The Art of Erika Karl

Fine Art, Illustration, & Design

A woman dressed in traditional clothing with long dark hair and braided pigtails, standing in a snowy forest with trees in the background. She is wearing a hooded white cape, a red vest, and blue skirt, with jewelry and a circular ornament hanging from her waist. She is holding a glowing orb in her left hand, and coins and feathers are floating around her in the air. A glowing golden halo surrounds her head.

Lore Watercolor Paintings

I’ve been wanting to use natural Earth pigments for a new series of paintings so I decided to dig into the lore of my ancestors. I started with a diptych of one character, Frau Perchta. The folklore behind this character originates with the Goddess Berchta, aka The White Lady. They are one and the same, two sides of a coin.

See The Collection
Watercolor illustration of a prehistoric figurine with exaggerated female features, labeled as 'OG Goddess, Venus of Willendorf, Austria, 24,000 BCE'.

OG Goddess Collection

This is a collection of Venus artifact paintings currently in progress. You may have heard of the Venus of Willendorf in a history course. Well, there are so many more statuettes! I’m intrigued so I’m painting 9 small studies of these ancient goddess artifacts. Check out my progress.

See The Collection
Moth | From The Oracle Project by Erika Karl. Oracle art created with black walnut ink that will eventually be part of an oracle deck.

The Oracle Project

The Oracle Project is a work in progress of black walnut ink-wash paintings that will eventually become an oracle deck. This series began as a pandemic therapy project that I decided to share with the public. It’s an ongoing process that will take time to complete.

See The Collection
Hebridean Hills | An ink-wash painting made of pokeberry ink and black walnut ink. Hebridean sheep sometimes don more than 2 horns, making them the ultimate black sheep.

Ink-Wash Paintings

The original artwork for these pieces was created with homemade inks on cold-press watercolor paper. I make my own ink from ingredients in my environment. In order to preserve the images, I scan them and have them professionally printed using archival inks and high-quality fine art paper.

See The Collection