ERICA FAIRHURST
ARTIST

Erica was born and raised surrounded by the hills of Dorset where she has returned to live and rediscovered her love of painting in recent years.  She started painting at secondary school, painting 7ft self portraits in oil, inspired by the expressionist and impressionist painters of the last two centuries.

Erica paints at home in Chetnole, Dorset, which she shares with her two young children, her husband, a lot of palette knives and easels.  She uses Acrylic paint, the most practical medium for home life and making layers of colour without losing any vibrancy. Her landscapes are gradually moving toward abstraction but remain recognisable.  She spends many sunny days sketching and painting out of the back of her car, or sitting in a field.  Armed with sketches, photographs and memory, she pieces landscapes together in her studio. 

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She finds it interesting that we hold emotional connections to particular places and landscapes: She returns to the same themes and places diving deeper into what they can evoke. Her deep desire to create is coupled with a motivation to provoke those feelings for the viewer.