Kate Eriksson, VP/ Business Development for Impressions Media Services, Inc., displays her creative side in Home and Garden Television’s, “That’s Clever”, which features artists and their individual creations. Eriksson is one of 19 artists throughout North and South Carolina selected to present unusual designs specifically for this show.

Eriksson, a Greenville native, will host two segments of the show. First she will demonstrate her unique process of making gilded eggs. The second one will focus on how she personalizes hand painted floor cloths using acrylic paints. The episodes are expected to air this spring. Filming for these editions will take place from January 20 – January 22 in Simpsonville, South Carolina at the home of the artist. The show is expected to air in June 2006.

Check back for more examples of Kate's artwork.

Pictures of the process..

First Project - Microphone

Sketching onto a prepared canvas (above)

Hemming the back with hot glue.

Next day, sketch complete and canvas hemmed, now creating under painting.

Completed floorcloth, inspired by a chrome microphone and piano keyboard.

Next Project - Crazy Donkey Eats Bird

Sketch complete and canvas hemmed, first layer of underpainting is begun.

Underpainting continues...

Most colors are in..

Gold leaf added to edges, decorative design applied on green and lines drawn in to accentuate.

Inspired by Asian War horse paintings.

Next example: purely decorative - Leaves

More coming soon.. please check back.

Oil Portrait of Jackson below (commissioned).

Thanks!