On January 27, 2011 Eric Merkley was diagnosed with osteosarcoma. An aggressive cancer that we hope and the doctors to this point seem confident that is contained to one spot on his leg. Treatments and recovery will be long and painful. Friday, October 31, 2014. Being back home has been BUSY! People ask me how the adjustment has been but really I have been to busy to sit down and think about it. so great! I love you all. Tuesday, August 19, 2014. These two were so happy to see ea.

Is an internationally award-winning documentary filmmaker. Before becoming a filmmaker, Eric was a painter, painting giant 6 to 8 foot paintings using oil on canvas. After moving to New York City to pursue his painting career, he switched gears and became a motion graphics designer and animator.

Los Angeles artist Eric Merrell is best known for his desert work, including numerous nocturnes depicting the light of the moon in landscapes far away from urban light pollution. Our latest documentary short from director Alec Ernest, we take an overnight trip with the artist to Joshua Tree National Park, where night falls and the desert takes on a surreal and mysterious beauty, where edges blur and shapes transform, and solitude takes on a whole new meaning. CLICK BELOW TO WATCH THE FILM.

No one means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought is viscous. Continue reading This Blog Has Moved. 104th Annual Gold Medal Juried Exhibition.

Friday, October 16, 2009. My girlfriend booked a business trip to Portland and suggested that we spend the weekend together on the Columbia River. So, after realizing that I could get a shot. At Mt Hood, I agreed! Not to give anything away, but the photo to the right demonstrates my unique ability to attract storms at high altitude. Hiking in near zero visibility and wind-driven rhime ice, I was excited to find this ridge, which I knew would lead directly to the summit.