Petri Dish Series: Texas River II Painting

Erin McGee Ferrell, Contemporary Professional Oil Painter and Arts in Health Advocate teaches 2D Design at The University of New England. McGee Ferrell is Published Researcher and Patient Advocate for the Arizona Cancer Evolution Center, a National Cancer Institute Research Advocate, Arizona State University, CSBC, and the Department of Defense as a consumer reviewer for the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP). Ferrell was raised with a Nigerian upbringing; family having spent 35 years in Ekiti State. She has spent time painting in West Africa, Scotland, and Greece. Focusing a project in Ecuador, Erin has documented natural pigments from the Amazon Rain Forest. Born in Kentucky, Ferrell now lives in Maine. Erin is a graduate of Mount Holyoke College and University of the Arts Philadelphia and has studied at Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, University of Louisville in Italy, School for International Training in Nigeria, the Artist Students League of New York, and Maine College of Art. Creator of The Pirate Crew Paper Doll Breast Cancer Educational Series, Ferrell is passionate about visual translation in Medicine and Research.