Based on the Surrey borders on the outskirts of Farnham, Erika enjoys walking and spending time outdoors observing and drawing inspiration from the English countryside: the landscape, the animals, plants and changing light.

Having enjoyed creative activities from a young age, spending hours playing with different techniques and being encouraged by inspirational teachers, she inevitably followed her passion with a teaching degree at Exeter University specialising in Art. She then went on to share her love of art for many years working as a teacher.

She starts each artwork with a colour scheme and compositional idea often drawing on inspiration for details from fabric designers from the arts & crafts period .Her paintings are largely acrylic based using acrylic spray paints to sketch out her compositions and putting initial colour ideas down, then she over paints with details & texture.

Each artwork is planned out with a ideas board but once started takes on a journey of exploration and problem solving which may lead her in a completely different directions…

My artwork is also available to buy on a range of products on Red Bubble.