Archaeology: The rules of this discipline prescribe standard methods to find and decode the message and meanings of objects, which are then classified according to provenance, shape, usage, and age.

Erikson abandons the establishment of the canvas in seeking a greater range to combine form, scale, and the third dimension. Erikson’s personal vocabulary evokes images of extreme preciousness combined in miniature settings. The larger surfaces of work have internal windows allowing for his sculptures and fragments to sit in the composition. Wanting to intrigue and enchant the onlooker, Allan Stone the legendary art dealer, a mentor of his once told Erikson “That a sense of surprise should remain with a piece no matter how long it is viewed.” Erikson insists on this premise through his whole creative process. Much of the body of work suggests something alluding to a distant past and different time. As an antique collector, Erikson has always been intrigued in the natural aging process and how the patina and texture of an objects surface is transformed over time. His painterly techniques often highlight and reveal layers of past colors. The aging process of sending pieces back in time is another way for the viewer to consider its past and future.. Erikson’s initial beginning in the arts, evolved on movie sets as a special effects designer as well as inspiration from frequenting the collections at the Metropolitan Museum and American Museum of Natural History in Manhattan. He attended the School of Visual Arts and Pratt Institute in New York pursuing an industrial design degree. As a New Yorker, this infusion of historical art references has had a vital effect on his total body of work. Erikson's expedition attempts to introduce sculpture to painting as a way of integrating the second and third dimension in one composition, Finally, Erikson believes that art should always command attention as an energized object so as to take the viewer on a deeper undersanding of the interplay.

Education
School of Visual Arts
Pratt Institute B.I.D

Exhibited

Elaine Baker Gallery, Boca Raton, Florida
Allan Stone Gallery, Manhattan, New York
Westchester Center for the Arts, Goldensbridge, N.Y.
Somerstown Gallery, Somers, New York
Wayne Pratt Gallery, Nantucket. Mass
Tops Gallery, Malibu, California
The Silo Gallery, New Milford, Conn
Pinson Fine Art, Sun Valley, Idaho


Collections

Leonard Bernstein
Whoopie Goldberg
Oprah Winfrey
Richard Donner
Carly Simon
Louie Malle
Burt Lancaster
Oprah Winfrey
Christie Brinkley
Coca Cola
American Airlines
American Express
Miller Lite
Johnson & Johnson
Japanese Business Groups
Parke Davis
Dannon Foods
Ivory Soap
Gillette
Mars Candy
Private Collections