About Erin Welden
Erin Welden's Background
Erin Welden is best known for her custom impasto paintings and is a full time professional artist living in Austin, Texas. She studied art at Ball State University and glass at Talisman Glass and Chicago Hot Glass Studio . The artist states that she has always had a fascinatio n with tactile materials. Studying mosaic art under Sonia King at the Institute of Mosaic Art in Berkeley inspired her to branch out of blown glass and create multi medium mosaic projects using stone, marble, ceramic, stained glass and other organic materials. Her first love and specialty is large scale custom impasto paintings. She has shown and been featured in galleries and exhibitions.
Medium
Impasto is a technique used in painting, where paint is laid on an area of the surface very thickly, usually thick enough that the painting-knife strokes are visible. This gives the painting a texture and depth that adds life to each piece. This technique combines her love of tactile materials and painting. Each stoke laid is like a building block in creating a unique piece of art. She rarely uses paint brushes when creating her impasto paintings, they are mainly done using pallet knives.
Inspiration
Erin Welden is a mixed-media artist whose work celebrates resilience, growth, and the beauty that
emerges through life's many seasons.
Drawn to tactile art, Erin's creative journey naturally evolved into richly textured impasto painting. Her
signature works feature vibrant florals, rich colors, and trees whose trunks reveal the silhouette of a
woman. These feminine forms symbolize the strength, resilience, and quiet power of women—the
foundation upon which so much of life is built. Like the trunk and roots of a tree, women provide stability, support, and nourishment, often carrying the weight of families, relationships, dreams, and traditions.
The blossoms and branches that flourish above represent the beautiful things nurtured through that
strength: love, growth, family, hope, and the countless lives touched by a woman's presence. Through
texture, color, and symbolism, Erin's work honors the often-unseen role women play in helping others bloom while remaining deeply rooted themselves.