Ed Mell Sold at Auction Prices

b. 1942 - d. 2024

Ed Mell, the acclaimed artist was born in Phoenix in 1942, graduated from LA's Art Center College of Design in 1967, then migrated east to New York City, where he became art director at a major advertising agency. After six years in the big city, Mell ached for desert landscapes. He returned to Phoenix in 1973 and painted part-time while working in commercial art. By 1978, though, he left the 9-to-5 grind and turned to his easel and sculpture full-time. In the decades that followed, his work and his words appeared in the pages of Arizona Highways many times, including on the cover of the magazine's 90th anniversary issue in April 2015.