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2024 Ohio Artist Registry Juried Exhibition
Erika McCoy
Watercolor Artist Bloom and Brush StudioCincinnati Ohio 45249 United States Website: Bloom and Brush Studio
Bio
Erika McCoy is a watercolor artist based in Cincinnati, Ohio. Erika has spent the last
twenty years in self study, honing her craft, and playing with color. She is passionate about exploring the beauty of nature through her work. Focused on florals, Erika’s paintings blend her love of watercolor with her fascination for light, shadow, color, and detail. Erika’s work has been featured in Adirondacks National Exhibition of American Watercolor, the Women’s Art Club of Cincinnati Annual Show and the Greater Cincinnati Watercolor Society Annual Show. She sells prints and cards of her work via Etsy and at art shows.
Watercolor Artist
Bloom and Brush Studio, Cincinnati, OH
October 2014 – PRESENT
- Original floral, botanical, and nautical watercolor paintings
- Watercolor home portraits, commissioned originals
- Produce and sell prints and greeting cards via Etsy and in person shows
Director of Children and Family Ministries
St. Barnabas Episcopal Church
June 2020 – PRESENT
- Provide pastoral care, programming, and support for members with young children, birth through grade 5.
- “Superintendent” of PreK – Grade 5 church school, coordinate and train volunteers, plan curriculum
- Develop formation and spiritual programming for families in collaboration with several ministries
- Director of annual St. Barnabas Art Camp since creation in 2016
EDUCATION
Marney Ward SFCA, SCA
Online Floral Watercolour Course
2017
Gwendolyn Bragg, The Art League, Alexandria, VA
Beginning Watercolor
2008
University of Maryland
College Park, MD
MLS in Library Science
August 2002 – May 2005
Miami University, Oxford, OH
BA in History
August 1995 – May 1999
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP
- Greater Cincinnati Watercolor Society
- Ohio Watercolor Society
- Transparent Watercolor Society of America
EXHIBITIONS AND ART SHOWS
- Cincinnati Art Museum Holiday Market, 2023
- Cincy Book Bus Depot Pop Up, 2023
- Women’s Art Club of Cincinnati Annual Show, 2022
- Evendale Fine Arts Exhibit, 2022
- Sycamore Arts and Crafts Show, 2018 – 2022
- 40th Anniversary Adirondacks National Exhibition of American Watercolor, 2021
- Women’s Art Club of Cincinnati Virtual Gallery, 2021
- Greater Cincinnati Watercolor Society Annual Show, 2020
- Hyde Park Art Show, 2019
- Yellow Springs Street Fair, 2019
- Wyoming Art Show, Pat Painer Memorial Award, 2019
- Bellevue Art in the Park, 2019
- Northminster Fine Arts Fair, 2019
- Ohio Explored Maker Mart, 2019
- Midwest Maker Mart, 2019
Artist Statement
Nature is my cathedral. Nature – and its flowers, leaves, the sun, bees, birds – is where I experience awe and feel closest to understanding the beauty of creation. My watercolor paintings attempt to capture those emotions, the way plants make me feel. Over the last ten years I have learned and explored in my work, trying to accurately depict my favorite flowers and plants. In the last few years I lost so much creative energy due to being a member of the sandwich generation. I was raising a teenager, while caregiving for two dying in-laws, during a pandemic. Since June 2023, now that my in-laws’ life journey has come to an end, I have emerged from my caregiving fog and found my way back to the studio. I never lost my drive to get outside, find peace and joy in the dappled light of a forest floor, the movement of bees in my wildflower garden, or the way shadows and light bring a rose from beautiful to awe-inspiring. Now that I am finally able to create again I can’t get enough of sketching, photographing, painting, learning, exploring and playing.