Hi, I’m Erica Wendel-Oglesby and currently work in three mediums: mosaics, jewelry design and creation, and photography. I live and create art in my studios in Placitas and Taos, New Mexico.

At a young age, I started to make my own jewelry. After receiving a point and shoot camera, animals were my favorite image to capture and it never stopped. In elementary school, I took weaving classes at a museum, then created and sold woven chokers.  During middle school age, I enjoyed throwing pots. While my parents were out of the country, I attended Kingswood Cranbrook Schools taking weaving and jewelry making classes as part of my junior year in high school. The next year, upon returning to my former high school for my senior year, I volunteered to teach my jewelry making class when the jewelry teacher took a leave of absence. As a result, an Art Achievement award was awarded to me my senior year.

After a fulfilling thirty-one plus year career in healthcare quality and process improvement, I retired and found myself overwhelmed with artistic ideas. In 2014, I started showing my photography and within a few years had branched out to one-of-a-kind jewelry and nature mosaics.

One common thing in my life was immersion in nature – the woods, forests, beaches, deserts and my own gardens- while living in Ohio, Michigan, Florida, Saudi Arabia, London, Bahamas, Arizona, Minnesota and New Mexico. Colorful subjects and textures are a favorite of mine. I love using my hands to create!

I have sold my work at the Placitas Studio Tour and the Taos Studio Tour for the past eleven years and five years, respectively.

Erica Wendel-Oglesby

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A ceramic vase with horizontal brown and white stripes containing artificial poppies with red petals and black centers, arranged against a black grid background.
Mosaic wall art featuring red ceramic poppies with black centers and green stems on a yellow wall.
Colorful mosaic art piece featuring various flowers, leaves, a ladybug, and a blue butterfly on a blue and green background.
Mosaic artwork featuring yellow sunflowers and red poppies against a vibrant, colorful background.
Colorful mosaic artwork depicting a hummingbird, flowers, clouds, and a blue sky.
A black bird with a painted glossy finish is lying on a decorative mosaic tile surface next to two pieces of wood, with a small green apple placed near its beak.
A painting depicts a wine bottle labeled 'Brunello Italy 2009,' a bunch of purple grapes, a yellow pear, and a red apple set against a colorful tiled background.
Decorative mosaic wall art featuring sunflower designs with yellow petals and black centers, set against an abstract background of colored glass tiles and green leaf accents.
Colorful mosaic mural of tulips with a background of small square tiles in various shades of yellow, green, blue, and pink.
Decorative wall art featuring three red flowers with yellow centers and green leaves on black, white, and gray tiled background.
A red decorative tray with a floral mosaic design of three pink and red roses with green stems and black centers.
Mosaic artwork depicting a desert scene with mountains, hot air balloons in the sky, and camels walking across the landscape.
Mosaic tray featuring a zebra, a giraffe, a parrot, and sunflowers with a blue sky background.
Colored mosaic art pieces depicting cacti, a bird, a bird nest, and a birdhouse arranged in six panels.
Decorative animal skull wall hanging with yellow flower mosaic and black horns.
Round mosaic tabletop with a sunflower design, featuring yellow petals, green leaves, and black sunflower centers, bordered by small black tiles, on a black metal stand.
Mosaic art depicting fallow goldfinch birds perched on a branch with green leaves and a nest containing eggs, set against a colorful background with various shades of blue, white, and green tiles.