beginning of stone.

In 1988 I was carving a series based on African […]

My Medici

I’ve always referred to the camera as my  ” My […]

The Day I Discovered Sculpture

I remember this like it was yesterday. 1958. I was […]

Boy on a Bike

Going through some old files I came across this photo. […]

Openers

I want to thank my son Marc for putting this […]

Catch Up

For those of you who are new to this site […]