Meet the Artist
Erin Linton
2d Mixed Media
Erin Linton is a self taught artist from Southern Oregon who uses a unique medium, pH-treated upcycled tea bags as a canvas. She paints gouache portraits of wildlife she encounters though her work as a wildlife rehabber. She travels widely on the Pacific Northwest fine art circuit and into the Southwest. She has participated in shows such as Park City's Kimball Arts Festival, Bellevue Arts Museum Show, and many more. She is represented by four galleries in Ashland Oregon and the surrounding area.
Erin paints portraits— primarily of wildlife she has encountered through her work as a wildlife rehabber—on a mixed media canvas made up of three or four layers. A traditional canvas is first painted with India inks before applying a thin layer of archival bookbinding glue. She adheres a layer of pH-treated up-cycled tea bags to this before painting the portrait on top with gouache. Additional tea bags may be cut, shaped, and painted to add further details like petals, leaves, or feathers.