A mixed media collage featuring vintage images, handwritten text, and torn paper elements. Prominent images include a woman with dark hair, a man with light hair, and a woman with blonde hair, along with various abstract shapes, patterns, and text snippets.

A World of Curiosity & Imagination

Vintage glamour, curious creatures, forgotten treasures and a little bit of magic.

Erica DiPaolo creates original mixed-media artwork and illustration inspired by the beauty of the unexpected — bringing together imagery, texture and found elements to create work that feels both familiar and entirely its own.

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A collage of various objects and images arranged to form a woman's face, including a vintage television, a globe, a butterfly, a bee, a dice, a light bulb, a castle silhouette, a mask, a woman in traditional attire, jewelry, and artwork elements.
Colorful illustration of a woman in a long, flowing dress with purple, blue, and rainbow hues, standing in front of a background with hanging jewelry and accessories, and two dogs at her feet, one on each side.
Collage of cut-out paper and toy figures, including a woman in a dress, a man in a suit with a hot air balloon, a leopard, a tiger, and a giraffe, all on a black and white checkered floor.
Collage of illustrated vintage curtains and a woman dressed in a colorful, vintage-inspired outfit standing on a patterned rug.
A colorful illustration of a woman with red hair, dressed in a multicolored skirt and blue top, standing next to a gold ornate picture frame with a doll inside, against a textured background with a fireplace mantel decorated with objects such as a vintage car model, books, plants, and a small lamp.

Selected Work

A decorative display featuring a portrait of a woman with a pink headscarf, surrounded by purple flowers, a large blue paper parasol, pink roses, and a string of pink and purple beads, arranged on a marble surface.

The Artist

Erica DiPaolo is a self-taught mixed-media artist and illustrator who has worked across a wide range of mediums for more than 25 years.

Her work brings together vintage imagery, drawing, paper, textiles, ornament and found objects to create pieces that feel both nostalgic and unexpected.

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Art for Your Next Story

A colorful fairy figure with large butterfly wings, a purple top, and a flower in her curly blonde hair, surrounded by watercolor flowers and greenery.

Erica's original artwork is available for licensing and creative collaborations.

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A collage featuring a fairy with brown curly hair adorned with pink flowers, blue butterfly wings with black and white borders, a lace dress, and surrounded by purple flowers. The background is pastel blue.