Photos by Sarah O'Driscoll
This is Erika Arbour-Nevins, a great friend of mine and a wonderful artist. She is from Gaspesie, Quebec. Erika has many ways of working. She paints, draws and is also really starting to take photography seriously. She is great in everything she does. When I first saw Erika's work I fell in love immediately. This girl has some serious talent! She received her bachelor of fine arts at NSCAD in 2004. She is currently working as a photo retoucher and is signed with Dulcedo modeling agency. She is making a lot of art on the side.
Here are some examples of Erika's watercolor portraits, I find these to be some of her most interesting and unique pieces:
Here are some other paintings and drawings that Erika has done:
Lastly, here are some examples of Erika's photography:
Here is an interview I did with Erika regarding her artwork:
ERIKA
9:24pm
ok so shoot me them questions
SARAH
9:27pm
okay so the first is when did you start liking/enjoying art in general and why?
ERIKA
9:30pm
well my parents have told me i always loved drawing and making crafts
as i kid (that i can remember) i loved coloring, painting - with whatever, sometimes in the summer i did it with water on the floor outside and it would dry, then id start over and over
but mainly i guess high school i became aware that i really enjoyed it, had a talent for it, and wanted to do something that had to do with art with my life
SARAH
9:32pm
did you take many art classes while you were in high school?
ERIKA
9:33pm
i took a couple. it was a general art class. for a year or so i did nude drawing classes every sunday
i had a great art teacher for a year, but when i did IB, she got really sick, and we had a replacement teacher ,who was a terrible teacher. so i feel like i didn't take a class really when he was teaching. i was mainly doing things on my own, researching a lot of artists, known or unknown
(the IB is a two year program where you take 7 subjects for 2 years, and i had a "art research workbook course." it was art making, your own projects, had a little show, and we had to keep an art journal, very frequently)
SARAH
9:38pm
are you glad you got your degree? and can you explain exactly what it was that you studied?
ERIKA
9:40pm
i am glad, altho i wish i could have had more time/money to keep going a year or two. there is just so much to tap into!
there are definitely things i wish had been done differently at my school, because i feel a bit lost, as my degree is so broad but i don't regret a second of it.
My degree is a bachelor of fine arts interdisciplinary
i studied photography, painting and drawing, and dabbled in so many things! i did welding and metal work, i did some printmaking, sculpture(not very much tho) some bookarts, weaving (loved it!) and probably a lot of stuff i can't remember right now
my main focuses were definitely photo, drawing and painting. i started drawing a lot more once i left school tho, since i didn't have as much access to studios and facilities
SARAH
9:43pm
what inspires you?
ERIKA
9:43pm
so many things
friends and the relationships we create with people - whether it be your parents, a stranger ,a lover, a friend really interest and inspire me
how our past and present affect our interactions
nature
industrial things
fashion
art
some poetry
and individuality.
SARAH
9:45pm
where would you LIKE to see yourself in ten years
ERIKA
9:47pm
in ten years i hope to be fully making a living out of something i enjoy doing, and can be creative while doing it! hopefully i can still be modeling and making money, taking pictures and drawings. if i do none of that i will be disappointed in myself
i hope to have shows in galleries, sell some works, publish some and be able to live comfortably and happily with what i do
it could be so many things
SARAH
9:52pm
thanks girl! <3
here is Erika's website: www.erikaarbournevins.com
ENJOY!
-SARAH
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