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Water has inspired artists since time immemorial. From ancient rock paintings to Egyptian and Roman mosaics, from Botticelli’s Birth of Venus to Rembrandt’s The Storm on the Sea of Galilee, artists throughout history have been inspired by the beauty and power found in bodies of water.
With our survival as a species riding on our access to water and waterways, it’s no wonder that artwork showcasing water is constantly being created. The work is as varied as water itself. While Monet painted waterscapes filled with water lilies, Van Gogh painted the Rhone River.
Erin Hanson’s work is no exception. She has created over two hundred coastal landscapes, a collection of water lily paintings, and innumerable works featuring rivers and lakes. Water, its motion, reflections, and beauty have all been featured in many of her paintings.
Not only has Erin created hundreds of pieces of water art, she has painted landscapes from across the United States and the world, showcasing both beautiful coastalscapes on the west coast, the reflections of autumnal landscapes on east coast rivers, incredible Japanese vistas, and more.
Here are several pieces of water art that can be found in Erin Hanson’s impressionist portfolio:
As mentioned above, one of the classic subjects of water-inspired art is water lilies. Erin Hanson is not immune to the lure of green water lilies floating serenely on a pond. She has created a water lilies collection of impressionist paintings, each capturing a different moment. Her water lilies paintings encapsulate the glint of sunlight reflecting off of water, providing a depth of color and brilliance that is a hallmark of her open impressionist paintings. Here are a few of her many water lilies artworks:
Lilies Reflection, 2019
Lily Pond, 2020
Koi and Lilies, 2021
Lily Blues, 2023
Water Lilies in Bloom, 2023
The California coast has inspired artists, particularly impressionist artists, for over a century. The coastal outlooks of Monterey, San Diego, and other significant spots have inspired artists to create paintings of ever-changing motion, sunset views, and more. The pieces below are just a few of the many California coast-inspired artwork created by Erin Hanson.
Mendocino Diptych, 2023
Garrapata Beach, 2023
Summerland Coast, 2023
Sunset in Reflection, 2023
Sunset Light in Triptych, 2023
Erin has visited the Florida coast several times but has rarely painted it. Her works in this area often focus on the vast skies and open stretches of water seen along some Florida beaches. Each impressionist painting is a classic look at the quiet waters and enormous clouds seen along some Florida coastlines.
Florida Palms, 2021
Florida Reflections, 2023
Florida Sky, 2024
The Pacific Northwest is Erin Hanson's home and the home of The Erin Hanson Gallery. She has been painting the Oregon coast for many years, capturing the motion and depth of the incredible ocean shores found along the many rocky beaches. You may see a theme among her Pacific Northwest paintings, as she particularly loves painting Haystack Rock found at Cannon Beach. However, there is many coastal sights, rivers, ponds, lakes, and estuaries to work from here in the Pacific Northwest, giving her many landscapes for inspiration. Here are just a few of her Oregon and Washington paintings depicting water:
Haystack Rock, 2014
Gilded Reflection, 2015
Haystack Coast, 2017
Oregon Cascades, 2020
Baker Creek, 2021
Pelican Sky, 2021
Sunset Reflections, 2021
Winding Grass, 2021
Pacific Sunset, 2022
Oregon Cascades, 2022
January Reflections, 2023
You may have noticed a trend by now. Erin Hanson loves to create art that captures reflections found in water. Reflections of trees, mountains, leaves, sunsets, sunrises, and more. When she went leaf peeping along the East Coast, Erin found many opportunities to paint water art that featured the reflections she saw of the brilliant leaves turning red, gold, and cadmium for autumn. Autumnal water art is particularly beautiful because it features the brilliant blues of the water against vibrant autumn colors.
White Mountains Brook, 2017
Reflections in Color, 2018
Crystal Creek, 2018
Acadia Dawn, 2018
Color Reflection, 2018
Sunscape, 2019
White Mountains Autumn, 2022
Erin Hanson has visited Japan twice on inspiration expeditions, once in 2018 and once this year, in 2024. The first time, she went in the fall to capture the incredible color of changing leaves around Japan during the autumn months. The second time, she visited during the Sakura festival, when all of the cherry blossoms were in bloom. During both visits, she was struck by the beautiful water features in all of the cities and natural areas she explored. Both times she traveled, she found inspiration in this lovely country, and created many works of art featuring water, reflections, and the vibrant color for which she is known.
Autumn Dawning, 2018
Dawn Reflection, 2018
Kyoto Pines, 2018
Viridian Filigree, 2019
Kyoto Reflections, 2021
Maple Forest, 2021
Sakura Reflections, 2024
National parks have been and always will be an immense source of inspiration in much of Erin Hanson's work. She has painted hundreds of paintings in national and state parks, national monuments, and protected areas. As every living thing requires a water source, each visit to a national park has naturally taken her to water sources such as ponds, rivers, lakes, and the ocean. Erin's waterscapes are beautiful, vast, and filled with meaning, showcasing the richness and diversity found in our nation's most treasured parks. Below are just a few of these pieces:
Reflections at Barker, 2013
Joshua Tree National Park
Autumn in Gold, 2014
Cedar Breaks National Park
Torrey Vista, 2015
Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve
Aspen Row, 2016
Cedar Breaks National Park
Autumn Grace, 2018
Acadia National Park
Coastal Overlook, 2018
Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve
Reflections in the Rio Grande, 2018
Big Bend National Park
Emerald Pools, 2018
Zion National Park
Hop Valley Wash, 2020
Zion National Park
Glacier Peaks, 2021
Glacier National Park
Grand Canyon Light, 2022
Grand Canyon National Park
Over the years that Erin has been painting in her unique, open impressionist style, she has created many hundreds of pieces of water art. The above are just a few of the waterscapes, coastal landscapes, and water-filled artworks she has painted. You can find and explore her entire portfolio here.
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.