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Emma
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Private View: Thursday 6th May 6-9pm
Be it wincing beneath the tattooists needle or floating Orphelia-esque whilst bedecked in corsets, jewellery and hooped panniers, Emma is often both subject and artist. Body decoration, portraiture and vanity are common themes that Emma explores in a documentary and photo realistic fashion, sometimes on a monumental scale: ‘Back in 5 Minutes’ is a 30’ long painting chronicling the experience of her second tattoo. There is a tender sensitivity to Emma’s painted snapshots of real life, particularly when it’s her real life, and she is determined to scratch beneath the surface of experience. Having recently secured Arts Council funding for her Orphelia series, Emma forced herself to overcome her fear of water and let herself be consumed by the water as her clothes became ‘heavy with drink.’ For someone who experiences mild hyperventilation when paddling in the sea, this was no mean feat and has resulted in some particularly strong work that has received great acclaim. In pursuit of her themes of costume and vanity, Emma plans to visit Japan this autumn and experience everything from the Geisha to Gosurori (Japanese Goths.) Not surprisingly, she intends to personally undergo a total Geisha makeover. Recent Exhibitions have included the Royal Society of Portrait Painters and The London Art Fair 2004.
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