Artist Bio
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.
Currently, Erin is just finished her teaching degree in Visuals Arts preK-12 licensure at Ashland University.
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.
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!
Embrace the choas - That is from where you can create something that was never possible before.
. - Erin
Showings
SHOWINGS
2012 Selected Exhibition Haleiwa Art Walk, Kai Ku Hale Haleiwa, Hawaii April
2012 Solo Exhibition Wyland Gallery Haleiwa, Hawaii May 19
2012 Selected Exhibition Waikiki ARTFEST Honolulu, Hawaii June 23-24
2012 Selected Exhibition Kapiolani ARTFEST Haleiwa, Hawaii June 1-2
2012 Selected Solo Exhibition “Flux” Poppy’s Café Honolulu, Hawaii Sept – Dec
2012 Selected Group Exhibition, Ho`omaluhia Botanical Gardens Kaneohe, Hawaii Oct
2012 Selected Solo Exhibition Bonzar Front Haleiwa, Hawaii Oct
2012 Selected Group Exhibition “Interpretations of Life as We Know It” Waialua Library Waialua, Hawaii Sept 21 – Oct 9
2012 Selected Group Exhibition Windward Artist Guild Group Kailua, Hawaii Oct
2012 Selected Group Exhibition Surf Art Show at Wyland Gallery Haleiwa, Hawaii Dec
2013 Selected Exhibition Haleiwa Arts Festival Haleiwa, Hawaii July
2013 Solo Exhibition “Patterns” Gallery on the Pali Honolulu, Hawaii Oct. 6 - Nov. 7
2014 Selected Exhibition Haleiwa Arts Festival Haleiwa, Hawaii July
Gallery
GALLERY AFFILIATIONS
Kai Ku Hale Haleiwa, Hawaii
Wyland Gallery Haleiwa, Hawaii
Island Treasures Kailua, Hawaii
Local Living Kailua, Hawaii
Outrigger Reef Gallery Honolulu, Hawaii
Gester’s Rocky River, Ohio
