I now find my options for expressing my vision are truly limitless. The resultant works are neither photographs nor paintings but an amalgamation of the two into something new. These images often start with a photograph and use digital brushes and various software, filters and/or screens to develop a scene. Soon I found that, not only does my photography influence my painting, but also my painting influences my photography.In 2012, I had an epiphany of sorts and began combining both photography and painting in the computer. All orders are custom made and most ship worldwide within 24 hours.

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Compositional techniques and points of view demonstrated in my photographic work readily transferred into my painting and drawing. High quality Dave Erickson inspired art board prints by independent artists and designers from around the world. Fifteen years ago i moved my photography completely into the digital realm which allows me the freedom to simplify and to blur the borders between black and white and color, between photography and other art forms, and especially between the real and the perceived.Īt some point these ideas led me back to painting, a medium I had not used since I was in my twenties. He has taught in private schools and art centers, designed stained glass for churches, and has commissioned work in private collections across the country. He received traditional training at the Atelier Lack School of Fine Art of Minneapolis, Minnesota in the 1980s. I place emphasis on line, tone, form and compositional relationships. David Brian Erickson is an American artist.

For 35 years I was a consumate black & white photographer. Although much of my work could be called landscape, I feel it is more about subtle relationships than grand vistas. Photography was my first love and my work covered a wide spectrum of interests, processes and techniques.

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