For much of that time Emily’s studio has been the Australian outback. Whether she’s using the side of the car as an easel or working flat on the ground of the Australian desert, she is engulfed by her surroundings and transfers that experience onto the canvas.

A few days before COVID caused a lockdown in Australia, I visited Saint Cloche Gallery in Paddington to see Emily‘s latest solo show. Called ‘Take Me There’, it was a collection of works she created on her travels. They were powerful and evocative paintings. 

She has exhibited in six solo shows across Australia and has had work in many more group shows and last year she was awarded the Macquarie Group Emerging Artist prize.

What struck me most when I spoke with Emily, though, was her close connection with nature and the Australian environment and her understanding of the significant relationship Indigenous communities have and have had with the land.

Her aim is to convey that connection to the viewer and to remind us that we were always meant to be closely connected with nature. 

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