Senior at Seattle Pacific University with a passion for all forms of art. I grew up in Happy Valley, Oregon--a suburb outside of Portland. There I spent my middle and high school years teaching myself how to draw and paint. Now in college, I've spent the entirety of my school career letting my love for art grow and my skills develop. After changing my mind several times, I’ve finally landed on the majors that fit me best! I'm double majoring in visual communications and art history with a minor in museum studies. One day, I hope to work as an in-house graphic designer at a museum.
 
Outside of design, I still love drawing like I did in high school. I love all mediums, but I mostly work with alcohol-based markers and digital paintings. To me, art is the best way to communicate emotions and to create subconscious connections. I use art to create a physical representation of how I understand the universe; from distinct shapes and arbitrary colors to abstract forms and unconventional portraits. I mostly work in abstract realism, meaning I like to take real-life objects and turn them into something that couldn't exist in our universe (maybe in a different one though!). By breaking the limitations that familiarity puts on our perspective, I turn our everyday observations into something completely new. I hope that while you're looking at my artwork, you find yourself unfamiliar with your own world, and transported into mine.
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You can find more of my work on Instagram @erincartyart