Erica Norelius

I've been painting seriously for over 20 years, working in oil on location and in the studio. I'm based in Richmond, California, and paint everywhere from the streets of San Francisco to the hills of the East Bay to the coast of Mendocino. Early in my career I was named one of 21 emerging artists to watch by Southwest Art Magazine. I am represented by Lovetts Gallery in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and I'm a member of the California Art Club. I received a grant to paint in Zacatlan, Mexico, and my paintings are held in collections in Germany, Switzerland, Poland, India, and across the United States.

I split my time between plein air landscapes and studio cityscapes. Outdoors, I'm chasing something in front of me right now — the light on a hillside, fog moving through a valley, colors that will be gone in twenty minutes. In the studio, I'm working from photo reference and building a scene more slowly, especially San Francisco at dawn or dusk when the light does something the street doesn't do the rest of the day.

MA- Academy of Art University, San Francisco -2015
BFA painting - Academy of Art University, San Francisco - 2007
NYFA MARK Program - 2008
Creative Capital Profession Development Program
1999-2001 Cornell University

Gallery Representation
Lovetts Gallery, Tulsa, OK USA

Selected Shows
2017 "Richeson75:Figures and Portrait", Richeson Gallery, Kimberly, WI
2016 “Farhenheit,” Lovetts Gallery, Tulsa, OK
2016 “Urban Vistas,” Christian Daniels Gallery, San Francisco
2016 “Cityscapes,” Christian Daniels Gallery, San Francisco
2015 “Richeson75:Small Works,” Jack Richeson Gallery, Kimberly WI
2015 “Richeson75: Figure and Portrait,” Jack Richeson Gallery, Kimberly, WI
2015 Oil Painters of America, Western Regional, Colorado Springs, CO
2015 International Portrait Finalist Show, Portrait Society of America Annual Convention, Atlanta, GA

2015 Oil Painters of America, National Show, St. Augustine Florida
2015 “Cityscapes,” Studio Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2014 “Vernal Beauty,” Lovetts Gallery, Tulsa, OK
2014 “Bay Area Figurative,” Gary Francis Fine Art, Alameda CA
2013 Huntsville Museum of Art Gala, Huntsville Alabama
2012 “City Streets,” Studio Gallery, San Francisco
2012 Oil Painters of America, National Show, Evergreen, CO
2010 “Spring Invitational,” Main Street Gallery, Groton, NY
2009 “Private Lives/Public Spaces,” Blink Gallery, Andes NY
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