Ned Andrew Solomon is an artist, writer and musician. Born in New York City in 1957, Ned lived in New York State for 18 years before moving to Baltimore , Maryland in 1975, to attend the Writing Seminars program at the Johns Hopkins University . For several years—during and following his education at Hopkins — Ned ’s bands No Mercy and Poetic Justice, which featured his original compositions, were fixtures at several Baltimore live music venues. In 1988, Ned moved to Nashville , Tennessee to pursue a career as a songwriter.

As fortune would have it, Ned did not continue with his aspirations in the music business, but did progress in his career as a freelance writer, with work published in over 20 magazines, newspapers, newsletters and websites. In 2004, Ned began to explore his artistic side, an outgrowth of the intricate doodles he’d been putting on paper since early childhood.

Although he frequently collaborates on multi-media pieces with Knoxville artist and Life Coach, Gina Lynette , Ned ’s primary focus is elaborate, richly hued, colored pencil creations which feature curious creatures intermingling and inhabiting every inch of the paper. His work has been called soothing, peaceful, positive, and sensual. “I enjoy work that you can’t grasp in its entirety on first viewing,” says Ned . “I believe the longer you look at one of my pieces, and on return visits to it, the shapes evolve into characters you didn’t spot before.

“And although I appreciate all kinds of art, I want my pieces to be uplifting, not off-putting. They are typically created during my times of extreme relaxation and personal well-being, so I can only hope that people who view my art—or choose to decorate their walls with it—will feel the same way.”