This body of work navigates intergenerational legacy and the cathartic process of re-emerging after the loss of a mother. Through layered and foggy abstract representations, Emma’s paintings show undulating brush marks and vibrant earthy pigments that speak of landscapes, memory, and the ever-changing seasons of the North-East. The soft textural tapestries pay homage to a prolific textile practice that once belonged to her mother, existing now as rough and raw painting surfaces. The self-taught process of creating each hand-woven tapestry unpacks reflexions of grief and acknowledgement of missed opportunities and traditions that would commonly be passed from mother to daughter.
Acrylic on tapestry, woven from hand spun alpaca fleece and cotton yarn, framed in oak
103 x 103cm
(SOLD)
Acrylic on cotton, framed in oak
103 x 103cm
$5800
Acrylic on cotton, framed in oak
63 x 73cm
$3500
Acrylic on cotton, framed in oak
63 x 73cm
(SOLD)
Acrylic on cotton, framed in oak
63 x 73cm
$3500
Acrylic on cotton, framed in oak
103 x 103cm
(SOLD)
Acrylic on cotton, framed in oak
38 x 48cm
$2200
Acrylic on cotton, framed in oak
38 x 48cm
$2200
Acrylic on cotton, framed in oak
58 x 73cm
(SOLD)
Acrylic on tapestry, woven from hand spun alpaca fleece and cotton yarn, framed in oak
33 x 80cm
(SOLD)
Acrylic on tapestry, woven from hand spun alpaca fleece and cotton yarn, framed in oak
33 x 80cm
$3800
Acrylic on tapestry, woven from hand spun alpaca fleece and cotton yarn, framed in oak
33 x 80cm
$3800
Acrylic on cotton, framed in oak
58 x 73cm
$3300
This body of work is about the space that is left behind, and the ache that fills it. These works are personal, and visceral. They speak of feelings that anyone who has lost, anyone who aches for someone, would know. Shrouded in a fog like a sheet, making these works was like being wrapped up tight seeking to find that held feeling. Waking each day with no sense of where to go, the fog lingers. As each day rolls over, taking you in like the ocean, there is a shifting - curving and evolving, edges softening. As the tides of grief, loss and longing drift in and out, the shapes of oneself now take on new forms.
Acrylic on Cotton Canvas, framed in Oak
53cm x 63cm
(SOLD)
Acrylic on Cotton Canvas, framed in Oak
43cm x 53cm
(SOLD)
Acrylic on Cotton Canvas, framed in Oak
63cm x 73cm
$3300
Acrylic on Cotton Canvas, framed in Oak
43cm x 53cm
(SOLD)
Acrylic on Cotton Canvas, framed in Oak
63cm x 73cm
(SOLD)
Acrylic on Cotton Canvas, framed in Oak
53cm x 63cm
$2600
Acrylic on Cotton Canvas, framed in Oak
38cm x 48cm
$1900
Acrylic on Cotton Canvas, framed in Oak
53cm x 63cm
(SOLD)
Acrylic on Cotton Canvas, framed in Oak
53cm x 63cm
(SOLD)
North East Victoria is a place where Emma’s work often returns. A landscape that continually feeds her practice, these works are informed by the rivers, the mountains, the Eucalypts and the wattle. Although the landscape is diverse and ever changing, it is here that Emma holds the strongest connection to place, and a never faltering feeling of home.
Acrylic on Canvas, framed in Victorian Ash
100 x 100cm
(SOLD)
1120 x 1530 (H x W)
Acrylic on Cotton
(SOLD)
1300x1000mm
Acrylic on Cotton, framed in Ash
(SOLD)
57.5cm x 47.5cm (HxW)
Acrylic on Cotton, shadow framed in Oak
Available for purchase through Fenton and Fenton
68cm x 58cm (HxW)
Acrylic on Cotton, shadow framed in Oak
(SOLD)
1300x1000mm
Acrylic on Cotton, framed in Ash
(SOLD)
1300x1000mm
Acrylic on Cotton, framed in Ash
(SOLD)
1300x1000mm
Acrylic on Cotton, framed in Ash
(SOLD)
Informed by intricate patterns on the trunks of giant Eucalypts and days spent camping amongst them, this series wants you to both observe from a distance, and then come and get up close. The things that could go unnoticed are brought to the front, while the relationship between what is seen and what is experienced overlap, creating vibrations of colour and suggestions of an image, suggestions of a place.
43 x 53cm
Acrylic on cotton, framed in Vic Ash
$1500
(SOLD)
43 x 53cm
Acrylic on cotton, framed in Vic Ash
$1500
Available for purchase through Fenton & Fenton
43 x 53cm
Acrylic on cotton, framed in Vic Ash
$1500
(SOLD)
43 x 53cm
Acrylic on cotton, framed in Vic Ash
(SOLD)
43 x 53cm
Acrylic on cotton, framed in Vic Ash
(SOLD)
Acrylic on Cotton, framed in Oak
46cm x 55.5cm
(SOLD)
Acrylic on Cotton, framed in Oak
54cm x 72cm
(SOLD)
Acrylic on cotton, framed in Oak
215mm x 225mm
(SOLD)
Acrylic on cotton, framed in Oak
22cm x 25cm
(SOLD)
Acrylic and Oil on Cotton, framed in Oak
68cm x 59cm
(SOLD)
A day in the Austrian Alps, wild, the air wet and clean. Mist and heavy rain take turns to fill the space between here and there, hard wind, hitting without sympathy. The river offering company alongside the dripping canopy. Gentle minutes of contemplation, waiting for the next breath of the impatient sky.
