Aimee Erickson. Wonderful artist! Just look at the light and texture in this painting! Very nice! “Sarah” was awarded BEST OF SHOW at the 2014 American Women Artists national show at Addison Art Gallery in Orleans, Massachusetts – exciting!!

Aimee has a great website, check it out, both her studio paintings as well as her plein air paintings! Aimee was also featured by Southwest Art Magazines ARTISTS TO WATCH, a great article!

Read a bit about Aimee from her website:

Paris-born, Portland-based artist Aimee Erickson is an oil painter in the realist tradition. Trained as an illustrator, she has a BFA in Visual Communication Design and has also studied with Sherrie McGraw, Burton Silverman, and Joseph Paquet. Aimee is the first woman artist to paint an Oregon gubernatorial portrait, that of Barbara Roberts in 1997. She teaches at the Multnomah Arts Center, Sitka Center, Creative Arts Community at Menucha, and in her studio. 

“My interest lies in the essence of things, in the beauty of nature, and in cycles of consciousness. My paintings include all sorts of subject matter–figures, landscape, still life–with draughtsmanship and design as a foundation.”

Image via AimeeErickson.com

Catch you back here tomorrow!