Erin Williams

Erin Williams began her professional career as a full time artist in 1985 upon receiving her MFA in painting at the State University of New York at Albany where she was awarded with the Presidential Award for Excellence in Art. After a bi-coastal upbringing between NY and CA, including studies at the Academy of Art in San Francisco, Erin returned to the west coast to settle down in a lush, picturesque valley outside of Eugene, OR.

Married with 2 children, she spent the next 20 years raising her family while daily painting the natural bounty of their small farm and surrounding countryside. Her art became the family business, supporting them with sales from regional galleries, national art festivals where she won many awards, and a line of notecards that were carried in shops nationwide.

In 2006, following the message from a dream, Erin moved to Santa Barbara where she lives with her current partner in an enchanted ocean front home where she paints the semi-tropical beauty that surrounds her. She has found a new following of collectors here and is very involved with the thriving artist community. Her designs have been licensed as fabric, gift wrap, tabletop ware, wall decor, greeting cards, tile murals, wooden puzzles and ...

State University of New York, Albany (MFA)
State University of New York. Albany (MA)
State University of New York Albany (BFA)
Academy of Art, San Francisco, CA

"June Joy" at Gallery Los Olivos in Los Olivos, CA - June 2014
"May Flowers" at the Bella Rosa Galleries in Santa Barbara, CA - May 2014
Village Galleries in Lahaina, Maui - May 2014
"April Showers" at the Bella Rosa Galleries in Santa Barbara, CA - April 2014
"Spring Fling" at Gallery Los Olivos in Los Olivos, CA - March 2014