Doodle Doo

Erin Marie King is a contemporary abstract painter.

Her artistic practice is an introspective ritual of looking at what lies beneath, examining the stories we tell ourselves. Erin appreciates the creative process as a lifelong exercise in being present and learning to live at ease with herself.

Continually recounting time spent in nature, traveling, the sights and sounds of childhood, and rhythms of daily life, her paintings act as a visual memory—brought to life via free and intuitive compositions, large blocks of color, abstracted forms and gestural mark making, otherwise known as “swiggles” and “doo dads.”

Adding layers. Undoing layers. Erin’s work and her personal journey go hand in hand, uncovering a tale of millions of moments, woven together to make up our narrative—stories that guide us, and others that no longer serve us. Through her work Erin grapples with the evolving contrast between the gain and release of control, desperately upholding some boundaries while letting go of others.

Erin has loved to create art for as long as she can remember—beginning formally in high school, then studying Studio Art at Indiana University, exploring Art & Architecture while studying abroad in Vienna, Austria, and ultimately beginning her studio practice in 2016. Born and raised in Cincinnati, OH, Erin has traveled extensively (favorites include New Zealand, Thailand and Peru) and lived in Boston, Santa Monica and now Denver. 

When not in the studio, you can find Erin hiking the beautiful mountains of Colorado, wrangling her two little ones, Harper and Finn, sipping her perpetually-reheated cup of coffee, freelancing as a brand strategy professional, and updating her historic Dutch Colonial family home.