Ericka Wolf

Contemporary Painter

Seattle, Washington

Ericka Wolf is an American painter whose work is deeply inspired by color field painters like Jules Olitski, Mark Rothko, and Helen Frankenthaler. She gravitates toward expressions that are intentionally uncomplicated—something reductive yet reflective, where color serves as a luminous expression rather than mere illustration.

Her paintings invite the viewer to enter a meditative space, encouraging them to slow down, unclench, and access the soft, blurry consciousness of waking up. She captures the serene moments before a sunset when the mind is quiet and open to what surfaces from stillness. The sky, for Ericka, serves as the perfect metaphor for life’s expansiveness—whether open and light or dark and ominous, it is ultimately beautiful in its vibrancy, duality, and impermanence. As Pema Chodron writes, “You are the sky. Everything else—it’s just the weather.”

Ericka Wolf works primarily in oils and cold wax. She studied oil and encaustic painting at Gage Academy of Art and has continued her studies at the NY Academy of Art and the Grand Central Atelier. She has participated in both group and solo exhibitions in the Northwest, with her work held in private and public collections across the United States, Europe, and Australia. Her paintings have been featured on magazine covers and in the chapbook Flow Variations by poet Andrew Gottlieb. Ericka currently lives in Seattle with her husband and son.