Always involved in art, Eric's talent really began to bloom in high school when he won several awards at the district and state level. Though drawn primarily to three dimensional and abstract work, he began to dabble in photography, and experimenting with film added a new element to his work. In college, majoring in architecture, Eric continued to develop his art skills through classes, personal opportunities, studies abroad in Italy & Guatemala, and participating in shows and juried expositions. During that time studying under renowned artists Dick Davison, Alan Stacell, and Paolo Barucchieri. After a few years off to pursue family and career, the art world beckoned again in 2004 when he was invited to participate in FotoFest, an international bi-annual photography festival in Houston he has been a part of ever since. Inspired by a visit from his college days to his cousin Michael Linstrom's art studio, Eric picked up the paint brush again to create the series Dance of the Mime leading to a well received first solo exhibit in December 2005.
Since 2005 Eric has been creating and sharing his wide breadth of artistic stylings. His ever growing body of work has expanded to include photography, painting, mixed media, and graphic design. As an invited artist and through juried submissions, Eric's work has been featured in a number of art venues across the U.S. He is currently in the process of compiling a body of three dimensional mixed media paintings for his next solo show Intersections in Versicolor. |
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Selected Exhibitions:
FotoFest - Critical Geography | Juried Show - Photography | Houston Vineyard | Houston Texas 2024
the BIG Show | Juror - Kanitra Fletcher - Mixed Media Painting | Lawndale Art Center | Houston Texas 2023
FotoFest - Light Shines in the Darkness | Group Show - Photography | A 2nd Cup | Houston Texas 2022
FotoFest - Light Shines in the Darkness | Group Show - Photography | Houston Vineyard | Houston Texas 2022
Unity In Diversity | Mixed Media with Photography - Collaboration with Gabriel Prusmack | Frame Dance Studio | Houston Texas 2021
FotoFest - Let Them Be Free | Juror Deji Osinulu - Photography | A 2nd Cup | Houston Texas 2020
10x10 Art Show | Group Show - Mixed Media Paintings | Hardy & Nance Studios | Houston Texas 2020
The Abstract Art Show | Jurors Debra Chronister & Kelly Devine - Mixed Media | Hardy & Nance Studios | Houston Texas 2019
Pattern & Abstraction | Juried show - Mixed Media Paintings | Fe Gallery| Sacramento California 2019
Tunnel Vision | Solo Show - Photography & Mixed Media with Photography | MET Dance Center | Houston Texas 2019
Transitions | Group Show - Mixed Media Paintings | Houston Vineyard | Houston Texas 2018
FotoFest - Brighter Through The Flames | Group Show - Photography | A 2nd Cup | Houston Texas 2018
FotoFest - A Closer Look | Group Show - Photography | Houston Vineyard | Houston Texas 2018
Borders, Edges and Seams | Juror - Carol Sauvion - Mixed Media Paintings | Blackboard Gallery | Camarillo California 2017
Donum Gratia | Group Show - Mixed Media | Houston Vineyard | Houston Texas 2017
VAA 34th Juried Membership Exhibition | Juror - Zoya Tommy - Mixed Media Painting | Spring Street Studios | Houston Texas 2016
38th Annual Arts of the Terrace | Jurors - Pam Inglles, Larey McDaniel & Lance Dooley - Mixed Media Paintings |
Mountlake Terrace Library | Mountlake Terrace Washington 2016
Salon Des Refuses (The Big Show Rejects Art Show) | Juried Show - Mixed Media Paintings | The Hardy & Nance Studios Gallery | Houston Texas 2016
FotoFest - Changing Circumstances: Looking at the Future of the Planet, Through the Lens of Houston Street Art
Solo Show - Photography | A 2nd Cup | Houston Texas 2016
