Emily is a multi faceted, contemporary artist from Alexander, City AL. She creates in a variety of mixed media, however, is best known for her paintings in Encaustics and her Intimate Portrait Photography.
Emily is also an educator, free lance designer, and women’s empowerment portrait photographer. She graduated from Auburn University School of Art with a BFA in painting and printmaking and also studied abroad at Glasgow School of Art.
She has exhibited her Encaustic Paintings and Photography professionally since 2002 in the South Eastern United States, United Kingdom, Thailand, Japan, and Doha Qatar. Emily has also enjoyed teaching Encaustic workshops to help others learn the Encaustic technique since 2005.
Emily, with her two daughters, Clover & Loda, recently relocated to Auburn after big life changes led them home from the Middle East. Coming home to be closer to family and creating the life of her dreams as a working artist was the best decision for them and they are in love with Auburn and Opelika.
She is currently rebuilding her Fine Art Photography Studio and will resume empowering women starting February 2025.
ABOUT EMILY
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WHY I DO WHAT I DO…
I strive to create art that allows the viewer to experience the vast emotions that every day life brings to my table. I hope to show other humans that they are not alone on this journey we call life, in hopes that they can find a calm space or an inspiration to keep going in my works of art.
I use the natural environment surrounding me for color and texture inspiration when creating with Encaustics and Mixed Mediums. I find an overwhelming sense of fulfillment in creating works of art based on how the colors and textures can portray and invoke emotions in my audience.
Colors are truly powerful and have the ability to invoke specific emotions such as joy, gratitude, frustration, anger, empowerment, spirituality, hope, sexuality, fear, safety, happiness, and so many more as they occur in my life and in all of human existence.
I want the viewer to connect with the feeling or emotion that the painting sparks in them and truly feel the full effects of each layer of paint just as we feel emotions layering over us through out each day.
