Born in 1973 on a farm in southern Ohio, Erin's love of exploring her horizons grew.  Enjoying art from a young age, she began to capture and explore the unlimited potential of her creativity, through art, by pressing boundaries and exploring new horizons. 

In 1996, Erin received a Bachelor of Arts in Art from Xavier University. She continued her art training after college studying abroad as a Fulbright Arts Scholar in Germany. There she pursued illustration and sculpture at the University of Fine Arts Hamburg, Germany while traveling extensively to many of the art museums throughout eastern and western Europe.  

Upon returning to the states in 1998, Erin established herself as a Medical Illustrator in San Francisco. While in the Bay Area, she also taught painting, drawing, illustration and ceramics at various Bay Area art institutions. 

In 2003, Erin moved to Hawaii  and inspired by her surroundings, focused on landscape and seascape painting. Her work was represented in numerous island galleries (Wyland Gallery, Haleiwa, Island Treasures, Global Creations and Local Living Kailua).  Erin also balanced her painting with helping to create an art program & volunteer teaching art in the schools and privately on the North Shore. She also created and developed the Student Farmer's Market Program at Sunset Beach Elementary.

In 2012, Erin created Paint the Night Away and Paint the Day Away, an island inspired social painting company and taught over 6,000 adults and children to create and celebrate painting. Erin sold her business upon her families' decision to move to Rocky River, Ohio in December of 2014.  Erin enjoys capturing the lake life and the coastal beauty of Lake Erie.

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Currently, Erin is just finished her teaching degree in Visuals Arts preK-12 licensure at Ashland University.  She is very excited to bring her passion for art and love of teaching into the classroom!