Erik Sandgren teaches in Washington state and his work primarily concerns the the land, the sea and the people of the Pacific Northwest (although not exclusively). His father was a professor of painting and his life has been filled from an early age with a vast array of influences. Although he cites none of these my own poorly educated eye sees traces of Winslow Homer filtered through the likes of Charles Burchfield and Marsden Hartley. His pieces are as much about the ephemeral personal experience as they are about the place to which that experience is tied. He works both Plein Air and in the studio capturing fleeting moments of light and atmosphere in the first case and then filtering the moment through the lens of memory and meaning in the second.
The titles, sizes and media of his work are unlisted on his website (www.eriksandgren.com) which also shows only a small portion of his output. More work can be seen at karinclarkegallery.com
Beautiful work! Thanks for posting this. The bottom image reminds me, not in style but in subject, of a wonderful piece by Estes of reflections in a row of telephone booths.
ReplyDeleteI see Erik's conceptual side here. I have always liked Burchfield, since I grew up in Buffalo I am very familiar with this artist who painted "auras" of trees and old houses. -- Jerry Ross
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