In the summer of 2023, Erika Jess Fine Art was officially founded by me, Erika Jess Guli!  I graduated with a Fine Art degree in Illustration from Rochester Institute of Technology in 2008.  After college I more or less gave up painting and entered corporate retail for a number of years. Feeling exhausted and unfulfilled, I decided to search for something 'better'.  Several professional detours and one global pandemic later, I'm now living a quiet minimalist lifestyle in the Finger Lakes Region of NY, painting full time in my tiny house by the water.  Browse my site and find your next piece today, or request your very own watercolor custom commission~ I'm so glad you're here!