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I paint, walls, ususally or ceilings but BIG and life sized. I am erinthepainter because I sometimes work with and alongside building contractors and in that atmosphere...
I paint, walls, ususally or ceilings but BIG and life sized. I am erinthepainter because I sometimes work with and alongside building contractors and in that atmosphere everyone is known for their trade so I got tagged erinthepainter as opposed to erintheplumber or erinthedrywaller... I might consider myself an artist, but I walk a tightrope between artwork and extreme housepainting. I get my art supplies from the hardware store and I haven't touched an easel in years. But I might use three or four colors on a roller at one time and have three rollers in use at once. (roller ninja?)
In an arena of artists, "thepainter" may seem redundant or self righteous, to be but is not at all intended that way. It's all I got.
And I love music. so I listen to music and paint to it. the music moves me. Literally and figuratively. Sometimes the melody just forces some part of the scene out of me, and sometimes the words, speak directly to my situation, or present feelings, and it makes everything so simple and clear.It has to move me, though,in some way, or I have no use for it in my brain. Bad music can alternately, seriously screw me up, when others can somehow just ignore it or laugh it off. So I have to be careful with what I put in my ears...
The songwriters and poets I listen to live parallel lives to my own so I take heart in knowing I am not alone in being alone...and getting by on getting by. And hopefully what I do may soothe some other tortured soul in the way the music soothes mine. So my music collection is my most valuable and influential possession... obsession...addiction...inspiration.
The music takes me away from all the worries and meaness and confusion of my world and lets me paint, somewhere off in a world of my own creation. That's how I spend my days.
...different worlds, different places, different days, but the process is always the same.
I started drawing as a kid, then switched to painting small found things,because found things were free. But then the painting got bigger and the music got better and I got older. Well, I 'm pretty old now so I paint murals, mostly. They cover the room from floor to ceiling,sometimes the whole building. Sometimes inside, sometimes outside, (depending on the weather). I bring the outside inside, and the inside outside. I've painted wood to look like rock, rock to look like wood, new surfaces to look like old surfaces...I like to upset the status quo, whatever that may be.
I usually use acrylics, either latex housepaint, or artist pigments. Sometimes I paint in UV light with flourescents, or a mix of the two....I use rollers for most of my work, brushes at the end for detail work.
Turn music on, music takes me ...somewhere...
when I paint/ dance/ sing along, then the walls go away, and the room becomes the place in my head.
in my mind I measure my paintings in those songs.
and cds full of songs are the most important tool I carry...
the paint is up there, too.
 
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farleyfoot
Posted: February 04, 2010
Freakin awesome! Talent galore
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bettybairamian
Posted: November 05, 2009
Great work!!! I love it!!!!
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jenny123
Posted: September 28, 2009
love your work!
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shantideva
Posted: September 01, 2009
Hi Erin! Thanks for your comments on my artwork. I browsed a little bit through your gallery and I am amazed. I think your house must be some kind of artistic paradise. Keep up that great work.
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erinthepainter
Replied: September 05, 2009
thank you , shantideva. when I had a house, it was full of half finished things. I would try something to see if it worked then abandon it ,and go do it somewhere else. now, though, the world is my house
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gianluca_bernardini
Posted: August 23, 2009
Hi Erin thanks for your nice comments
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mickpark
Posted: August 13, 2009
thank you for the star and your comment!
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erinthepainter
Posted: August 10, 2009
thank you vxr13...ahhh,traditions are made to be broken.keep rockin.
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vxr13
Posted: August 08, 2009
thanks for the comment love the stuff you do as well I am new here and not so traditional art like but I have fun and do what it is i love as an outlaw...hahhahaha! great stuff!!-VXR13
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imaginations
Posted: July 29, 2009
Thanks for the star and comment erinthepainter! How have you been of late. :)
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photobig
Posted: July 17, 2009
Thank you for visit my network!
Your work always beautiful as well.
Cheers!
Big
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thegleestudio
Posted: July 16, 2009
Thanks for the star and kind words!
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sbaker5
Posted: July 02, 2009
Thanks for visiting, and for my rememberings, I have painted restaurant walls and store windows, murals, and you have a grand collection of work particularly the seascapes!
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mickpark
Posted: June 30, 2009
thank you so mcuh for your kind words! Love your wonderful works as well.
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erinthepainter
Posted: June 26, 2009
thank you for noticing... most of the paintings, or at least the section of the paintings you see were done in day or two.
I have been at this for a lot of days...
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jettjames
Posted: June 25, 2009
Wow, that's a lot of work!!
