Concept

Figure drawing and painting has been the main focus for Erin’s studies, she believes it is important to study the figure in order to be more familiar with your own. As she started diving into figure drawing, she realized it was going to be the center of her conceptual work.

Supporting body positivity and appreciation, in her art, Erin explores different scales, shapes, and sizes for the female figure, in search of a better understanding and appreciation for her own. Incorporating nature, in specific plants and flowers, helps remind her audience that our bodies are as sacred and beautiful as the nature that surrounds us. Erin likes to display the female figure as is it, not over sexualized, but simple and one with nature.

The symbolism behind the Mushroom Girls comes from the idea that mushrooms are predisposed to many as a fungus, which is often perceived to many as something negative. However like many flowers and plants, mushrooms grow from the ground, they are apart of nature, and maybe less beautiful to some, however still apart of natures reality. Like flowers and mushrooms, bodies, especially female, have been defined by cultural “beauty” standards for centuries. Some may say these standards are unrealistic, Erin says they are noninclusive.

Defining “beauty” is a cultural practice that we all partake in, and all contribute to, however Erin would like us to reshape our thinking. In her creative journey she has come to realize that there is no simple way to define “beauty”, it is only subjective. By taking the simplest of ideals, and reshaping the way we define females, she has turned to her art to simple representation of natural beauty, at all shapes and sizes, reminding us that we are one with nature.