Erin Starr is an award-winning international artist, born in Kansas City, MO, she now resides in Rhode Island where she has spent most of her time living since 2004. She is a jury selected member of NAWA (National Association of Women Artists) located at the National Arts Club in NYC. Her exhibits for 2022 include One Art Space in Tribeca NYC, a solo exhibit at the NH Gent Belfort Hotel in Gent, Belgium, as well as ongoing shows with Little Van Gogh in Belgium and Germany. She was selected by Juror Scout Hutchinson, a fellow curator of The Whitney Museum of Art, for “Elements” at the BWAC Gallery in Brooklyn, NYC. She participated in Below the Surface at the University of Rhode Island Providence Gallery. She was selected by a prestigious selection committee, including Laura Skoler the Board of Directors of New Museum in NYC, for the AD ART SHOW at the World Trade Center in NYC. And she exhibited at Arc Gallery in Chicago IL.Her exhibits for 2021 include an international exhibit with SIY Gallery in San Francisco, The Cultural Center of Cape Cod, James May Gallery in Wisconsin, The Artist Council of Palm Desert, Art Fluent, The Accessible Art Fair Belgium, and Van der Plas Gallery NYC. She was selected for the NYC ArtWalk for 2021, The Visionary Art Project NYC. In November 2016 she was part of the Accessible Art Fair New York, located at the National Arts Club in New York City.

OF THE EARTH tells a story of our planet.

In an organic and abstract way my paintings represent the beauty of our planet and how our lands and oceans are changing. When I am working on a painting, I feel how nature was once linked together, the ground beneath our feet, the water translucent and moving, the trees and plants giving us air to breathe.  I also see the ice fractured and melting, the rainforest depleting, the deserts drying or flooding, the heat becoming oppressive. Our planet is struggling and with that our wildlife, our plants, and humans are struggling. It is the story we are writing, the history we are making, and the future we will be living. 

I incorporate circles in my paintings to represent the movement of life, the completion and continuation of life in our natural world that once existed.  However, that natural cycle is broken due to human interference and because of that we are losing natural habitats and animals at a rapid pace.  Life is finite and we cannot rely on the circle of life to mend itself.  We must find the means to mend what is broken. 

I also reflect on the formation of our planet, are we made of the same elements; do we all share a common stardust?

The world has the resources to slow climate change, we have the technology, everything is there except unanimous support. People must reach out to those who can make changes, politicians and big corporations relying on fossil fuels. We can change the way we eat, travel, and drive, but the big changes need to come from the top down. We know this. My art is only a moment in time to create conversation, to respect the Earth. To know we can do better. 

I hope everyone who views this exhibit will leave reflecting on the beauty “OF THE EARTH”.