Artwork

Welcome to my Artwork.

You will find sketches, drawings, and acrylic paintings: commissioned portraits (yes, I can paint you and your dog, or anyone or anything), portraits from my own imagination, and abstracts. Some paintings are embellished with sewn glass beadwork, and some are for sale. I LOVE to do commissions in both abstract/beading and portraiture.

I’d be delighted to discuss how I can add beauty and joy to your home, work space and life. Email me at erica@ericaross.com.

Acrylic on Canvas

Connection, 24” x 24”, 2021, $4000

Connection, detail

Mutiara, 30” x 40”, 2021, $3000

Mutiara, detail

Spiral of Life, 20"x 24", 2021, $3300

Spiral of Life, detail

Flight, with Sewn Glass Beads, 24” x 18”, 2022, $2800

Flight, detail

My Artist Statement for “Flight” (from the Open Studio Exhibition, “Calling In the Muse”):

As long as I can remember I’ve loved the sky. As a child I would spend hours lying on the lawn of my backyard gazing up at the sky in wonder and awe at it’s shapeshifting wind, clouds and birds. How could this blanket of space be so vast and beautiful?

Six decades have come and gone since those childhood days and many things have changed. Yet, when I ‘called in my muse’ for this Open Studio Exhibition, asking “Who are you?”, it was no surprise She came flying in with expansive wings and a round belly. Of course she would be from the sky realm, pregnant with possibilities! And yes… there’d be lots of BLUE!

As this painting unfolded, “Who are you?” remained my guiding mantra (invitation). Leading with curiosity and trust is how I create. It’s how I connect to my creative impulses naturally and joyfully. Listening in this way opens me to receive inspiration and claim what’s already there, and bring my dreams, unseen and unmanifested, into form. (Dancing while painting also helps!)

On a practical note, I love painting with acrylics. I can play with the elements of transparency (when using a retarder to slow down the drying process) and opacity. The idea of sewing beads onto my paintings came after beading an article of clothing. I loved the beading, but quickly realized how fragile it was to wear. It struck me that my paintings could be the backdrop for my sewn beads - which for me became the perfect marriage of fluidity (paints) and precision (beading). Loose and precise. Watery and textured.

May you feel delight, expansiveness and joy as you view ‘Flight’.