Erin K. Nolan grew up in a small farming towns throughout Northern Illinois. She spent much of her time exploring the surrounding forests and prairies learning about the regional flora and fauna. Nolan's fondness of nature led her to visually interpreting patterns, textures, and intricate details through the meditative, process-oriented mediums of printmaking and painting en plein air. Her art provides a respite from an increasingly digital world. 

Nolan earned a BFA from Northern Illinois University. After a lifetime of dreaming about living in beautiful Door County, Wisconsin; she is now living the dream at her studio in Sturgeon Bay.