New British Artists

“My previous career with British Airways involved a great deal of travel. This enabled me to explore new environments prompting a wish to interact with foreign communities. In my paintings the memories and emotions experienced are absorbed and translated into abstract form. Images are implied rather than explicit; their abstraction evokes the figurative, allowing a hint of the familiar to become recognisable.

Nature is fundamental to my painting. From landscape and animal behaviour to the purity of a tree’s form, revealing a repetition of colour and shape. Rather than illustrating nature I make paintings that emerge with natural characteristics.

The technique I use involves applying several layers of paint which is then superimposed with many thousands of individual dots of colour. These interact with the pattern below, following and overlapping the contours, tracing memories that capture a history and echoing the mark of a fingerprint, a unique identity. The subconscious flow of form clears the mind, generating a wide diversity of emotions echoed in the broad spectrum of colour.

I employ a multi-panel technique. I paint several panels at one time. Each panel is a stand-alone work in itself, however multiple panels can be hung together to form a new larger artwork. In addition the panels can be rotated to hang vertically or horizontally - the choice is yours."

Date of Birth: 1972
Education: BA Double Hons Art History and Scandanavian Studies
Oslo University: Art and Language

Exhibitions:
Love in Art, Arndean Gallery, Cork Street, London 2004
New British Artists, Affordable Art Fair 2004
New British Artists, Manchester Art Show 2004
Skylark Gallery, London 2005
Barbers Art Gallery 2005
My World, The Art House, Westbourne 2005
New British Artists, London Art Fair, Islington, 2005
New British Artists, Affordable Art Fair, 2005
New British Artists, Contemporary Art Fair Edinburgh, 2005
Affairs of the Heart, The Art House, Westbourne
New British Artists, The London Art Fair, Islington 2006
New British Artists, Art on Paper, Royal College of Art, London 2006
New British Artists, Affordable Art Fair, London 2006
New British Artists, NewcastleGateshead Art Fair 2007
New British Artists, Affordable Art Fair, London 2007
New British Artists, Northern Art Show, Harrogate, 2008
New British Artists, Glasgow Art Fair, 2008

Community Based Project 2006/7
Series of art works in conjunction with inmates of HM Prison Coldingley

After completing her BA Emma’s career enabled her to travel extensively, allowing her to explore a variety of different art from all over the world. Interacting with other artists and creative people within their cultures confirmed her desire to pursue a new career in fine art.