Erica Hawkes works

Erica Hawkes is a Canadian contemporary landscape artist. She grew up in Northern BC and though mainly self-taught she earned a degree in design and has worked in a variety of creative fields, including, photography, book illustration and teaching. She now works full time as a gallery artist in a style she's called Nouveau 7.  Hawkes is currently represented in galleries across Canada, from Vancouver Island to Ottawa Ontario.

Erica is receiving recognition for her unique landscape paintings and in the last few years has been featured in a variety of art magazines.  Arabella magazine listed her in their artists to collect section of their summer 2016 edition, and she has been featured in Southwest art magazine and was a landscape finalist two years in a row in the Artist Magazine annual art contest.

Erica Hawkes main style Nouveau 7,  is a marriage of the Canadian’s Group Of Seven, and the beautiful organic lines of the art Nouveau movement of the late 18-early 1900’s. Her paintings are contemporary landscapes with glimpses of the past. Which make them modern, yet familiar.

Artist statement

I strive to create landscapes filled with light and interest. I hope to capture the viewers eye and draw them in again and again. I want to create beautiful art that people fall in love with. Art that brings happiness and joy to the viewer, and gives a much needed break to our often chaotic busy lives.