Artist: Erica Markley

Project Title: Form and Function

Location: Heekin Park at Hackley + Memorial

Project Statement: Adding richness to a community by turning everyday, industrial items into something beautiful.

Artist Bio: Through her work on a small homestead, Erica Markley has developed a style of painting that is best described as delicate and familiar. Painting scenes that are derived from her mental and physical residence, her visions of a distant landscape are inspired from memory and longing. Adduced from her own thoughts, the color she puts to canvas as “landscapes coming from a familiar and detached place.” While she has been using acrylic and oil to define her art since 2015, her work has branched into multiple area of uniqueness including animal husbandry and agriculture. Now, she experiments with miniature paintings and the creation of artisan goat’s milks soap. Erica’s mantra is that through art, one is set free to see the world as they wish.