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Exhibition of works by EMMA CAMERON in February 2007
“MISCHIEF AND GRACE”
at CHAPPEL
GALLERIES, ESSEX
3rd
– 25th February 2007
Figures
move with fluid, bright energy; vibrant colours mingle with sure, deft
lines. It’s a strange, surreal, yet somehow familiar world: Emma
Cameron’s paintings, on show at Chappel Galleries, are beautifully
contemporary.
It’s no surprise that art-lovers, some as well-known as Griff Rhys-Jones
and Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen, have been queuing up to buy Emma Cameron’s
work. "It is rare to find a contemporary figurative artist who
can deal confidently with symbolism” explains Llewelyn-Bowen. "Too
often symbolism is plodding, obvious and didactic but Emma's touch is
light, romantic and humorous.
This means her work can be interpreted in a very personal relevant way by
anyone without feeling there's a 'right' or 'wrong' way to read the
picture.
"We love Emma's work for its confidence, its upbeat palette and
lyrical content!"
Griff Rhys-Jones agrees. “I liked
your paintings so much I bought one for myself and it has given me great
pleasure” he told the artist. “It is a lovely and calming painting.”
Emma Cameron grew up in the Scottish Highlands, watching dolphins
frolicking in the choppy waters near her family’s Black Isle home, but
for the last fifteen years she’s swapped the bracing northern beaches
for walks along the calmer, but still beautiful estuary near her home in
the North Essex coastal village of Wivenhoe. “I love Wivenhoe”
she enthuses. “It’s crammed with artists, writers, musicians:
there’s always someone to cheer you on if a painting’s not going well,
someone to give useful feedback, or even practical help like lending a
tube of paint when you run out!
And I love just knowing, as I work in my studio, that around the village
my friends are beavering away in their studios: it’s somehow very
encouraging!” Emma remains modest about her success. “It’s
lovely that so many people seem to want my work. The paintings spring from
somewhere quite intuitive within me, and so I’m always rather surprised
– and delighted – when other people say the work has personal meaning
for themselves.”
Find out more about Emma Cameron by
visiting www.emmacameron.com,
and also her pages in the Wivenhoe Encyclopedia where you can see some
examples of her work - click here Also
look out for “Mischief and Grace” on www.chappelgalleries.co.uk |
