ericka wolf

Ericka Wolf is a Seattle-based painter whose work explores quiet, fleeting moments through color and light. She studied oil and encaustic painting at the Gage Academy of Art and continues her education through the NY Academy of Art and the Grand Central Atelier. Ericka has exhibited in both group and solo shows at galleries in the Northwest, including the Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, Bellevue Arts Museum, and the Museum of Museums. Her work is part of permanent collections at institutions such as Evergreen Hospital, Harborview Medical Center, and Overtake Hospital, as well as in private collections across the U.S. and internationally. Her paintings have been featured on magazine covers and in poet Andrew Gottlieb’s chapbook Flow Variations.

Ericka’s style has been described as "luminous" and "meditative," capturing the transient beauty of light and atmosphere. Inspired by color field painters like Jules Olitski, Mark Rothko, and Helen Frankenthaler, and photographers like Hiroshi Sugimoto, she uses color as a luminous expression rather than mere illustration. Her paintings evoke stillness, inviting reflection. Drawing inspiration from the vastness of the sea and sky, Ericka’s work encourages viewers to embrace life’s impermanence and interconnected nature, as reflected in the words of Pema Chödrön: “You are the sky. Everything else—it’s just the weather.”