Erika Stanley
International visual artist based in the Netherlands.
Colorful and expressive paintings inspired by everyday life, human presence, and the quiet poetry of ordinary moments.
From my studio I share original artworks, creative insights, and lessons from more than 30 years of artistic practice.
Featured Artworks
Erika Stanley is an international visual artist renowned for her ability to merge pictorial tradition with the contemporary experience. Her work is distinguished by a vibrant reinterpretation of cities and urban spaces, where Van Gogh’s legacy comes to life through expressive brushwork and a bold chromatic palette.
Through her figurative painting, the artist exalts the beauty of femininity with joyful and colorful compositions that celebrate the vitality of women in today's art world. Her focus extends beyond the canvas; Stanley expands the boundaries of creation through interactive sculptures and assemblages designed to be manipulated and experienced by the viewer.
​Specializing in the creation of immersive experiences and walkable murals, her work transforms the environment into inhabited spaces, where art ceases to be a mere object of observation to become a territory for encounter and transit.
Tulips
Acrylic on canvas
50cm x 50cm
Avalable
Willem Ii
Acrylic on canvas
80cm x 80cm
Privated collection
Erasmus bridge
Acrylic on canvas
80cm x 120cm
Privated collection
From the Studio
Art does not only live in finished paintings.
In the studio it appears as ideas, experiments, reflections and discoveries.
Here you will appreciate small insights from my artistic process.
Custom Artworks
Stanley also create commissioned artworks for collectors, homes and creative spaces.
Each piece is developed in dialogue with the client and created directly in my studio.
About the artist
Erika Stanley is an international visual artist born in Costa Rica and based in the Netherlands.
Her work explores color, everyday life and expressive figurative compositions developed over more than three decades of artistic practice.
Art is not only something we look at. It is something we live with.