Paintings

Contact Information

424 E. Third Street, Studio #322
Moorestown, NJ 08057
tel: 856-630-9832
e-mail:
www.ErinMcGeeFerrell.com
Please contact artist for purchases, commissions, etc.

Artist Statement

Painting in plein air is what I do best—alone or surrounded by crowds. I sit in the flatbed of a pick-up, painting open fields and salt marshes and fighting against wind. I stand on a crowded street in Philadelphia and paint the bustling Italian bakery across the street. Painting is my passion; it is what I do. My work is done in two different mediums, but I treat both in the same way. I paint with my watercolors as I do my oils; straight out of the tubes. Intense color in the watercolors is achieved by this technique. I’m equally rewarded by both styles. I’m a Kentucky girl and bluegrass music, colorful quilts, and big skies with bright green rolling hills are in my blood. My childhood home was in an historic Victorian Louisville neighborhood and my paintings today continue to reflect my love of fanciful architectural details, color, and open landscape. My father and grandfather spent most of their lives in Nigeria, and my love of brilliant color, pattern, and tilt toward abstraction come from the West African sculptures and paintings that decorated my childhood home. I’m a prolific and fast painter and create detailed renderings of local scenes quickly. Big paper and big canvases are my loves.

Education

2009 – 2011
University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Working Artist Teaching Certification

1990 – 1994
Mount Holyoke College, Holyoke, MA

1989
Perugia, Italy, Summer Abroad Program, University of Louisville, KY

Continuing Education

2005 – 2007
Perkins Center for the Arts, Moorestown, NJ

2001 – 2002
Flemish black oil painting with Baltimore realist Robert White

1993
Studied West African art and painters, independent art project – documenting existing leprosy camps, Nigeria

Professional Affiliations

2007 – 2008
Represented in The Guild: Sourcebook of Residential and Corporate Art, Madison, WI

2006
Art4Business, PA

2005
Boston Art, Corporate Art Design, Boston, MA

Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA

2004
Linden Gallery, Rowley, MA

1993
Internship, Art and Play Therapy program, Cooper Hospital, Camden, NJ

Professional Experience

2008 – 2009
Substitute Teacher, Moorestown High School Art Department, Moorestown, NJ

2005 – 2009
Director Art Camp, Barbara C. Harris Camp and Conference Center, Greenfield, NH

2006
Art Instructor, Summer Camp, Perkins Center for the Arts Moorestown, NJ

Artist Participant with Philadelphia Museum of Art Programs, “Art Goes to School” and “Art Through the Ages” Moorestown, NJ

2005 – 2006
Volunteer Artist, Urban Promise, Camden, NJ

2005
Painting Instructor for visually impaired children, Massachusetts Commission for the Blind, Boston, MA

2004
Private art instructor, Plein Air Painting for Youth

Coordinated Artist Work Weekend, Episcopal Church and the Visual Arts, NH

2001
Artist in Residence, Shenandoah Valley Discovery Museum, Winchester, VA

2001
‘Art Smart’ instructor, after school program, Winchester Public Schools, Winchester, VA

2000
Artist in Residence, Shenandoah Valley Discovery Museum, Winchester, VA

Private art instructor for Summer class, Winchester, VA

Instructor, college preparatory portfolio class, Shenandoah Arts Conservatory, Shenandoah University, Winchester, VA

1999
Art instructor, Art Camp, Shenandoah Discovery Museum, , Winchester, VA

Instructor, preschool ‘Getting Messy’ art class, Shenandoah Arts Conservatory, , Winchester, VA

1994
Instructor and Art Workshop Leader for After-School Program, YMCA, Burlington, VT,

1991
Instructor, Urban Promise Inner City Ministry, Camden, NJ

Honors and Awards

2006
First place, Plein Air Painting Contest, Smithville, NJ

2004
Best of Show Award, Topsfield Fair, Topsfield, MA

Collections

Atlanticare Hospital, Atlantic City, NJ

Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Camden, NJ

Beverly Hospital, Beverly, MA

Central Virginia OB/GYN, Fredericksburg,VA

Bibliography

2011
“Art Appreciation,” South Jersey Magazine, July 2011 Issue

2007
“Plein Air Painting” photo, Burlington County Times, Burlington County, NJ, September 20, 2007

2006
“Award Winning Artist” News Weekly, NJ, October 5, 2006

Landau, Joel, “Finishing Touches”, News Weekly, NJ, September 21, 2006

Hicks, Lindsay, “Portrait of the artist” The Moorestown Sun, Moorestown, NJ, September 13, 2006

Gekoski-Kimmel, Sharon, “Whatever your pleasure”, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, PA, January 13, 2006

Teel, Michelle, “Five minutes with Erin McGee Ferrell” News Weekly, NJ, February 9, 2006

Landau, Joel, “Paintings, stories among MIM art contest winners”, News Weekly, NJ, April 6, 2006

Stanley, Matt, “Brush Strokes”, Burlington County Times, NJ, October 28, 2005

O’Loughlin, Michael, “Artistry Meets Ministry”, The Living Church, Liturgical Arts Issue, May 22, 2005

Bodengraven, Barbara R., “A Space of her own.” Tri-Town Transcript, MA, November 26, 2004

Commissions

2005
Episcopal Bishop of Massachusetts, Tom Shaw

Selected Exhibitions

2008
Naked, The Muse Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2007 – 2009
Tortilla Press Restaurant, Collingswood, NJ

2007
Redeeming Beauty: Religious Works of Contemporary Artists National Tour, The Foundation for Sacred Arts, Bethesda, MD

2006
Virtua Memorial Hospital Art Show, Mt. Holly, NJ

2005
Venite Adoremus, The Episcopal Church And The Visual Arts
Online exhibition

Newburyport Art Association, Newburyport, MA
Juried Exhibition

ACE International Conference, Museum of Biblical Art, New York City, NY