Emma Cameron            

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The Wivenhoe Encyclopedia

EMMA CAMERON
Wivenhoe
Painter Emma Cameron comes from the Scottish Highlands, and spent seven years studying Fine Art in London, first at Camberwell School of Art and then at Central St. Martin's School of Art. She has been based in Wivenhoe since 1993. 

   
“My work is about paint, the glory of it, the textures and colours; and about a sense of being, an exploration into the dichotomies that make us who we are, full of contradictions and wordless feelings and notions…” (Emma Cameron, 2008)  

"It is rare to find a contemporary figurative artist who can deal confidently with symbolism. 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!" Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen

“I liked your paintings so much I bought one for myself and it has given me great pleasure. It is a lovely and calming painting.” Griff Rhys-Jones

‘[Emma Cameron’s] human figures emerging out of abstracted grounds of fluid ethereal colour seem to inhabit an imaginative world of interior mythology… There is something classical and timeless about her study of the body, beautifully observed and defined by the suggestion of outline. Miraculously the artist maintains all the spontaneity and freshness of a drawing in her finished works which are full of earthly physicality and flights of imagination in equal measure.’

( Georgina Coburn, ‘Northings’ 2007)  

"I start a painting very impulsively, with sweeping areas of saturated colour. Later there is a still, reflective phase of contemplation as I try to allow the colours and brushstrokes to suggest the way ahead. Line, form and texture emerge in an intuitive, organic, painterly way. There are often wrong turnings, and I repeatedly have to be brave and erase hours of work when I sense that something isn't sitting exactly right in a painting. I am always surprised by the results: nothing is pre-planned.

“The figures are not painted from models, sketches or photos: I need somehow to feel my way inside the structure of the body I'm painting, to find solidity, fluidity and a particular energy.

“I love Wivenhoe. 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 others are working away in their studios: it’s somehow very encouraging!”   Emma Cameron, 2007

Emma Cameron’s maternal grandfather, Gerald Spencer Pryse, was a renowned War Artist in the First World War (examples of his work may be seen at the Imperial War Museum , amongst other places). Emma's mother is artist Tessa Spencer Pryse, whose work can also be seen on this website. 

Emma Cameron (with sculptor Beth Carter) at Badcock’s Gallery, Newlyn, Cornwall   28th August – 30th September 2008 www.badcocksgallery.co.uk

Colchester and Tendring Open Studios, Sunday 21st September 2008, 11 – 5pm    www.colchesteropenstudios.org

Emma Cameron, solo exhibition 6th February – 6th March 2009 Hayletts Gallery, Maldon, Essex  www.haylettsgallery.com

‘Emma Cameron : A Sense of Being’ 17th October – 21st November  2009 Oriel Mwldan, Wales  http://www.mwldan.co.uk

Emma Cameron is represented by:

Badcocks Gallery:   www.badcocksgallery.co.uk

Alan Kluckow Fine Art:  www.kluckow.com

For more information about Emma Cameron, visit: www.emmacameron.com  

or log on to the Axis artists’ database:   www.axisweb.org

or Saatchi online:    www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk 

Exhibitions: 

Emma has exhibited at numerous galleries including the Royal Academy of Arts, Piers Feetham Gallery and the Mall galleries in London , the Castle Gallery, and locally at Christchurch Mansion , The Minories, North House and Chappel Galleries. 

Some recent examples of Emma Cameron's work

Flowering - 2008
   
Runner - 2008
   
Mischief and Grace - 2007
   

  To see earlier examples of Emma Cameron's work, click here

 

 

Last updated:
29 June 2008

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