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February 2023
I'm excited to have moved studio to the iconic Butley Mills Studios, a hub for sculptors, ceramicists and painters, located on the edge of beautiful Butley Creek. See the website for more info on all the artists working here.
Spring 2020 - Ongoing
Alde Valley Spring Festival
Throughout lockdown I was lucky to continue my residency with the Alde Valley Spring Festival from a makeshift home studio. This residency, painting the new and growing collection of Japanese flowering Cherries planted at the farm, was inspired by Collingwood 'Cherry' Ingram, and Naoko Abe's beautiful new book based on his lifelong passion for Japanese flowering Cherries, as well as the role of blossom or 'Sakura' in Japan over the centuries. Click the link on my Exhibitions page for the illustrated catalogue.
"Emma painted the remarkably large pure white flowers of 'Taihaku' with striking inner force. She injected vitality into the delicate petals of 'Okame', whole her 'Asano' exudes gracious but solid nobility"
Naoko Abe, author of 'Cherry Ingram. The Englishman Who Saved Japan's Blossoms".
'Prunus Horinjii'
180 x 250 mm
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Spring 2019 Hedge Hut Residency
Alde Valley Spring Festival
Since February, I have been working in the beautiful Hedge Hut, capturing hedgerow and woodland flora from the first snowdrops to the many varieties of cherry blossom at white House Farm. The small paintings I have produced there will be on display at the Alde Valley Spring Festival 2019
'Prunus Okame' Oil On Board Triptych
In Autumn 2017 I was chosen from a shortlist of artists to create a large painting for the new HQ of Suffolk Coastal District Council. The painting was unveiled in May and can be seen in the reception area of East Suffolk House.
I will be exhibiting at the Alde Valley Spring Festival on Sat 18th April - Sunday 17th May 2015 and with it I have been awarded The 2015 Fidelity Cranbrook Residency Award for Painting. This included a ten day residency on a beautiful, remote farm in Cumbria. You can see images from this trip on my instagram page by clicking here
One of my paintings was featured in the February 2013 issue of Vogue magazine. Click the article on the right for a larger version.
On April 12th 2012 the crew from BBC Countryfile visited Snape Maltings and filmed Emma (inbetween the wild April showers, wind and thunder...) out in the beautiful reedbeds with presenter Ellie Harrison.
The programme aired on Sunday 29th April on BBC1 at 6.45pm.
Start watching from around 5 minutes: