Artworks Donated to UCLA Medical Center Tustin
Bringing Joy to the South Bay
Wednesday, May 28, 2014
The work of Erin Hanson can now be viewed at the UCLA Medical Center in Tustin, California. Erin is incredibly proud to bring life and color to those that may desperately need to have a reminder of what this magnificent world holds and for the doctors, nurses and staff that work tirelessly for their fellow man.
"As chair of the Art Beautification Project for Harbor-UCLA Medical Center's Surgery and Emergency Department Building Project we were very pleased to receive the donation of images from a well-known California Artist, Erin Hanson.
"Our vision was to depict as one walks into the grand hall of the main building poignant landscapes depicting California. Erin’s work printed on large 6-foot canvases takes the viewer from the ocean to the desert to the rolling hills and mountains of this great state. Her work clearly illustrates the art-of-the-state for this state-of-the-art building and facilities for patients of the South Bay."
Marianne Gausche-Hill, MD, FACEP, FAAP
Professor of Clinical Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
About Erin
ERIN HANSON has been painting in oils since she was 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 was climbing, she decided to return to her love of painting and create one new painting every week.
She has stuck to that decision, becoming one of the most prolific artists in history, with over 3,000 oil paintings sold to eager collectors. Erin Hanson’s style is known as "Open Impressionism" and is taught in art schools worldwide. 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.