Landscape and Memory
Erin Schalk, USA
My practice takes inspiration from the physical landscapes found in the Eastern and Western Hemispheres, as well as aspects of each region’s compositional preferences and landscape painting traditions. Through processes of abstraction, I develop low-relief paintings and alter on-site photographs that seek to create a ‘poetry of place’ by capturing the intangible qualities of landscape: atmosphere, emotion and associated memories.
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Decomposition (2019)
Digital photograph
Dimensions variable
© Erin Schalk
Preserve (2018)
Digital photograph
Dimensions variable
© Erin Schalk
New Bloom (2019)
Acrylic and mixed media on wood panel
16 x 11 inches
© Erin Schalk
Erin Schalk is a visual artist, writer and educator who lives in the greater Los Angeles area. In 2017, she graduated with her MFA in Studio from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Today, Schalk teaches and is in charge of an arts education program which provides tactile art courses to blind and visually impaired students. For more information, please visit her website at www.erinschalk.com.
