Eric Mogensen

Biographical Info Born (1978) and raised in the Chicago area, Eric Mogensen has always been an artist at heart. A fifth-generation artist, Eric quickly took to drawing and painting at the age of 4 and never stopped. He studied fine art in college then later transitioned into more of a commercial artist. Eric studied Fine Arts at Southern Illinois University and transitioned to Visual Communications. Eric was the Creative Director for a few start-ups and managed a creative team for Fortune 500 company in marketing. For over 30 years, Eric has been studying and mastering various forms of art from traditional fine art painting and illustrations to graphic design. Eric is a generational artist that is classically taught as well as being tech savvy. This has evolved his approach and methodology to hone in on executing his visions. Eric’s work teeters on figuration and abstraction allowing semi abstraction as the outlining fundamental approach. The power in these pieces are not based on accurate depictions of the landscape, but the suggestive feeling of the location, the evolution of ones self to transcribed a feeling and place. Some of Eric’s favorite subject matters are the physical landscapes that surround his home in Northern Illinois. “My approach is not about keeping control of the outcome but to influence and guide it through the process while it takes on its final form. I maintain focus on the expression and emotion through the work. My paintings are achieved by letting go of control while being reactionary as the image forms through deliberate, yet unintentional mark-making.” Eric displays and sells his art through his website and in his studio in Buffalo Grove, Illinois.

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