Erin Gafill art

Erin's roots in the arts run deep. Her great-great grandmother was Jane Gallatin Powers, who had the first artist's studio in Carmel and who, along with her husband Frank, created the artist's colony which is today Carmel-by-the-Sea. Her grandparents Lolly and Bill Fassett built Nepenthe Restaurant in Big Sur, a legendary watering hole for artist, poets, writers, and bohemians.

Erin is the cofounder of Big Sur Arts Initiative, a nonprofit arts education organization dedicated to nurturing art and culture in the Big Sur community. An award-winning writer, painter, and teacher, her work is collected internationally.

In 2001, Erin was honored with an invitation to be chosen as the first American artist-in-residence of the Hamada International Children's Art Museum, Hamada, Japan. Works from this trip were displayed at the Monterey Museum of Art.

Erin's work is currently available through Monterey Museum of Art, Atelier Carmel, Carmel Bay Company, Local Color, and the Phoenix Shop in Big Sur, and through her own Studio One in Big Sur.


                        
Carmel          Packard Pond    Red Sky             Childhood          Cypress at        Two Barns
Mission                                      Big Sur              Memory              Lovers Point     Odello Ranch                                          

Carmel Mission 11 x 14: 109-017 $50

Carmel Mission 16 x 20: 109-025 $100

Packard Pond 11 x 14: 109-035 $50

Packard Pond 16 x 20: 109-036 $100

Red Sky Big Sur 11 x 14: 109-037 $50

Red Sky Big Sur 16 x 20: 109-038 $100

Childhood Memory 11 x 14: 109-031$50

Childhood Memory 16 x 20: 109-032 $100

Cypress at Lovers Point 11 x 14: 109-033 $50

Cypress at Lovers Point 16 x 20: 109-034 $100

Two Barns Odello Ranch 11 x 14: 109-039 $50

Two Barns Odello Ranch 16 x 20: 109-040 $100