Project Description
Erika Manning
Erika Manning is a mixed media artist and educator rooted in the disparate values of Abstract Expressionism, the Blue Rider School, and Surrealism, as well as the concepts and practices of Yoga. In her work, she explores the in – between places of landscape and consciousness. The still spaces where we can rest our attention, as well as the intertidal spaces where change happens. Her paintings are directly created through meditation and are inspired by the the landscape of mid-coast Maine. While non- representational, Erika’s paintings loosely reference ocean, rock, seaweed, fog, stars and trees, as well as the in between places where water meets land and the built environment. She is interested in maritime charts as well as topographical maps and much of her work gives the sense of being done from an aerial perspective. While she works toward a finished image, the beauty for her is in the the process of creating, which she sees as a spiritual practice of self discovery.
Erika has gallery representation in New England, and has work in collections throughout the United States. She teaches courses on unleashing one’s creativity, traditional studio arts, and healing through the visual arts. Erika was an artist – in residence at the Downtown Studio in Rockland, ME, as well as Mercersburg Academy in Mercersburg PA. She also participated in Fresh To Salt in PortClyde ME, and the Yellow Chair Artist Salon residency based in NYC. In 1993 Erika received a BFA from The Art Institute of Boston with a focus on printmaking and sculpture.
Available Work
Erika Manning ‘Blue Harbor I’ Oil on Canvas 30” x 24” $4140
Erika Manning ‘Blue Harbor II’ Oil on Canvas 24” x 24” $3450
Erika Manning ‘Blue Harbor III’ Oil on Canvas 30” x 24” $4140
Erika Manning ‘Blue Harbor IV’ Oil on Canvas 24” x 24” $3450
Erika Manning ‘Two Sisters’ Oil on Canvas 48” x 36” $7800
Erika Manning ‘Hopeful Outlook’ Oil on Canvas 48” x 36” $7800
Erika Manning ‘Stretching into Balance’ Oil on Canvas 30”x30” $4600
Erika Manning ‘Echo’ Oil on Canvas 24”x24” $3450
Erika Manning ‘Bridge Interlude III’ Oil on Canvas 48”x30” $7400
Erika Manning ‘Sun Shower’ Oil on Canvas 30” x 30” $4600
Erika Manning ‘Mid-Tide’ Oil on Canvas (Diptych) 32” x 20” $3080
Past Work
Erika Manning ‘Harbor Celebration’ Oil on Canvas Black Wood Float Frame 30” x 24” (Framed) SOLD
Erika Manning ‘Liminal Blue’ Oil on Canvas 30”x30” SOLD
Erika Manning ‘Hidden Heart’ Oil on Canvas 30”x 30” SOLD
Erika Manning ‘Equinox’ Oil on Canvas 36”x 36” SOLD
Erika Manning ‘Water Music’ Oil on Canvas 36”x 36” SOLD
Erika Manning ‘Waiting On A Sign’ Oil on Canvas 24”x 24” SOLD
Erika Manning ‘After the Storm, Diptych’ Oil on Canvas 36″x18″ SOLD
Erika Manning ‘Beached’ Oil on Canvas 46″x24″ SOLD
Erika Manning ‘Coming About’ Oil on Canvas 48”x 30” SOLD
Erika Manning ‘Life’s A Highway’ Oil on Canvas 38”x 38” SOLD
Erika Manning Monday Morning Oil on Canvas 30”x30” SOLD
Erika Manning ‘Shimmer’ Oil on Canvas 34″x26″ SOLD
Erika Manning ‘Sweet & Gentle Music In Your Soul’ Oil on Canvas Diptych 36″x24″ SOLD
Erika Manning ‘Blue Monday’ Oil on Canvas 30″x30″ SOLD
Erika Manning ‘Kiss‘ Oil on Canvas 24”x24” SOLD
Erika Manning ‘Low Tide‘ Oil on Canvas 24”x24” SOLD
Erika Manning Vessel Oil on Canvas 30”x30” SOLD
Erika Manning Shore Oil on Canvas 40”x32” SOLD
C.V.
Solo Exhibitions
2025 Triangle Gallery, Rockland, ME
2024 Thornton Oaks, Brunswick, ME
2022 Pop Up! Dwelling in Maine, Camden, ME
2019 Color, Zoot, Camden, ME
Selections From The Harbor Series, Dwelling in Maine, Camden, ME
Abstractions, Center Pilates, Rockport, ME
2018 New Works, The Art Loft, Rockland, ME
Pop Up!, Maine Art Hill, Kennebunk, ME
2017 New Abstractions, Center for Health and Healing, Rockland, ME
Conversations On A Process, Cofrin Gallery, Mercersburg PA
Conversations On A Process (Revisited), Zoot, Camden, ME
2011 Musings (Revisited), Zoot, Camden, ME
2009 Musings On 2009, The Badger, Union, ME
2003 Selections From The Devil’s Bedsheets, Gallery 407, Rockland, ME
Almost Abstract, Stadler Gallery, Kingfield, ME
Group Exhibitions
2024 3 Women Of The Abstract ( Revisited ), Arts In The Barn, Cushing, ME
First Anniversary Show, Triangle Gallery, Rockland, ME
2023 Small, Not Small, Triangle Gallery, Rockland, ME
Abstractions, Triangle Gallery, Rockland, ME
Cushing on Canvas, Arts In The Barn, Cushing, ME
2022 3 Women In The Abstract, Arts In The Barn, Cushing, ME
Artful Escapes, Art3 Gallery, Manchester, NH
Layered: Color and Texture, Art3 Gallery, Manchester, NH
2021 Color, Maine Art, Kennebunk, ME
Out of The Box, Art3 Gallery, Manchester, NH
Abstract!, River Arts Gallery, Damariscotta, ME
Yellow Chair and Friends, Virtual Artsy Show
2020 Simple Pleasures, Art3 Gallery, Manchester, NH
2020 New Beginnings, CPL/KCAS virtual show, Camden, ME
2019 Fall Back, Art3 Gallery, Manchester, NH
Women Of Casco Bay, Casco Bay Artisans, Portland, ME
2018 Selections From The Gallery, Casco Bay Artisans, Portland, ME
2017 Linear Style, NoRo Gallery,Rockland, ME
2010 44N 64W Radius Belfast, Aarhus Gallery, Belfast, ME
2007 Distaff, Judith Gallery, Boothbay Harbor, ME
2007 LSC Invitational, Lincoln Street Center, Rockland, ME
2006 LSC Invitational, Lincoln Street Center, Rockland, ME
2005 LSC Invitational, Lincoln Street Center, Rockland, ME
2004 LSC Invitational, Lincoln Street Center, Rockland, ME
2003 Culture, Traveling UMVA Show, Searsmont & Ellsworth ME
Musings, Gallery 407, Rockland, ME
Selections From UMVA, The Gallery at the Barn, Waldoboro, ME
Collections
The Art Institute of Boston, Boston, MA
Artist In Residence
2018 The Downtown Studio, Rockland, ME
2017 Mercersburg Academy, Mercersburg, PA
Artist Residency
2020 The Yellow Chair Salon, Virtual Residency, NY, NY
Teaching
Farnsworth Art Museum, Knox County Art Society, Mercersburg Academy, The
Downtown Studio, Blue Crow Studio, Sierra Club, Family Council Services of Maine,
Partners in Ending Hunger
Education
1993 BFA, The Art Institute of Boston, Boston, MA
