Erin Hanson: Amica's Thanksgiving Artist for 2022

No images? [Click here]( [Erin Hanson - Landscapes in Oil]( [ORIGINALS]( | [PRINTS]( | [B]([OOKS]( ERIN HANSON Amica's Thanksgiving Artist for 2022 Erin Hanson has been selected as Amica insurance company's 2022 Thanksgiving card artist. Hanson's oil painting, [Maple Lights](, was featured on a Thanksgiving-themed holiday card that was mailed to 800,000 Amica subscribers. For 52 years, Amica has continued the tradition of acquiring one original painting every year and featuring that artwork on their holiday card. Amica also released a holiday e-card version, which you can view at the bottom of this newsletter. Amica sent a photo team and video crew to Erin's studio in McMinnville, Oregon, to interview Erin and see the actual location that inspired the painting [Maple Lights](. You can watch the footage below and learn more about Erin's story as an artist. [Maple Lights]( 23 x 15 in, 2022 Oil on canvas, by Erin Hanson Amica Corporate Collection Scintillating light filters through the vibrant maple leaves in this painting of Oregon's Willamette Valley. The thickly textured brush strokes of oil paint add dimension and movement to the piece, fitting together like a mosaic or piece of stained glass. Prints and 3D Textured Replicas are [available online](. [Video interview with Amica below] A Love Letter to Light and Color Throughout the years, Erin Hanson relentlessly pursued her art with the passion and persistence of an entrepreneur. Though she got a degree in bioengineering, she could not replace her art with a laboratory. Instead, she moved to Las Vegas and challenged herself to paint Nevada's red rocks and desertscapes. It was while climbing and exploring these beautiful desert vistas that Erin decided to create one painting a week, to see where her art would take her. After painting fifty or so paintings over the course of a year (2005-2006), Hanson attended her first art festival to explore the business side of her career -- and sold six paintings during that first exhibition. This was when she discovered she could defy the odds and truly make a living as an artist. Since that first art fair years ago, Hanson has created a unique style of her own, which she calls Open Impressionism. Her work often has a mosaic quality, produced by her desire to capture fleeting moments of light with her paintbrush. To do this, she premixes her palette by using only five colors per painting and works with a wide brush, wet-on-wet. Her goal as she paints is to avoid layering so that the underpainting peaks through, giving the stained glass look, which is her trademark. Hanson is honored to have her work featured by Amica and is delighted that her favorite holiday will be recognized in autumnal color with one of her paintings. Behind the Painting Maple Lights Erin Hanson explains her inspiration behind Maple Lights in her interview with Amica. Here, she reveals that Maple Lights was inspired by the stately maple trees that dot her Oregon estate. Trees have always influenced Hanson's landscape art, and watching the sun's progress as it sets behind her trees brings her daily joy and inspiration. This painting captures the last rays of the sun shooting through the trees, showcasing the contrast of light and shadows against crimson autumnal leaves. "Seeing the maple trees as the sun goes down, is seeing them at their most beautiful." - Erin Hanson Thanksgiving... a Time to Connect Hanson loves spending time with her family and appreciates the reconnection and joy that Thanksgiving brings. Not only is the autumn season an inspiration to her often-red-hued palette, but the time spent in the kitchen and around the table sharing good food, telling stories, and connecting with loved ones has always held a special place in her heart. [VIDEO: Erin Hanson on her love of the outdoors and exploration. Don't miss seeing Erin and her daughter, Sierra (Buggy) apple picking] A Message from Amica: Beauty, Bounty, and Light and a Chance to Fight Hunger At Amica, we're deeply grateful for our family and friends, employees, and customers. We're pleased to present our 2022 Thanksgiving greeting, free for you to share with the ones you're grateful for. When you do, you'll help Amica support Feeding America, a network of 200 food banks and 60,000 food pantries and meal programs that, together, serve over 40 million people. Now through Nov. 22, 2022, each time you share this free e-card, we'll donate $1 to Feeding America, up to $25,000. Each dollar provides at least ten meals to people facing hunger. [View the Holiday E-Card & Share]( [Explore the Colors of Fall]( HAPPY HOLIDAYS FROM OUR FAMILIES TO YOURS! XO [Facebook]([Instagram]([Pinterest]([Website]([YouTube]( The Erin Hanson Gallery in Oregon 1805 NE Colvin Ct McMinnville, OR 97128 (503) 334-3670 The Erin Hanson Gallery in Carmel San Carlos between 5th and 6th Carmel, CA 93921 (831) 574-1782 The Erin Hanson Gallery 7117 E Main St Scottsdale, AZ 85251 (480) 336-2864 Please contact us at info@erinhanson.com for more information. You are receiving this email because you subscribed to Erin Hanson's artist newsletter. [Unsubscribe](