Erin Butler |
STATEMENT
I begin painting almost blindly. In the process of repainting, I struggle to strike a balance between the initial sense of natural wildness and an orderly paint surface that appears as simple as breathing.
BIOGRAPHY
Arriving in New York from the Pacific Northwest in those heady years of the mid 1970s, I roamed the streets sketching, haunted museums and studied at the Art Students League. Loft studios, East Harlem first, then South Brooklyn, were the proving ground. Cross-cultural art shows and NY Feminist Art Institute workshops provided a lively scene for multi-media experimentation. For the past ten years it’s been all about oil painting and my wonderful, alive surroundings in Astoria and Long Island City a deep influence.
The work is represented in private collections internationally and has been exhibited in Japan, Korea and throughout the U.S.
I begin painting almost blindly. In the process of repainting, I struggle to strike a balance between the initial sense of natural wildness and an orderly paint surface that appears as simple as breathing.
BIOGRAPHY
Arriving in New York from the Pacific Northwest in those heady years of the mid 1970s, I roamed the streets sketching, haunted museums and studied at the Art Students League. Loft studios, East Harlem first, then South Brooklyn, were the proving ground. Cross-cultural art shows and NY Feminist Art Institute workshops provided a lively scene for multi-media experimentation. For the past ten years it’s been all about oil painting and my wonderful, alive surroundings in Astoria and Long Island City a deep influence.
The work is represented in private collections internationally and has been exhibited in Japan, Korea and throughout the U.S.