To sleep facing west brings contentment
Completed
2021
Medium
Charcoal and graphite on Rives BFK
Dimensions
14x18" (framed)
Cost
$2,175
Description
I create meticulous drawings that invite people to consider their connection to the physical spaces they inhabit. I depict the urban landscapes of cities, the wild landscapes of nature, and the private interiors of home. Using photographs for reference, I engage in intense observation. Through the persistence and repetition of marking, smudging and erasing charcoal, I am dedicated to transcribing what I see, but aiming to make something unseen visible. After experiencing the loss of a loved one I have become consumed by the interplay of presence and absence, the tangible and intangible intertwined. I am trying to capture the fragility and impermanence of life by making tender drawings of the environments we inhabit while living that life.
About this Artist
Erin Fostel
Erin Fostel (American, b.1981) is a visual artist who invites us to consider our relationships to the spaces we occupy and the transient beauty of everyday life. She focuses on imagery of the personal and the shared, from intimate home interiors to landscapes found during meandering walks. She holds a BFA in Drawing and Art History from the Maryland Institute College of Art and has exhibited throughout the United States and Europe, including: the C. Grimaldis Gallery (Baltimore, MD); Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art (Virginia Beach, VA); Utah Museum of Contemporary Art (Salt Lake City, UT); Neon Gallery (Wroclaw, Poland); Moving Poets Novilla (Berlin, Germany); and the Academy Art Museum (Easton, MD). Her drawings are in the collections of the Baltimore Museum of Art, the Maryland Center for History and Culture, Johns Hopkins University, CFG Bank, and the Robert W. Deutsch Foundation. Her studio is based in her hometown of…
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