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| Biography: |
| Erika's
work utilizes an elaborate painting technique and metaphoric imagery to comment
on everyday life. This unique style blends contemporary aesthetics with European
folk art. Erika's process is not predetermined but is improvised and developed
intuitively as she works. Visionary images are created by collapsing the three-dimensional
realm into a two-dimensional veil of color shapes and dots that send the eye in
pursuit of the enigmatic. | | Erika's
inspiration comes from her desire to contribute to the beauty of this world. She
is inspired by everyday life and with her work she tries to compensate for the
overwhelming negativity projected by the media. Erika likes to portray characters,
symbols, and natural phenomena that coexist in a world of peace, harmony, and
mutual consolation. Erika says, "I try to remind my viewers of the wonder
of childhood when encountering something new and beautiful in nature." Wayne
Breyner, in the Austin Chronicle Arts Review writes, "The artist captures
creatures of the wild - a toucan, a green sea turtle, a jellyfish, each to a single
board - in the midst of environments of Morrisian complexity, all rendered in
such polychrome pointillism that it could make you weep for the colorblind."
| | Erika
has won awards in national competitions and has been published in several national
publications, including the December issue of ArtNews Magazine. |
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