Spotlight Artist

Erin Yerby

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Nostalgia just ain’t what it used to be

Two figures on a saddle inside a wooden structure, one holding a lasso, with farmland outside.

oil, oil stick, graphite, and red dirt on canvas

Axis Mundi 1

Black toy horse above abstract shapes in brown and gray tones, with a faint human figure below.

oil and oil stick on canvas

Axis Mundi 2

Abstract painting with a reclining figure in yellow above a dark, segmented circle on a warm-toned background.

oil and oil stick on canvas

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