Eric Paxton
Eric Paxton was born in Annapolis, Maryland and lived on a tobacco plantation during childhood. He moved to New York City in 1993 and became involved in graphic design and digital image creation for the music industry. He co-founded an artist collaborative in the West Village an Brooklyn that generated print and motion graphics for installations around the United States and Europe. After the experiences of September 22, 2001, he began making plans to leave the continental U.S., embracing an epiphany at the West Indian Day Parade to relocate to the Caribbean.
Eric Paxton has lived in Frederiksted for 19 years working in historic preservation and archaeology, which informs his artistic expression. In the aftermath of Hurricane Maria, he began creating street-art style abstract portraits on storm debris and found materials, painting with oils and acrylic aerosol spray, some of which are recovered from landfill dumpster. He utilizes re-purposed surfaces such as wood, metal, plastic and fiberglass to create the panels that have been described as “outsider art.” Inspriation comes from dreams, hurricans, fire, and the history and people of the Virgin Islands.
Eric Paxton was born in Annapolis, Maryland and lived on a tobacco plantation during childhood. He moved to New York City in 1993 and became involved in graphic design and digital image creation for the music industry. He co-founded an artist collaborative in the West Village an Brooklyn that generated print and motion graphics for installations around the United States and Europe. After the experiences of September 22, 2001, he began making plans to leave the continental U.S., embracing an epiphany at the West Indian Day Parade to relocate to the Caribbean.
Eric Paxton has lived in Frederiksted for 19 years working in historic preservation and archaeology, which informs his artistic expression. In the aftermath of Hurricane Maria, he began creating street-art style abstract portraits on storm debris and found materials, painting with oils and acrylic aerosol spray, some of which are recovered from landfill dumpster. He utilizes re-purposed surfaces such as wood, metal, plastic and fiberglass to create the panels that have been described as “outsider art.” Inspriation comes from dreams, hurricans, fire, and the history and people of the Virgin Islands.