Eric Pedersen was born in the Detroit metro area of Michigan in 1981. Twenty three years later he moved to Los Angeles where he currently lives and works. Eric has always had an affinity for a manual creative process, and as a result of such has ambitiously pursued an education primarily focusing on traditional mediums of art making. In 2010 he graduated from the Los Angeles Academy of Figurative Art, where he continues to teach. Eric spends most of his time painting in his studio, and is best known for his large, dense paintings depicting the human form.