Bio Artist Statement Links Current Focus		Erin McGee Ferrell Artist's Autobiography I'm a Kentucky girl. Bluegrass music, colorful quilts, and big skies with bright green rolling hills are in my blood. My home growing up was in an historic Victorian Louisville neighborhood. My paintings today continue to reflect my love of color, open landscape, and fanciful architectural details. I’m a West African child. Though as Scottish as can be with pale skin and red hair, my father and grandfather spent most of their lives in Nigeria. My love of brilliant color, pattern, and tilt toward abstraction come from the West African sculptures and paintings that decorated my childhood home. I’m a transplant. First to Seattle, then Massachusetts, Vermont, three cities in Virginia, North Carolina, and now The North Shore of Massachusetts. I'm a classically trained artist and have furthered my studies on a graduate level working privately with Robert White, a Master of Dutch Realism, Winchester, Virginia. I choose to work in Plein Air, rarely from photos. Something about sitting in the back of my husband's pick-up in February with the cold wind hitting me off the Salt Marshes is important to me. My paintings are moments of my life... a few hours of being in that particular space and time. My paintings have been shown and sold in Kentucky, Vermont, Virginia, Massachusetts, and Washington. "Lead me to Large Open Spaces and Big Skies." Erin McGee Ferrell © Copyright 2008 Erin McGee Ferrell Click Here for usage and licensing information Web site built by Aactivate