She won the Idaho Archery Stamp competition three times, has done commissioned pieces for such groups as the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, and the National Watchable Wildlife Program, and has had her art featured on Ducks Unlimited Christmas cards. In addition to being a professional artist, Erica is a wildlife biologist and co-owner of a small company that does wildlife research, is an avid archer, hunter and outdoor enthusiast. Her art is an outgrowth of her intimate knowledge of the natural world. Although Erica lived in Idaho most of her life, she moved to Fairbanks, Alaska in 1999 and now calls Alaska her home. She is currently illustrating a book on ferruginous hawks and is working on a series that includes watercolors of Alaskan wildlife and watercolor sketches of the Alaskan landscape and wildflowers.