Neil Anthony Edwards

Luxury begins with art

Neil Anthony Edwards

Former NBA center. New York painter. Scroll to walk the gallery.

01 / We Are All Fading

Style is the story.

Faceless figures dressed in a century of fashion. The clothes tell you who they were.

02 / From the hardwood

He played for the Clippers.

Then China, Lebanon, Venezuela and Italy. The studio is where he came home.

03 / After hours

Smoky rooms. Long nights.

The Prohibition scenes: crowded bars, piano men and the bartender who saw everything.

04 / Color first

Translucent color, unorthodox marks.

Trained in color theory at New York's High School for Art and Design.

Now showing / Philadelphia

EVANESCENCE

We Are All Still Fading. Morton Contemporary, Nov 14 to Dec 6, 2026.

As featured in

  • The Philadelphia Tribune
  • Dosage Magazine
  • Creative Philadelphia
  • Suffolk County News
  • The Wave
  • Morton Contemporary
Eye of the Tiger, oil on canvas by Neil Anthony Edwards: a lone figure with arms raised, looking out over a city parkway in haze.

Second solo show · Morton Contemporary

EVANESCENCE
We Are All Still Fading

Nov 14 to Dec 6, 2026 · 115 S. 13th Street, Philadelphia

The new series walks through generations of style, from the tailored 1910s and the glamour of the 1920s to the cool of the 1960s, with larger canvases and a wider range of color than before. It closes on two icons of the city: Rocky Balboa and LeBron James.

His 2025 debut at the gallery, WE ARE ALL FADING, sold out, according to Morton Contemporary.

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The story

From slam dunks
to brush strokes.

Neil Anthony Edwards in a black suit on a city rooftop.
Neil Anthony Edwards seated beneath one of his abstract paintings, black and white.
  1. The start

    Born in New York to Caribbean parents, raised in Far Rockaway. Studied color theory and technique at the High School for Art and Design. Art was his first love.

  2. College

    San Jacinto, Stony Brook, then York College in Queens, where he set the school records for blocks in a season (193) and in a single game (14).

  3. 2001

    Signed by the Los Angeles Clippers. That same year he was picked sixth in the first-ever NBA Development League draft and starred in ESPN's Down Low: Life in the D-League.

  4. Abroad

    Years of pro basketball in China, Lebanon, Venezuela and Italy. Every city went into the work as a cosmopolitan rhythm.

  5. Now

    Back in the studio full time. He brings the same discipline and kinetic energy to the canvas that defined his game.

193
blocks in one season, a York College record
4
countries of pro ball after the NBA
2
solo shows at Morton Contemporary

The series

We Are All Fading

Memory softens and edges blur, but the essence stays. Tap any piece to see it larger.

  • We Are All Fading

  • Fashionably Late

  • Influencers

  • Opulence

  • Socialites

  • The Hamptons Collected

  • Polo Collected

  • Father to Son Collected

  • 5th Edition Collected

  • 4th Edition Collected

The Prohibition scenes

After hours.

Smokey Night
The Art Tender · 36 x 36 in, oil on canvas
The Piano Man, Act 2 Collected

The archive

Every piece, one wall.

20 of the 22 works shown here are already in collections. Filter by series, or by what you can still ask about.

  • No. 01We Are All FadingWe Are All FadingCollected

  • No. 02We Are All Fading TooWe Are All FadingCollected

  • No. 03We Are All Fading, 3rd EditionWe Are All FadingCollected

  • No. 04We Are All Fading, 4th EditionWe Are All FadingCollected

  • No. 05We Are All Fading, 5th EditionWe Are All FadingCollected

  • No. 06Kid with Rubix CubeWe Are All FadingInquire

  • No. 07High SocietyWe Are All FadingCollected

  • No. 08Father to SonWe Are All FadingCollected

  • No. 09The HamptonsWe Are All FadingCollected

  • No. 10OpulenceWe Are All FadingCollected

  • No. 11PoloWe Are All FadingCollected

  • No. 12InfluencersWe Are All FadingCollected

  • No. 13SocialitesWe Are All FadingCollected

  • No. 14Fashionably LateWe Are All FadingCollected

  • No. 156th Edition, Prohibition seriesAfter HoursCollected

  • No. 167th Edition, Prohibition seriesAfter HoursCollected

  • No. 17The Art TenderAfter HoursCollected

  • No. 18Smokey NightAfter HoursCollected

  • No. 19Another RoundAfter HoursCollected

  • No. 20Piano ManAfter HoursCollected

  • No. 21The Piano Man, Act 2After HoursCollected

  • No. 22Eye of the TigerEVANESCENCENov 14, Philadelphia

Luxury begins with art

Picture it in your home.

  1. Influencers hanging above a black fireplace in a cream living room.

    Influencers

  2. The Art Tender above a fireplace beside a leather lounge chair.

    The Art Tender

  3. Opulence in an entry hall above a walnut credenza.

    Opulence

  4. Smokey Night above a sideboard in a dining room.

    Smokey Night

  5. Fashionably Late framed in a library nook.

    Fashionably Late

Room views courtesy of Morton Contemporary.

Press

In the news.

Neil Anthony Edwards in a mustard cardigan beside one of his paintings.
Photo: The Philadelphia Tribune

Exhibitions

Shows.

  1. Nov 14 – Dec 6, 2026EVANESCENCE: We Are All Still FadingMorton Contemporary, Philadelphia
  2. Nov 8 – Dec 7, 2025WE ARE ALL FADINGMorton Contemporary, Philadelphia
  3. Aug 26, 2024Luxury Begins With ArtChops Steakhouse, Patchogue, NY

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