Erin hanson poet wikipedia

American artist (born 1981)

Erin Hanson (born 1981) is an American painter known for her "Open Impressionism style of work characterized by minimal brush strokes and the impasto application of paint."^[1]

Early years

Born in 1981, Hanson began painting as a child, learning oils, watercolor, pen and ink, pastels and life drawing from art instructors.^[2] She began commissioning portraits of her neighbor's pets at age 10 and by age 12, she was employed after school by a mural studio, learning the techniques of acrylics on the grand scale of 40-foot canvases.

Hanson has said that her first encounter with the Vincent van Gogh painting "Irises" in elementary school was decisive and marked the beginning of her appreciation for Impressionism.^[3] A high school scholarship took her to Otis College of Art and De