An Experimental Approach: Art by Erin Burge
Untitled, acrylic on wood panel
Erin Burge is a Kelowna-based tattooer and visual artist. In her visual art practice, Erin takes an experimental approach, combining media and style to create images that range from straightforward black and white portraiture to colorful abstractions.
Jess, acrylic and graphite on canvas
In our previous features of Erin’s realistic tattoo portraits we’ve looked mostly at the artist’s ink designs. It’s interesting to get a glimpse, from Erin’s art portfolio site, of how her sketches and paintings on traditional media inform her professional tattoo work. I can clearly see the relationship between the artist’s black and white portraits and her detailed, realistic tattoo designs.
The front page of Erin's art website
Erin’s color works and abstract paintings often seem as though the artist is testing out different color combinations, seeing how different hues play against each other on canvas, panel, or paper – to better understand how they might eventually play on skin. I look forward to seeing more of Erin’s recent visual and tattoo artworks.