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andyrodrigues
Posted: June 23, 2009
thanks dor coiment, you a senbility, you are a great artist
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andyrodrigues
Posted: June 23, 2009
thanks, for your coment and star. I loved you art work
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m0n0id
Posted: June 23, 2009
Thank you for the nice words! :)
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robertmcaffee
Posted: June 09, 2009
And how you do paint walls so well! Wow, very effective! Not too mention your captive audience. Good doing!
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uptonparkman
Posted: June 08, 2009
hello erin congrats on a great show of paintings,i enjoyed looking through them.great talent
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taeleen
Posted: May 31, 2009
Such a lovely muralist you are!! wonderful ! :]
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erinthepainter
Posted: May 21, 2009
thanks marisa!
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marisa
Posted: May 21, 2009
Wonderful gallery. Conmgratulations!!!
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erinthepainter
Posted: May 09, 2009
thank you very much gerard, jthomas,and livingstone
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gerardhendriks
Posted: May 07, 2009
Good work
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jthomasart67
Posted: April 24, 2009
thanks for the starslove your work
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livingstonestudio
Posted: April 20, 2009
Lovely murals Erin! Thanks for starring me and commenting..I've really enjoyed looking at your work!
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erinthepainter
Posted: April 18, 2009
wow thanks so very much for the compliments.Most of the time it does make me happy. Sometimes I get a little too tangled up in their dreams but only if i hang around too long.
that might just be the secret of life...
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lafleurerouge
Posted: April 16, 2009
TYVM for dropping by my pool. But I have to say your pool is beyond compare. You get to create dream worlds for people to live in. What a wonderful feeling it must give you. You and your work are very special my new Friend!
May the light shine on you.
RED
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vblanco
Posted: April 09, 2009
Thanks for the comments, Keep up the great work.
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floatinglemons
Posted: April 02, 2009
Amazing furniture!! Great pieces :)
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erinthepainter
Posted: March 31, 2009
well thank you very much, for the compliments and for the stars. I love your work as well.
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dezane
Posted: March 31, 2009
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dezane
Replied: March 31, 2009
ahhh, pressed the button without comment my fault, anyway just saw the photos in your gallery, they are great! Really lovely wall paintings!
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erinthepainter
Posted: March 09, 2009
oh, and before you start... turn on the music.
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erinthepainter
Posted: March 09, 2009
thank you so much! and you should paint your house. think of it as a practice canvas. It cost only pennies to roll over what you don't like . You can do another painting every day till you get the one you want. It is so liberating to paint big as compared to fitting everything into a little box (the canvas).
Once I broke free, I don't go back to the box very often.
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stjepko17
Posted: March 09, 2009
Now I am start thinking of painting all over my house. love your work
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stjepko17
Posted: March 03, 2009
Amazing gallery, great work, congratulation
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terrorinside
Posted: February 23, 2009
i love gnome sitting on bucket and frog.
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terrorinside
Posted: February 21, 2009
this set really kills.
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abstractminds
Posted: February 17, 2009
Wow, you have great art work
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marisa
Posted: February 17, 2009
Thank you for your visit, stars and comments. Your work is very beautiful and so dificult. Congratulations!!!
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alinavidulescu
Posted: February 06, 2009
Thanks for all the stars and comments. I can see in your work, that you enjoy summer a lot. Living in Atlanta, I miss snow and painting it is the easy way to have my own snow:)
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arty72
Posted: February 01, 2009
Thank you for the comment & star on the Seagulls!
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rigels
Posted: January 30, 2009
Beautiful work!
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erinthepainter
Posted: January 27, 2009
thanks so much leah, I depend on great photographers to research that detail...so thanks again for that as well.
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leahhighland
Posted: January 27, 2009
Super impressive work. I can't get over some of the detail. So life-like.
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littleshot
Posted: January 26, 2009
Thank you for your kind words --Im also orignally from Balt too-but I live in Colorado and love it---nice to meet you-I like you work
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erinthepainter
Posted: January 25, 2009
thank you all. i love seeing so much great work here and communicating with the creators. ...feels like home.
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slashcross
Posted: January 25, 2009
Thank you for all your kind words and comments :D nice to meet you - corlorful Painter :)
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psovart
Posted: January 25, 2009
Wow such energy ! What a great talent!
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terrorinside
Posted: January 25, 2009
you remind me old books. No PCs, no craving for wealth, just idea that life is filled with small moments when one is happy.
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twistedrai
Posted: January 25, 2009
Thank you for all your kind words and comments. I do very much enjoy your work ... Creation of thought and the color is amazing!
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| Country: USA |
| State: MD |
| City: baltimore, maryland |
| School: hard knocks |
| Occupation: throwing paint at walls and things |
| Favorite Music: todd snider,fred eaglesmith, john prine... |
| Favorite Movie: I don't watch movies much |
| Favorite Book: (too many good books to pick one) |
| Genre: 3-Dimensional Art, Murals, Painting, Portraits, Street Art |
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