Dianne Jean Erickson Art Studio

Dianne owned a graphic design and marketing business for twenty-five years in Silicon Valley. She and husband Patrick Wilson moved to Jacksonville, OR in 2001, and Portland in 2012. She has a Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) in Studio Art from Southern Oregon University in Ashland. An award-winning artist, Dianne won third place for ‘Orange Mohawk Man,’ one of two encaustic paintings juried in the IEA ‘Fusion’ exhibit in Santa Fe, NM. She also received First Place at Exhibitions West 2010, an all Western states competition at the Coos Art Museum in Coos Bay, Oregon. She was the Chief Business Officer of the International Encaustic Artists (IEA) from Feb 2012 - May 2013. She was also Board President for a number of years at the Pacific Art League of Palo Alto, CA before moving to Oregon. Dianne is currently on the Board of Directors of The Geezer Gallery, a non-profit in Portland.