This is part of my new series, Women in Cars. These paintings with one collage element - a car ad from a vintage magazine - explore the idea of escapism in a brief, concise plot that often has no resolution. This is an ongoing series that I have been making for the last decade by starting with a vintage car ad, then painting a new and uncertain background for these drivers. Each painting in this new series comes in a vintage frame that I have collected and paired with the car image.
This ad features a 1960 Pontiac Tempest
CATEGORY
Original Mixed Media on Paper
MEDIUM
Watercolor, gouache and vintage car ad
Actual size
6.75 x 16 in a 8 x 17.25 black frame
FRAMED/UNFRAMED
framed
YEAR
2026
About the Artist
Hello, I'm Erin MW.
I’m a workshop instructor at CfM and make painted paper collages out of my North Richmond studio. I am a paper enthusiast and collector of many things.
I’m a workshop instructor at CfM and make painted paper collages out of my North Richmond studio. I am a paper enthusiast and collector of many things.