Bio

Erin Elizabeth Ross is a Canadian painter working and living in Vancouver BC. She is most recognized for her landscape work, which references the tradition of landscape in a distinct and contemporary way. While landscape is the genre that’s defined her career, Ross has three distinct bodies of work; landscape, fire and floral. Her dynamic use of color and light, and her capacity to capture the natural world tethers all three genres. 

Ross is interested in intersections between beauty and discomfort, memory and reality, nostalgia, familiarity and perception. Her work is informed by the natural world, an interest in design and a passion for color. She works in BC while maintaining her studio roots in her home province of Alberta.

She holds a BFA from the University of Alberta, and studied Visual Communication and Design at Medicine Hat College.   Her work has been represented in commercial galleries since 2008, and sits in multiple private and public collections.  Along with her commercial representation, Erin has had work in shows at the Art Gallery of Alberta, Latitude 53 contemporary Art Gallery, Harcourt house, the Art Gallery of St. Albert, and created an 8 panel public art piece for the city of Edmontons Public Art Collection.

Public attention for Erin's work has included an award of excellence in Illustration from Communication Arts magazine, a feature article in Avenue Edmonton and SEE Magazine, a documentary segment on Alberta Primetime, and interviews with CBC Radio One, Profile magazine, Shaw TV, Telus TV, the Edmonton Journal. 

Erin has spent the last two decades in service to others, sitting on multiple non profit boards and leading the charge in various fundraising efforts. She also won an Urban design award for her partcipation in the award winning “Living Bridge” community garden project. She loves public speaking, and is moving into creative consulting as well.

“I love being both an observer of the world and an active participant in it. I’m curious, passionate, intense and in constant pursuit of understanding things deeper, including myself. I am most grounded in nature, with my feet in dirt or my hands in water. I believe in people, in community, in the power of art being a unifying and universal language. I love cooking, travel, music, animals, being active (preferably outside), saying yes and most importantly, telling stories.”