Welcome to my website! Here I show my artwork, share the reasons why I am an aspiring artist and uncover the creative process that brings forth my art. I write in English as a courtesy to my friends and family living in foreign countries. If you struggle with English, please use google translate, just as I do.
If you want to contact me please send me an email: erica.stenkrona@me.com
Calvin & Hobbes on artist statements. Cartoon by Bill Patterson July 15, 1995
My art mirrors what I think is really interesting: people. To be more specific; peoples´s faces. The soul of a person is manifest in the face. A face is an intricate landscape. Exploring it and capturing on paper or canvas both the topography and the elusive glimpse of the soul is a grand thing. My favorite mediums are oil, soft pastels, colored pencils, charcoal, pencil and textile. Words, music, photography and imagination are also important ingredients in my art.
“The importance of any drawing is not how faithfully it copies nature, or another person´s conception of nature, but rather the personal statement of it.”
EDUCATION
From a young age I´ve been dabbling in art, being happy and clueless in my modest endeavors. One day, not long ago, I got an epiphany: you need to learn how to draw! The Italian artist and writer Cennino Cennini (about 1370–about 1440) gave the following advice:
“The foundation of the art and the beginning of all these labours of the hand is drawing and coloring.”
“Now then, you of noble mind, who love this profession, come at once to art and accept these precepts: enthusiasm (love), reverence, obedience, and perseverance. As soon as you can, place yourself under the guidance of a master, and remain with him as long as possible. ”
In 2013 I started my studies at Farigh Ghaderi Art Studio in Stockholm. Farigh is a master teacher and after being under his guidance for four years I´ve learned the basics (and much more) in becoming a skilled artist. Please click here to see how my artwork has evolved and progressed since I started my apprenticeship at the art studio.
CURRICULUM VITAE
2013-2017 Studies at Farigh Ghaderi Art Studio, Stockholm
2016-2017 Workshop: portrait drawing with professor Vitaly Borovic from The Repin State Academy of Fine Arts, St:Petersburg
2016 Workshop: landscape painting with Joe Paquet, USA
1993-2013 Humanitarian work, Stockholm
1991-1993 Studies at Karolinska college of health sciences, Stockholm
1990-1991 Studies at Agriculture college, Örebro
1982-1990 Humanitarian work, Göteborg, the Philippines, Örebro
1980-1981 Hovedskous Målarskola, Göteborg
1961-1980 Birth, childhood and adolescence, Göteborg
