Elena Erickson

Elena’s initial direction and interest in art making originated in analog photography, carrying her Canon camera everywhere she went and setting up a darkroom in her apartment bathroom in Basel, Switzerland. Moving later to the San Francisco Bay Area in California, Elena started studying abstract painting with her husband Mark, an established painter himself. That enriching background enabled her to find her own style of painting. Through trial and error, the painting techniques developed quickly until she found something that was her. 
Elena’s paintings revolve around color, design, fabric and nature.
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Elena often starts a new creation with small color studies on paper. Their assistance in her larger paintings on canvas is vast. Exploring colors, hues and shades and how they affect each other is at the core of her approach to painting. Color theory is an important part of the process in creating these large canvases. As Elena states: “Brush work is essential, the details are carefully shaped and manipulated as I proceed. It takes steady hands and an awareness and sensitivity for the desired lines I seek.” Playing with reflections, mixing paint and exploring colors, her goal is to attempt and capture a static energy in her canva...

~ Certificate in Fashion Retailing & Design - Olten, Switzerland
~ Apprenticeship In Studio Arts, Painting & History with Mark Erickson - Oakland & Venice, California - 2015-2019

Robert Green Fine Arts
Mill Valley, CA
ongoing

Frederick Holmes and Company
Seattle, WA
ongoing

Angela King Gallery
New Orleans, LA
ongoing

MAC Fine Art Gallery
Fort Lauderdale, FL
ongoing

Terra / Bloc15
San Francisco / Oakland, CA
ongoing

Stella Carakasi Boutique
Berkeley, CA
ongoing
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New Horizons
Robert Green Fine Arts
Mill Valley, CA
August 16th - October 6th 2019

Caffe 817
817 Washington Street
Oakland, CA
January / February 2018

Pro Arts Open Studio
June 10. 11. and 17. 18. 2017

Pro Arts Open Studio
4. 5. / 11. 12. June 2016

Fleet Wood Gallery
San Francisco, CA
December 3, 2015 - January 3, 2016

LLS art show
San Francisco, CA
September 29, 2015

Pro Arts Open Studio
4. 5. / 11. 12. June 2015