FotoFest - Changing Circumstances | Group Show - Photgraphy "Tunnel Vision" | Houston Vineyard | Houston Texas 2016
VAA 9th Juried Invitational | Juror - Anna Tahinci - Mixed Media & Mixed Media with Photography | 1600 Smith Street Gallery | Houston Texas 2016
1st Place - Collaboration with Gabriel Prusmack, Mixed Media with Photography
VAA 33rd Juried Membership Exhibition | Juror - Gus Kopriva - Mixed Media Painting | Concourse Gallery | Houston Texas 2015
Psalms For The City | Juried Show - Mixed Media Paintings | Ecclesia, Houston Vineyard & Palmer Memorial | Houston Texas 2015
7th Annual Juried Exhibition | Juror - Gus Kopriva - Mixed Media Painting | Archway Gallery | Houston Texas 2015
Canvas Art Show | Juried Show - Photography & Mixed Media Paintings | Ladybird's | Houston Texas 2015
Redemption | Juried Show - Photographs with Mixed Media | Houston Vineyard | Houston Texas 2015
Redemption | Juried Show - Mixed Media Paintings | Imago Houston | Houston Texas 2015
Canvas Art Show | Invited Artist Group Show - Photography & Mixed Media Paintings | Ladybird's | Houston Texas 2015
SSA Gala & Art Show | Invited Artist Group Show - Mixed Media Painting | Coates Chapel | San Antonio Texas 2014
Amplify | Juried Show - Photography | Houston Vineyard | Houston Texas 2014
VAA 6th Juried Invitational | Jurior - Nicole Longnecker - Mixed Media (Collab. with Gabriel Prusmack) | 1600 Smith Street Gallery | Houston Texas 2014
the BIG SHOW | Juror - Erin Elder - Mixed Media Painting | Lawndale Art Center | Houston Texas 2014
New Art / Arte Nueve | Juror - Catherine Lee - Mixed Media Painting | UTSA Art Gallery | San Antonio Texas 2014
Blessed | Juried Show - Photography | Imago Houston | Houston Texas 2014
Foto Fest 2014 : Unity in Diversity | Group Show - Mixed Media (Collaboration with Gabriel Prusmack) | Houston Vineyard | Houston Texas 2014
Light & Memory | Jurors - Scott Burk, Tracy Cilona, Deborah Conger Hughes, & Joan Bowers - Photography | A/NT Gallery | Seattle Washington 2014
9th Annual Small Works Show | Juror - Jessica Porter - Mixed Media Paintings | 440 Gallery | Brooklyn New York 2013-14
Thankfulness | Group Show - Mixed Media with Photography | Grace Theatre | Houston Texas 2013
Mind & Soul | Invited Artist Group Show - Mixed Media | Summer Street Studios | Houston Texas 2013
City of Tiny Lights | Juried Show - Mixed Media Paintings | SU Art Gallery | Salisbury Maryland 2013
The Way We Saw It | Juried Show - Photography | Canal Street Studios | Houston Texas 2013
August Art Walk | Group Show - Mixed Media Paintings | OK Gallery | Seattle Washington 2013
Psalms for the City | Juried Show - Mixed Media Paintings | Houston Vineyard & Imago Houston| Houston Texas 2013
Open Walls | Group Show - Photography | Black Box Gallery | Portland Oregon 2012
Amplify | Juried Show - Mixed Media | Imago Houston | Houston Texas 2012
FotoFest: Thin Places | Group Show - Mixed Media with Photography | Houston Vineyard | Houston Texas 2012
Gambol | Group Show - Painting | Art League Houston | Houston Texas 2011
Echos | Juried Show - Mixed Media with Photography | Imago Houston | Houston Texas 2011
Art on Loan Project | Jurors - Max Boyd Harrison & Elisa Fink - Photography & Painting | Houston City Hall | Houston Texas 2010
The Great Exchange | Group Show - Mixed Media with Photography | Imago Houston | Houston Texas 2010
FotoFest: Stations of the Cross | Invited Artist Group Show - Mixed Media with Photography | Xnihilo Gallery | Houston Texas 2010
600 Square Miles: Hidden | Juror - Madeline Yale - Photography | Houstonist | Houston Texas 2009
FotoFest: Transformations | Invited Artist Group Show - Mixed Media with Photography | Xnihilo Gallery | Houston Texas 2008
