Hello, I'm Erin.
I am a visual artist with a passion for design, who harnesses fun and play in my creative pursuits.
Originally from Alabama, I earned a Bachelor of Architecture from The Cooper Union in 2008. I spent over a decade working in design in both New York City and my home state, where I now live.
Five years ago, I took a step back from my career to focus on raising my son. Watching him create art and build with toy blocks—while joining in myself—rekindled my passion for making and led me to explore new creative avenues.
My artistic practice bridges art, design, and play, drawing on my experiences as both a mother and a creative person. Geometric forms, vibrant colors, and grid structures are key elements of my work, reflecting my architectural background and love for playful experimentation.
I believe creativity should be fun, and I bring that sense of joy and curiosity into my art.
2025 Visual Arts Fellowship Recipient
I am grateful and honored to have been awarded a Visual Arts Fellowship from the Alabama State Council on the Arts. Thank you to the state council for this opportunity!
INSPIRATION FOR MY CREATIVE PURSUITS
I began making art in 2022 after observing my three-year-old son play with toy blocks and, subsequently learning about the history of kindergarten and its influence on modern art and design of the 20th century.
In the 1800s, Friedrich Froebel, a German educator, developed a methodology and philosophy for early childhood education—what we know as kindergarten. Froebel created a series of play-based objects to teach very young children. In their simplest form, the objects were geometric building blocks. Froebel called the blocks "gifts,” for they drew out the natural gifts of a child. The gifts were used to create designs and patterns, teach geometry and mathematics, and model the real world.
Froebel’s Gifts influenced architects and artists of the 20th century: Frank Lloyd Wright, Le Corbusier, Paul Klee, and Wassily Kandinsky (to name a few). Learning this was profound to me as a creative person and the mother of a then-three-year-old. Worlds collided: my endeavors in abstract art as a young adult, my experience in architecture school, my work in design, and my role as a mother. It was a catalyst for me, and since then, I’ve felt viscerally inspired to grow as an artist and creator.