Stubaier Gletscher
152.5cm x 111.5cm (HxW)
Acrylic on Cotton
Tasmanian Oak Frame
(SOLD)
152.5cm x 101.5cm (HxW)
Acrylic on Cotton
Tasmanian Oak Frame
(SOLD)
Finland in summer, filled with long days, the longest I have ever known. Never meeting the moon, time spent wandering through the forests, making paths in the fields. Stepping gently, in and out of the wild flowers, finding solitude in the landscape and power in the isolation.
‘North’ is a series of paintings in response to a summer studio residency in Finland. Two months spent travelling and exploring a country that kept on giving, a northern landscape unlike anything I had ever known before.
2018 - Acrylic on cotton, Australian Oak -
280mm x 330mm
(SOLD)
2018 - Acrylic on cotton, Australian Oak -
280mm x 330mm
(SOLD)
2018 - Acrylic on cotton, Australian Oak -
280mm x 330mm
(SOLD)
2018 - Acrylic on cotton, Australian Oak -
280mm x 330mm
(SOLD)
2018 - Acrylic on cotton, Australian Oak -
280mm x 330mm
(SOLD)
2018 - Acrylic on cotton, Australian Oak -
280mm x 330mm
(SOLD)
2018 - Acrylic on cotton, Australian Oak -
385mm x 385mm
(SOLD)
2018 - Acrylic on cotton, Australian Oak -
385mm x 385mm
(SOLD)
A series of paintings describing the landscape through questions and experiences of time. Created through a fog of memory, slow days was informed by Tasmania, seven-days during spring.
Like a lake on a cold spring morning, with time, a memory can become veiled in fog. We know its there, we feel it. Hear it. The further we get from it the thicker the fog becomes. Some days feel long, some brief. Some memories hold fast while others drift.
Seven slow days, a gentle line in the Tasmanian sand, a morning fog clearing.
2018 - Acrylic on cotton, Tasmanian Oak -
890mm x 920mm
(SOLD)
2018 - Acrylic on cotton
1255mm x 1550mm
(SOLD)
2018 - acrylic on cotton, Tasmanian Oak
430mm x 530mm
(SOLD)
2018 - acrylic on cotton, Tasmanian Oak
430mm x 530mm
(SOLD)
2018 - acrylic on cotton, Tasmanian Oak
430mm x 530mm
(SOLD)
2018 - acrylic on cotton, Tasmanian Oak
430mm x 530mm
(SOLD)
2018 - acrylic on cotton, Tasmanian Oak
330mm x 430mm
(SOLD)
2018 - acrylic on cotton, Tasmanian Oak
330mm x 430mm
(SOLD)
2018 - acrylic on cotton, Tasmanian Oak
335mm x 335mm
(SOLD)
2018 - acrylic on cotton, Tasmanian Oak
335mm x 335mm
(SOLD)
This body of work stems from a studio residency Emma underwent in Akumal, Mexico. During this 6 week residency, Emma was living and painting in the jungles of the Myan Riviera, in close proximity to carribean beaches and small Pueblo’s of the surrounding communities. Emma was largely inspired by the bright colours of the landscape and architecture in the area in which she was living. Bright turquise water, white sand and green jungle foliage being a few of the reaccuring themes within these works.
2016 - Acrylic on cotton -
1530mm x 1120mm
(SOLD)
2016 - Acrylic on cotton -
1530mm x 1120mm
(SOLD)
2016 - Acrylic on cotton -
1120mm x 1120mm
$940
2016 - Acrylic on cotton -
1120mm x 1120mm
(SOLD)
2016 - Acrylic on cotton -
860mm x 640mm
(SOLD)
2016 - Acrylic on cotton -
860mm x 640mm
(SOLD)
2016 - Acrylic on cotton -
640mm x 860mm
(SOLD)
2016 - Acrylic on cotton -
640mm x 860mm
(SOLD)
Each of these works are mounted to a single stretcher beam at the top, they hang loosely down along the wall, allowing them to move freely with the environment they are in. The notion behind this being that the viewer becomes immersed in the artwork through its large scale as well as the physicality of the work responding to the viewers movements as they walk by.
Untitled no.1 - Acrylic on cotton -
2400mm x 1800mm
$850
Untitled no.2 - Acrylic on cotton -
2400mm x 1800mm
$850
Untitled no.3 - Acrylic on cotton -
2400mm x 1800mm
$850
Untitled no.4 - Acrylic on cotton -
2400mm x 1800mm
$850
Loose banner hang, single stretcher bar along the top.
Indoor mural at a private residence in Richmond.
With the knowledge that the client had a strong connection to life working immersed within the orchards, this work was inspired by fruit orchards during different seasonal changes. Layers of colours create an underpainting that represent the various seasonal colour shifts, while the patterning on the top speaks of the rows of trees, and the gaps between them.
Mural in a public location.
Situated within the Hardwicks building in Brunswick, this mural creates a vibrant thoroughfare for both private and public use within the building. Inspired by the idea of an urban jungle, this mural incorporates organic forms that twist and turn as they lead you through the space, transporting you to another place.
Outdoor mural at a private residence.
This work was informed by the visual effects created as sunlight disperses through leaves on branches. As this mural was painted in a backyard, the idea was for the artwork to mirror the effect that was created by the trees in the garden in which the mural sat.