FotoFest: Terra Dei | Group Show - Photography | Xnihilo Gallery | Houston Texas 2006
Dance of the Mime | Solo Show - Paintings | Xnihilo Gallery | Houston Texas 2005
Stations of the Cross | Invited Artist Group Show - Mixed Media with Photography | Xnihilo Gallery | Houston Texas 2005
Weathered | Group Show - Photography | Taft Street Coffee | Houston Texas 2004
FotoFest: Weathered | Group Show - Photography | Xnihilo Gallery | Houston Texas 2004
ArtFest | Jurors - Kimberly Davenport, Heidi J. Hornik & Vanessa Paumen - Painting & Mixed Media | MSC Gallery | College Station Texas 1999
1st Place Mixed Media - Juror's comments: "The paintings within this book form are well-worked compositionally. The size of the painting relevant
to the size of the book page worked nicely. The bamboo binding was a nice trick." & Honorable Mention - Painting
the BIG Show | Juror - Kanitra Fletcher - Mixed Media Painting | Lawndale Art Center | Houston Texas 2023
FotoFest - Light Shines in the Darkness | Group Show - Photography | A 2nd Cup | Houston Texas 2022
FotoFest - Light Shines in the Darkness | Group Show - Photography | Houston Vineyard | Houston Texas 2022
Unity In Diversity | Mixed Media with Photography - Collaboration with Gabriel Prusmack | Frame Dance Studio | Houston Texas 2021
FotoFest - Let Them Be Free | Juror Deji Osinulu - Photography | A 2nd Cup | Houston Texas 2020
10x10 Art Show | Group Show - Mixed Media Paintings | Hardy & Nance Studios | Houston Texas 2020
The Abstract Art Show | Jurors Debra Chronister & Kelly Devine - Mixed Media | Hardy & Nance Studios | Houston Texas 2019
Pattern & Abstraction | Juried show - Mixed Media Paintings | Fe Gallery| Sacramento California 2019
Tunnel Vision | Solo Show - Photography & Mixed Media with Photography | MET Dance Center | Houston Texas 2019
Transitions | Group Show - Mixed Media Paintings | Houston Vineyard | Houston Texas 2018
FotoFest - Brighter Through The Flames | Group Show - Photography | A 2nd Cup | Houston Texas 2018
FotoFest - A Closer Look | Group Show - Photography | Houston Vineyard | Houston Texas 2018
Borders, Edges and Seams | Juror - Carol Sauvion - Mixed Media Paintings | Blackboard Gallery | Camarillo California 2017
Donum Gratia | Group Show - Mixed Media | Houston Vineyard | Houston Texas 2017
VAA 34th Juried Membership Exhibition | Juror - Zoya Tommy - Mixed Media Painting | Spring Street Studios | Houston Texas 2016
38th Annual Arts of the Terrace | Jurors - Pam Inglles, Larey McDaniel & Lance Dooley - Mixed Media Paintings |
Mountlake Terrace Library | Mountlake Terrace Washington 2016
Salon Des Refuses (The Big Show Rejects Art Show) | Juried Show - Mixed Media Paintings | The Hardy & Nance Studios Gallery | Houston Texas 2016
FotoFest - Changing Circumstances: Looking at the Future of the Planet, Through the Lens of Houston Street Art
Solo Show - Photography | A 2nd Cup | Houston Texas 2016
FotoFest - Changing Circumstances | Group Show - Photgraphy "Tunnel Vision" | Houston Vineyard | Houston Texas 2016
VAA 9th Juried Invitational | Juror - Anna Tahinci - Mixed Media & Mixed Media with Photography | 1600 Smith Street Gallery | Houston Texas 2016
1st Place - Collaboration with Gabriel Prusmack, Mixed Media with Photography
VAA 33rd Juried Membership Exhibition | Juror - Gus Kopriva - Mixed Media Painting | Concourse Gallery | Houston Texas 2015
Psalms For The City | Juried Show - Mixed Media Paintings | Ecclesia, Houston Vineyard & Palmer Memorial | Houston Texas 2015
7th Annual Juried Exhibition | Juror - Gus Kopriva - Mixed Media Painting | Archway Gallery | Houston Texas 2015
Canvas Art Show | Juried Show - Photography & Mixed Media Paintings | Ladybird's | Houston Texas 2015
