Catherine Erb

b. 1969, Memphis, TN
When I am successful, the result is not just an image, but a feeling and reminder that the magic always happens in the present.
Mother's Day 2023
Mother's Day 2023

Catherine Erb’s luminous photo-based works capture a spirit of the sublime in everyday life. Her practice is a meditative process, exploring and revealing the radiance of the present moment and the complexities of relationships among people, places, things, as well as things unseen. Her studies of clouds transcend space and time with luscious translucence, while her portraits of everyday objects are instilled with the ineffable longing of memory. Her explorations of nature are sensitive and full, leaving the viewer with a profound sense of peace. Merging photography with painting, she has developed a method to create surfaces that feel both vulnerable and complex. Beginning with an image printed on watercolor paper, Erb mounts her photographs on birch panel, subtlety manipulating them with soft pigments and numerous layers of tinted wax. Overall, her unique perception merges reality with imagination, connects the physical and the divine, and shares a deep reverence of memory as well as the present moment.

Catherine Erb is a native Memphian. Her fascination with photography began in the late 80s when she had unlimited access to a camera and darkroom. After high school, she moved to Europe to work with photographers for several years before returning to Memphis. She continued to use her camera as tool for visual journaling, and after discovering a digital darkroom, she began exploring alternative printing formats to create more extensive, conceptual bodies of work. She has had solo exhibitions in Nashville and Memphis, Tennessee; Austin, Texas; Savannah, Georgia; and Greenwich, Connecticut. Her work has been featured in Architectural Digest, Elle Décor, The New Southern, and Nashville Arts Magazine.

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Mother's Day 2023
Mother's Day 2023
Miss Ann 1
Miss Ann 1
CD 1 (Pinks)
CD 1 (Pinks)
GW 2023
GW 2023
Bridal Blue KW 2
Bridal Blue KW 2
CD 3
CD 3
Grandmamma 1
Grandmamma 1
EC Artemis Lunch
EC Artemis Lunch
Grandmamma 2
Grandmamma 2
Miss Ann, Faded 2
Miss Ann, Faded 2
Cloud 410 Edit 2
Cloud 410 Edit 2
Rainbow Cloud 2024
Rainbow Cloud 2024
Cloud 407
Cloud 407
Cloud 410
Cloud 410
Cloud 415
Cloud 415
Cloud 416
Cloud 416
Cloud 485
Cloud 485
Rainbow 2 2024
Rainbow 2 2024
Cloud 402
Cloud 402
Cloud 308
Cloud 308
Cloud 301
Cloud 301
Cloud 302
Cloud 302
Polaroid (Butterfly 1)
Polaroid (Butterfly 1)
Polaroid 2
Polaroid 2
Polaroid (Daffodils)
Polaroid (Daffodils)
Polaroid (Butterfly 3)
Polaroid (Butterfly 3)
Polaroid (Butterfly 4)
Polaroid (Butterfly 4)
Bottle Tree
Bottle Tree
Marble 0208
Marble 0208
Steel Marble 1
Steel Marble 1
Marble 0177
Marble 0177
Marble 208
Marble 208
Mother's Day 2023
Mother's Day 2023
frescoed mixed media on plaster on panel, 60x60
2024
Miss Ann 1
Miss Ann 1
frescoed mixed media on plaster on panel, 48x48
2024
CD 1 (Pinks)
CD 1 (Pinks)
frescoed mixed media on plaster on panel, 46x60
2024
GW 2023
GW 2023
frescoed mixed media on plaster on panel, 36x60
2024
Bridal Blue KW 2
Bridal Blue KW 2
frescoed mixed media on plaster on panel, 48x36
2024
CD 3
CD 3
frescoed mixed media on plaster on panel, 30x40
2024
Grandmamma 1
Grandmamma 1
frescoed mixed media on plaster on panel, 48x48
2024
EC Artemis Lunch
EC Artemis Lunch
frescoed mixed media on plaster on panel, 40x60
2024
Grandmamma 2
Grandmamma 2
frescoed mixed media on plaster on panel, 20x30
2024
Miss Ann, Faded 2
Miss Ann, Faded 2
frescoed mixed media on plaster on panel, 36x24
2024
Cloud 410 Edit 2
Cloud 410 Edit 2
mixed media photo encuastic on panel, 48x60
2024
Rainbow Cloud 2024
Rainbow Cloud 2024
mixed media photo encaustic on panel, 48x60
2024
Cloud 407
Cloud 407
mixed media photoencaustic on panel, 36x48
2024
Cloud 410
Cloud 410
mixed media photo encaustic on panel, 60x60
2024
Cloud 415
Cloud 415
mixed media photo encaustic on panel, 36x48
2024
Cloud 416
Cloud 416
mixed media photo encaustic on panel, 36x48
2024
Cloud 485
Cloud 485
mixed media photo encaustic on panel, 36x60
2024
Rainbow 2 2024
Rainbow 2 2024
mixed media photo encaustic on panel, 48x24
2024
Cloud 402
Cloud 402
mixed media photo encaustic on panel, 60x60
2024
Cloud 308
Cloud 308
mixed media photo encaustic on panel, 40x40
2023
Cloud 301
Cloud 301
mixed media photo encuastic on panel, 36x60
2023
Cloud 302
Cloud 302
mixed media photo encaustic on panel, 48x48
2023
Polaroid (Butterfly 1)
Polaroid (Butterfly 1)
mixed media photo encuastic on panel, 36x60
2023
Polaroid 2
Polaroid 2
frescoed mixed media on plaster on panel
2023
Polaroid (Daffodils)
Polaroid (Daffodils)
frescoed mixed media on plaster on panel, 36x48
2023
Polaroid (Butterfly 3)
Polaroid (Butterfly 3)
mixed media photo encaustic on panel, 36x60
2023
Polaroid (Butterfly 4)
Polaroid (Butterfly 4)
mixed media photo encaustic on panel, 36x60
2023
Bottle Tree
Bottle Tree
frescoed mixed media on plaster on panel, 24x48
2023
Marble 0208
Marble 0208
mixed media photo encaustic on panel, 60x60
2024
Steel Marble 1
Steel Marble 1
mixed media photo encaustic on panel, 48x48
2024
Marble 0177
Marble 0177
mixed media photo encaustic on panel, 40x40
2024
Marble 208
Marble 208
mixed media photo encuastic on panel, 48x48
2023

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