Artist's Statement

For the first fifteen years of her professional career, Erica worked as a field archaeologist in Ohio, extensively covering back roads, woods and farmland.  Her specialty was drawing exact renditions of artifacts found on digs as a method to record the items.  Once the demands of motherhood required her to stay at home, she began to devote time to her true passion, original art.

As her style has progressed, she has moved on from being influenced by the styles of others, such as the highly-regarded Impressionists, to developing an aesthetic that is uniquely her own.  With her bold use of color and her eye for natural detail, Erica’s work captures the world around us, yet requires viewers to reconsider even the most mundane of daily scenes.  The viewer is thus rewarded with a refreshed look at the world.

Erica lives with her husband, her two children, and several pets on a farm in southwestern Ohio that has been in her husband’s family for five generations.

Shows/Competitions

2011  Preble County Art Association Annual Exhibit, Eaton, Ohio

            Art Association of Randolph County Annual Exhibit, Union City, Indiana

            Greenville Art Guild Annual Exhibit, Greenville, Ohio

             Sacred Spaces, Eaton, Ohio

2010   Art Association of Randolph County Annual Exhibition, Union City, Indiana

             Spring Fling Annual Art Show, Sidney, Ohio

             Preble County Art Association Annual Exhibit, Eaton, Ohio

             Greenville Art Guild Annual Exhibit, Greenville, Ohio

2009   Pilgrimage Through the Centuries at LeFevre Gallery, OSU Newark 

            Fun Razer II, Woman's Art Club of Cincinnati

            Preble County Fair, Eaton, Ohio

            Preble County Art Association Annual Exhibit, Eaton, Ohio

            Art Association of Randolph County Annual Exhibition, Union City, Indiana

            Wings, Hooves, Tails and Scales at Midwest Veterinary Conference, Columbus, Ohio

2008    Greenville Art Guild Annual Show, Greenville, Ohio

             Mason Arts Festival, Mason, Ohio

             The Essence of Preble County Through Art, Eaton, Ohio

2008    Preble County Art Association Annual Exhibition, Eaton, Ohio

2007    Preble County Art Association Annual Exhibition, Eaton, Ohio

Associations

Preble County Art Association (Secretary)

Greenville Art Guild

Ohio Archaeological Council

Awards

2011

   Preble County Art Association Annual Exhibit

      1st place pastel for Desire

  Greenville Art Guld Annual Exhibit

     Purchase Award for White Zinnia

2010

  Preble County Art Association Annual Exhibition

     1st place pastel for Approaching Storm

2009 

  Preble County Fair

      1st place oil  for Where Are They Going?

      1st place drawing  for Barn Interior (Support)

      1st place digital photography - snow scene for Barn in the Snow

  Preble County Art Association Annual Exhibition

      3rd place for drawing  Barn Interior (Support)

2008

  Preble County Art Association Annual Exhibition

      2nd place pastel  for Square Bowl on a Round Plate

 Greenville Art Guild Annual Show

      2nd place pastel  for Kirsten's Sanctuary

Media 

from Dayton Daily News

August 13, 2008

Additional Education

April 2010  Pastel Workshop with Thelma Frame at the Greenville Art Guild