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Erik Erikson Bio
Erikson abandons the establishment of the canvas in seeking a greater range to combine form, scale, and the third dimension. Erikson’s personal vocabulary evokes images of extreme preciousness combined in miniature settings. The larger surfaces of work have internal windows allowing for his sculptures and fragments to sit in the composition. Wanting to intrigue and enchant the onlooker, Allan Stone the legendary art dealer, a mentor of his once told Erikson “That a sense of surprise should remain with a piece no matter how long it is viewed.” Erikson insists on this premise through his whole creative process. Much of the body of work suggests something alluding to a distant past and different time. As an antique collector, Erikson has always been intrigued in the natural aging process and how the patina and texture of an objects surface is transformed over time. His painterly techniques often highlight and reveal layers of past colors. The aging process of sending pieces back in time is another way for the viewer to consider its past and future. Erikson’s initial beginning in the arts, evolved on movie sets as a special effects designer as well as inspiration from frequenting the collections at the Metropolitan Museum and American Museum of Natural History in Manhattan. He attended the School of Visual Arts and Pratt Institute in New York pursuing an industrial design degree. As a New Yorker, this infusion of historical art references has had a vital effect on his total body of work. Erikson's expedition attempts to introduce sculpture to painting as a way of integrating the second and third dimension in one composition, Finally, Erikson believes that art should always command attention as an energized object so as to take the viewer on a deeper understanding of the interplay.
Erik Erikson
Natural Harmony
Mixed Media
19x28.5" with frame
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Harmonious Thoughts
Mixed Media
12"x12"x9"
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Tuscan Light Arrangement
Mixed Media
32"x51"
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Three Pears and a Plum
Mixed Media
19"x53"
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Timeless Treasure
Mixed Media
39"x26"
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