"Snowy Egret"
Pastel on Paper | 14x11 in
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"Pelican"
Pastel on Paper | 11x14 in
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Biography
Art has always been a process involving the healing of my inner demons. As a young child, the assassination of JFK left society with deep dark questions that were never asked or answered. Our involvement in Viet Nam likewise involved questions that yielded different answers to different constituencies. Watergate continued the degeneration into the polarized mess we find ourselves in today. We have incrementally continued down a path to collective suicide and madness. Art is and has been my refuge from that world.
I choose to paint the landscape as a unifying influence rather than engage in political art that divides. I spent over twenty years engaged in land use analysis and used technical tools to derive answers rooted in hard, objective truth. Nobody wanted to hear the truth. Americans have become obsessed with getting their way regardless of the consequences. Art allows me to step away from that conundrum.
Art allows to me to present my vision in my way. It will never appeal to all and isn’t intended to. I find the dramatic landscapes of the west full of healing qualities and try to capture and portray those qualities in my paintings. The journey never ends and the process keeps me hopeful.
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Nationality:
UNITED STATES
- Date of birth : unknown date
- Artistic domains:
- Groups: Contemporary American Artists
Influences
Education
1994 - 2000
Graduate degrees in Geography and Transportation Planning from Arizona State University
Tempe,
Arizona,
United States
1986 - 1992
BA General Art from Boise State University
Boise,
Idaho,
United States
1979 - 1979
Undergraduate Art Coursework - Antelope Valley Junior College
Lancaster,
California,
United States
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Galleries & Groups
Presented by Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery
Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery
(Art gallery, United States)Achievements
Prizes and Awards
2022
Grey Cube Gallery's 3Rd Artist's Choice Exhibition Finalist Award.
United States
2022
Art Show International Gallery 5Th Portrait Finalist Award.
United States
2022
Grey Cube Gallery 2022 3Rd Patterns Exhibition Finalist Award
United States
2022
2022 Art Room Gallery 3Rd Waters Exhibition Finalist Award.
United States
2022
Art Show International Gallery 4Th Figurative Honorable Mention Award.
United States
2022
Light, Space, And Time Gallery "Seascapes" Special Recognition Award.
United States
2022
Art Show International Gallery 5Th Open Exhibition Talent Award
United States
2022
Light Space And Time Gallery Summer 2022 "555 Exhibition" Special Recognition Award.
United States
2022
Art Show International Gallery 5Th Annual Landscape Exhibition Talent Award
United States
2022
2022 Grey Cube Gallery 3Rd "Colors" Exhibition Finalist Award
United States
2022
Art Show International Gallery 2Nd Water Honorable Mention Award
United States
2022
Art Show International 3Rd Color Talent Prize
United States
2022
Art Show International 3Rd Portrait Exhibition Honorable Mention
United States
2022
Grey Cube Gallery 1St Portrait Online Show Finalist
United States
2021
Art Room Gallery December Trees And Fields Exhibition Honorable Mention Award
United States
Collective Expositions
2023
Fremont Art Center Fremont Fall 2023 - October Art Exhibition
Canon City,
Colorado,
United States
2022
Flinn Foundation Corporate Headquarters Exhibition, February Through October 2022
Phoenix,
Arizona,
United States
2022
Joshua Tree National Park 2022 Exhibition
29 Palms,
California,
United States
2022
Golden 50 And Over Show At The Las Laguna Gallery
United States
2022
Las Laguna Gallery Landscapes And Seascapes February 2022
Laguna,
California,
United States
2022
Inspired By Vincent Show At The Phoenix Herberger Theater Spot Gallery February 2022
Phoenix,
Arizona,
United States
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Added Jul 12, 2022
2021 11th Nature Exhibition Special Recognition Award
Shortly after moving back to Phoenix I had another piece accepted in an online exhibition at the Light, Space, and Time Gallery. I started composing new work to exhibit and have pretty spectacular success since. 2022 has been a very good year for my work in shows and exhibitions.
Added Jul 12, 2022
Summer 555 Exhibition
Summer 0f 2021 I submitted artwork for an exhibition for the first time in a very long time. I got tired of rejection notices from jurors with an abstract expressionism orientation and they weren't going to accept and show any of my work. My "After Sunrise" work of the Superstition Mountains of Arizona was accepted into the exhibition and I started submitting to more shows. Numerous works have been in shows this year and I am having fun!
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Eric fantástica obra muy creativa .
Eric fantastic work very creative.
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