Erin D. Moore is a graduate of
Fine Arts at SUNY Purchase College in New York. While there,
she built an extensive background in photography, painting,
drawing, sculpting, and modeling, which paved the way to her
most favorite art form, mosaics.
Erin has been working as a decorative
painter throughout the metropolitan area for the past ten years.
Her techniques include: glazing, textures, Venetian plaster,
damask/stenciling, gold/silver leafing, antiquing, and handpainting.
Plying her trade in some of the
most beautiful and exclusive homes and restaurants in New York
and New Jersey, she later added tiling kitchens and bathrooms
to her repertoire. Working with these materials inspired Erin
to translate her many skills and overall artistic vision to
the mosaic art form. She began creating her uniquely signature
mirrors, candleholders, pots and portraits as birthday, holiday,
wedding or anniversary gifts for family and friends. In 1999
she displayed her creations for the first time professionally
in several art shows and sold dozens of items. Requests soon
followed, and now with the advent of this web site, her incredible
pieces now have an international audience.
Each of Erin's pieces is handcrafted
and meticulously assembled from various tiles and textures in
a myriad of colors and configurations. Working in ceramic, marble,
glass, stone, relic and more, many of the designs are accented
with stone and marbles to add several eye-catching dimensions.
Some of Erin's influences in the
art field range from the classically sweeping style of Michelangelo
to the mercurial, Pablo Picasso, all the way to more modern
interpretations by Frida Kahlo, Henry Miller, and her friend
and fellow painter/singer/songwriter, Dan Bern. She and Bern
recently finished a painting project together in New York City.
Erin provided graphic, mosaic and photograph work for two of
the last three books by author James
Campion who is a columnist for the Aquarian Weekly and also
Erin's husband.