Tulip Manipura - Limited Edition #2 of 25 - Limited Edition of 25 Print

About The Artist Erika L. Forsythe [ELF] is a self-taught photographer, delighted by crafting images since returning from field trips with her suburban Philadelphia high school’s photography club and developing film in the darkroom by hand. After a long stint of rigorous daily training for touring on the national tennis circuit, she spent many years employing her college business degree to produce marketing communications in the corporate and university realms. Next, always an artist at heart, when life handed her a 23-acre farm, she grew raspberries, studied how to become a jam artisan, created 14 certified original flavors and became a one-woman processing plant. Now, this spirited butterfly focuses on her quest to use her digital camera to make photos that become your Moment of Zen. Erika’s spontaneous, unembellished images are a reflection of the visceral vibration that attracted her to stop and contemplate as she was exploring near or far. Both the ELF Moments of ZEN visual meditation series and the travel scenes convey her personal belief in the power and peace that can be found in being still, quietly reflecting. Erika currently searches for magical scenes and subjects to photograph from her home base in Maryland, USA. Visit her ELF Moments of ZEN website Follow her journey on Instagram. Artist Accolades Fine Art Photographer Erika L. Forsythe’s awards include winning the 1st Place Blue Ribbon for overall creativity, composition & technical merit at the 54th Bel Air Festival for the Arts. Erika won a 1st Place Blue Ribbon from the SBY Art Gallery for her beach photo “Starfish Story” and her landscape from Peru called “Chinchero Passageway” was awarded the 1st Place Blue Ribbon out of over 100 artworks in the Art League of Ocean City Travelogues Exhibit. Erika’s piece from Buenos Aires, Argentina, “San Telmo Umbrellas” received 4th place in the 2020 All Color Art Exhibition with Contemporary Art Gallery Online, where all five of her artworks were placed in the show. Her 5 photo collection “Women of Peru” earned a spot in the J. Mane Gallery All Women Art Exhibition. Other accolades include Erika’s Honorable Mention for her beach photo “The Early Bird” in the Sunrises & Sunsets Art Exhibition by Fusion Art Gallery, and an Honorable Mention for her depiction of Paris in “The Arc” for their Cityscapes Art Exhibition.