Redemption | Juried Show - Photographs with Mixed Media | Houston Vineyard | Houston Texas 2015
Redemption | Juried Show - Mixed Media Paintings | Imago Houston | Houston Texas 2015
Canvas Art Show | Invited Artist Group Show - Photography & Mixed Media Paintings | Ladybird's | Houston Texas 2015
SSA Gala & Art Show | Invited Artist Group Show - Mixed Media Painting | Coates Chapel | San Antonio Texas 2014
Amplify | Juried Show - Photography | Houston Vineyard | Houston Texas 2014
VAA 6th Juried Invitational | Jurior - Nicole Longnecker - Mixed Media (Collab. with Gabriel Prusmack) | 1600 Smith Street Gallery | Houston Texas 2014
the BIG SHOW | Juror - Erin Elder - Mixed Media Painting | Lawndale Art Center | Houston Texas 2014
New Art / Arte Nueve | Juror - Catherine Lee - Mixed Media Painting | UTSA Art Gallery | San Antonio Texas 2014
Blessed | Juried Show - Photography | Imago Houston | Houston Texas 2014
Foto Fest 2014 : Unity in Diversity | Group Show - Mixed Media (Collaboration with Gabriel Prusmack) | Houston Vineyard | Houston Texas 2014
Light & Memory | Jurors - Scott Burk, Tracy Cilona, Deborah Conger Hughes, & Joan Bowers - Photography | A/NT Gallery | Seattle Washington 2014
9th Annual Small Works Show | Juror - Jessica Porter - Mixed Media Paintings | 440 Gallery | Brooklyn New York 2013-14
Thankfulness | Group Show - Mixed Media with Photography | Grace Theatre | Houston Texas 2013
Mind & Soul | Invited Artist Group Show - Mixed Media | Summer Street Studios | Houston Texas 2013
City of Tiny Lights | Juried Show - Mixed Media Paintings | SU Art Gallery | Salisbury Maryland 2013
The Way We Saw It | Juried Show - Photography | Canal Street Studios | Houston Texas 2013
August Art Walk | Group Show - Mixed Media Paintings | OK Gallery | Seattle Washington 2013
Psalms for the City | Juried Show - Mixed Media Paintings | Houston Vineyard & Imago Houston| Houston Texas 2013
Open Walls | Group Show - Photography | Black Box Gallery | Portland Oregon 2012
Amplify | Juried Show - Mixed Media | Imago Houston | Houston Texas 2012
FotoFest: Thin Places | Group Show - Mixed Media with Photography | Houston Vineyard | Houston Texas 2012
Gambol | Group Show - Painting | Art League Houston | Houston Texas 2011
Echos | Juried Show - Mixed Media with Photography | Imago Houston | Houston Texas 2011
Art on Loan Project | Jurors - Max Boyd Harrison & Elisa Fink - Photography & Painting | Houston City Hall | Houston Texas 2010
The Great Exchange | Group Show - Mixed Media with Photography | Imago Houston | Houston Texas 2010
FotoFest: Stations of the Cross | Invited Artist Group Show - Mixed Media with Photography | Xnihilo Gallery | Houston Texas 2010
600 Square Miles: Hidden | Juror - Madeline Yale - Photography | Houstonist | Houston Texas 2009
FotoFest: Transformations | Invited Artist Group Show - Mixed Media with Photography | Xnihilo Gallery | Houston Texas 2008
FotoFest: Terra Dei | Group Show - Photography | Xnihilo Gallery | Houston Texas 2006
Dance of the Mime | Solo Show - Paintings | Xnihilo Gallery | Houston Texas 2005
Stations of the Cross | Invited Artist Group Show - Mixed Media with Photography | Xnihilo Gallery | Houston Texas 2005
Weathered | Group Show - Photography | Taft Street Coffee | Houston Texas 2004
FotoFest: Weathered | Group Show - Photography | Xnihilo Gallery | Houston Texas 2004
ArtFest | Jurors - Kimberly Davenport, Heidi J. Hornik & Vanessa Paumen - Painting & Mixed Media | MSC Gallery | College Station Texas 1999
1st Place Mixed Media - Juror's comments: "The paintings within this book form are well-worked compositionally. The size of the painting relevant
to the size of the book page worked nicely. The bamboo binding was a nice trick." & Honorable Mention - Painting