Erika Toliusis, "Already There," 2022, oil on canvas, 40 x 40 inches, $14,200
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Erika Toliusis, "Take Me to the Ocean," 2023, oil on canvas, 40 x 40 inches - SOLD
Erika Toliusis, "Into the Distance," 2024, oil on canvas, 36 x 48 inches - SOLD
Erika Toliusis, "Already There," 2022, oil on canvas, 40 x 40 inches, $14,200
“It always impresses me how a simple stroke of paint can emulate so well the deeply complex structures of nature. The palette knife helps me with this expressionistic approach, and purity of color that I intend to share.” - Erika Toliusis
Erika Toliusis, "Life Unfolding," 2022, oil on canvas, 24 x 30 inches, $7,600
Erika Toliusis, "The Ocean in Your Eyes," 2022, oil on canvas, 24 x 30 inches, $7,600
Erika Toliusis, "Cuentos del Sol I," 2023, oil on canvas, 28 x 28 inches, $8,600
Erika Toliusis, "Cuentos del Sol II," 2023, oil on canvas, 28 x 28 inches, $8,600
Erika Toliusis, "Cuentos del Sol III," 2023, oil on canvas, 28 x 28 inches, $8,600
Erika Toliusis, "Cuentos del Sol I, II, and III," 2023, oil on canvas, 28 x 28 inches, $8,600 each
Erika Toliusis, "Chasing Light," 2022, oil on canvas, 36 x 36 inches - SOLD
Erika Toliusis, "Wild and Free," 2022, oil on canvas, 36 x 36 inches - SOLD
Erika Toliusis, "Tribute to the Wind," 2022, oil on canvas, 36 x 48 inches - SOLD
Erika Toliusis, "Tribute the Wind," 2022, oil on canvas, 36 x 48 inches
MaxSteven Grossman, "Rock WJ" metallic photograph print on acrylic mount, available in 37 x 75"
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Erika Toliusis, "Self Discovery," 2021, oil on canvas, 39 x 60 inches - SOLD
“I am drawn by the infinite shades of light, but also certain aromas, shapes, and sounds, while searching for those moments that comfort me and provide true inspiration.” - Erika Toliusis
Erika Toliusis, "In and Out," 2020, oil on canvas, 39 x 39 inches - SOLD
Erika Toliusis, "Whispers of the Sea," 2021, oil on canvas, 30 x 48 inches - SOLD
“There is no beginning and no end, just the vast horizon that gives us the freedom to just be, an opportunity to integrate ourselves with the purest life form.” - Erika Toliusis
Erika Toliusis, "A Message," 2020, oil on canvas, 39 x 39 inches - SOLD
“There are no guidelines other than the constant search for the delicate and fragile truth that palpitates behind everything that conforms the landscape." - Erika Toliusis
Erika Toliusis, "Be Where You Are," 2021, oil on canvas, 40 x 60 inches - SOLD
Erika Toliusis, "Blue Days," 2021, oil on canvas, 40 x 60 inches - SOLD
Erika Toliusis, "Join Me," 2020, oil on canvas, 48 x 48 inches - SOLD
“Through the landscape we all become one, it unites all living things." - Erika Toliusis
Erika Toliusis, "Mensaje del Mar," 2020, oil on canvas, 39 x 47 inches - SOLD
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ARTIST STATEMENT
The Ocean and Me
“There are some of us who seek a deeper connection with nature, particularly when standing by the ocean.
It possesses a life of its own, with strength and beauty beyond comprehension, it has the power to heal the deepest wounds. It untangles all the knots in our minds and evaporates every bit of stress out of our system. The ocean has power great enough to let the feeling of joy grow and thrive in every cell of our bodies.
The sounds and movements of the ocean draw me towards it. I become almost hypnotized by its reflections spattered in all directions, feeling the urge to just let go…
For many years I have been painting the ocean, with all its different aspects, faces and moods. Travelling extensively has allowed me to appreciate many different shorelines. The more I see, the more I bring back into my studio, as images and memories of those moments that become etched into my soul and I carry forever. By focusing mainly on colour and shape, together with texture, I intend to materialize my emotions into my work.
I take the ocean’s story with me, and then I share it with the world, as art delivering a message and reminder of our responsibility for caring and protecting it.” – Erika Toliusis
"When Erika Toliusis paints, every application is deliberate and precise. As she sculpts her way across the surface of the canvas using only a palette knife, the pictures created are stunning examples of hyperrealism. She retains, however, the spirit of an impressionist; her output occurs in series, devoting specific attention to a landscape feature, examining its visual phenomena and manipulating colour and tone to develop a range of atmospheric effects.
The subject of waves is well suited to repetition in this sequence of works. Crashing in endless succession, ocean waves are a zen motif analogous to thoughts appearing and disappearing in the mind, or the rise and fall of the breath. Carving out the waves with sensuous precision, Toliusis establishes her own rhythm in concert with the pulsating tide of our planet inhaling and exhaling. This focus delves into a form of meditative abstraction – the same section of ocean forever producing an infinite number of images. In this sense, Toliusis consecrates a moment of time with each work, finding aesthetic significance in the arbitrary patterns invented by the peaks and rolls of the water." - Thibault Bannett