erinannmccarty
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| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Industry | Arts |
| Occupation | student |
| Location | Portland, OR, United States |
| Introduction | My work consists mainly of large-scale gouache & acrylic paintings on heavy archival paper or canvas. Influences range from the patterns occurring in the natural world and within our body system to brutal climates and characters, outer & inner space, anatomical studies, emotional states, and the artist William Blake. Emotive, celebratory, dark, and intimate, my work reflects the honest enthusiasm I have for my subject matter. Above all else, I am drawn to the excitement, grandeur, and terror of human life and the unknown. The marriage of seemingly opposing forces has always provided ample thematic material for me (the earthly and the celestial, adoration and violence, loneliness and communion), and much of my work explores our capacity to be many things at once. A good amount of my work depicts humans, beasts, good & evil, the elements and the invisible all existing as a unified force. Originally born and raised in Valdez, Alaska, I moved to Portland, Oregon to attend The Pacific Northwest College of Art where I graduated with a BFA in Illustration. I currently still call Portland home, and work at The Pony Club Gallery downtown. CONTACT: ERINANNMCCARTY@GMAIL.COM |