Erik Sandgren
Erik Sandgren makes paintings and prints that reference the patterns and motion of nature. Swirling waters, misty forests and coastal headlands capture the sensory experience of our mythic Pacific Northwest landscape. Born in Oregon and educated at Yale and Cornell, he is the son of painter Nelson Sandgren (1917-2006). Having returned to his roots here in 1989 Erik evokes the interactions of Northwest land and waters in the light of myth, history and origins. Deftly layered pigments and tactile marks comprise topographical composites: experience that is observed, imagined and remembered.
