EMMA GREEN

Emma’s oil paintings explore Suffolk’s coastal landscape – it’s wildness, remoteness and the fleeting changes of light and atmosphere.

Lying somewhere between figuration and abstraction, horizontally layered areas of oils depict foreground, far land and sky in thick opaque areas combined with dilute washes of colour. Some areas are scraped back to reveal hidden layers and textures underneath. Flicks and sprays of paint evoke coastal flora, flocks of wading birds flying up on the incoming tide, or patterns and debris left behind by old wooden boats in the mud. A deep familiarity with the subject allows the painting process to become more instinctive – as Joan Mitchell describes – ‘Feeling a landscape, transforming a memory’ –exploring always the qualities of the oil paint to create a unique visual language. The act of painting is very physical, gestural but utimately her work is suffused with a sense of calm.

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