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A Memorable Birthday Gift
Monday, September 14, 2020
A Commissioned Artwork Story
I sometimes get asked if I ever do commissioned work. I do love to create unique paintings that capture a specific memory or location. It is fun to work with photographs my collectors have taken and try to re-capture the magic from that moment in time.
Recently I finished a commission of Mt. Fuji, Japan. The collector came to me with a sweet and inspiring story: the painting would be a gift for his wife for their 50th wedding anniversary. Many years earlier they had spent a memorable vacation on Lake Kawachugi, across from Mt. Fuji. After they arrived, they waited all day to see the famous mountain, but the thick fog prevented them from seeing across the lake. Finally, early the next morning, the fog cleared and the sun rose across a bright, crisp vista. The husband woke up his wife, and she came out onto the balcony wrapped in a sheet. Together they watched the sun rise over the distant volcano. It was a spiritual moment they never forgot.
My job as the artist was to re-capture the magic. You can see the painting I created above. Here are more behind-the-scenes photos as the husband prepared to present his wife with the painting, on the anniversary trip he planned, to Mt. Fuji itself! I think he wins the prize for Husband of the Year.
"It was such an incredible moment!
She had no idea, and was completely overwhelmed
with the beauty of your painting, Erin!
"It was so amazing to watch the hues of the painting change
as the afternoon light faded into the evening and night.
Erin, you really captured that moment perfectly,
and we’ll treasure it forever."
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About Erin
ERIN HANSON is the creator of Open Impressionism, a new painting style taught in art schools worldwide. Hanson is one of the most prolific artists in history, with over 3,000 oil paintings sold to eager collectors. With millions of followers, Hanson has become an iconic, driving force in the rebirth of impressionism, inspiring thousands of other artists to pick up the brush and join her in the Open Impressionism movement.
Hanson began painting in oils at 8 years old. As a teenager, she apprenticed at a mural studio where she worked on 40-foot-long paintings while selling art commissions on the side. After being told it was too hard to make a living as an artist, she got her degree in Bioengineering from UC Berkeley. Afterward, Erin became a rock climber at Red Rock Canyon, Nevada. Inspired by the colorful scenery she climbed, she returned to her love of painting and began creating one new painting every week.
Twenty years later, Hanson now resides in Oregon’s Willamette Valley, surrounded by beautiful wine country. She gathers inspiration for her paintings from the natural landscape around her, photo safaris abroad, and backpacking through National Parks. She seeks the beautiful colors of the golden hour and captures these colors on her canvases. Her painting studio and art gallery is 18,000 square feet (the length of a football field), and is open to the public Tuesday through Saturday.