Erin (they/them) is a queer, nonbinary artist and herbalist. Their varied artistic works include encaustic and mixed-media painting, leatherworks, silversmithing, murals, digital illustration and crafting herbal-based salt baths, soaps, salves and remedies.

A voracious autodidact, Erin’s curiosity and thirst for constant exploration have lead to a wide range of creative interests. Though their mediums are varied, their life’s focus has been on creation: new questions, new growth, new life, new food to share, new colors on a fresh, white surface.

Inspired by their natural environment, Erin’s visual works focus primarily on the play between organic shapes and textures and the vibrant colors that shape their life.
The recent re-centering of studio art in their practice marks a departure from a decade long endeavor in edible art.

The founder and cheesemaker of Dancing Goats Dairy + Apothecary, they have spent most of their time pouring their creative energy into their farm. Their canvas has been a creamy vat of fresh milk; their palette the delicate flavor notes of fresh grass from rotating pastures and their studio assistants a herd of goats with personalities even more eccentric then their own. They recently made a shift from cheese to apothecary products in an effort coexist more harmoniously with the land they occupy and to make more time to enjoy the joys of creating at a more sedate pace.

When not painting or caring for their farm and goat herd, you can find Erin walking the woods or sand flats in search of their next muse.