Mary Anne Erickson
Mary Anne Erickson is fascinated with the slow decline of American culture and paints elegiac portraits of what America used to be with trompe-l'œil precision and an unironic eye.
Mary Anne Erickson is fascinated with the slow decline of American culture and paints elegiac portraits of what America used to be with trompe-l'œil precision and an unironic eye. The quiet rust of signs, the peeling of paint and plaster from whimsical statuary, and the long, lonely road that unites these relics are described with nostalgia and patience. By capturing these iconic hotels, restaurants, and other tokens of the past, Mary Anne Erickson faithfully portrays wistful artifacts of post-World War II exuberance and enthusiasm for American car culture.
She has long been fascinated by scenes of the vanishing American roadside and the imaginary stories of unknown people and places.
A graduate of the Art Center College of Design (Pasadena, CA), Mary Anne Erickson is a landscape painter, artist, photographer and author. For 20 years, Erickson worked as a graphic designer for major publications including The New York Times and New York Magazine, publishing houses and record companies and her love of visual storytelling is ever present in her work. She has long been fascinated by scenes of the vanishing American roadside and the imaginary stories of unknown people and places. An overview of Mary Anne's career and portfolio can be viewed at www.maryanneerickson.com.