Emma Dunbar
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Autumn Moon
acrylic on board
30 x 30cm £575 -
SoldBracken and Rooks
acrylic
61 x 61cm £1600 -
Cornish Sheep with Crows and Seagulls
acrylic on board
30 x 50cm £875 -
SoldCrocosmia in Ali’s Mug over the Harbour
acrylic on board
40 x 40cm £895 -
Curious Light on the Common
acrylic
46 x 46cm £1100 -
SoldField Seagulls with Snowdrops
acrylic
30 x 30cm £575 -
SoldFirst Cornish Bluebells
acrylic
30 x 30cm £575 -
SoldFrom a Snowy Journey
acrylic on board
46 x 46cm £1100 -
Garden Bunch in my Favourite Mug
acrylic on board
30 x 30cm £575 -
Horses Appear as it gets Light
acrylic on board
46 x 46cm £1100 -
SoldNesting Birds under a Pink Sky
acrylic on board
30 x 30cm £575 -
SoldPadstow Pink House
acrylic
61 x 66cm £1800 -
SoldPink House
acrylic
46 x 46cm £1100 -
SoldPrimrose and Quince
acrylic
30 x 30cm £575 -
SoldPurple Bunch and Figs
acrylic
30 x 30cm £575 -
SoldRanunculus and Chocolate Eggs
acrylic
30 x 30cm £575 -
SoldSimon and Grannie’s Hyacinths
acrylic on board
61 x 61cm £1800 -
SoldSpotty Dogs and Snowdrops
acrylic
46 x 46cm £1100 -
SoldTrawler, Nasturtiums and Primula
acrylic
30 x 30cm £575 -
Zoe’s Lillies and Three Strawberries
acrylic on board
61 x 61cm £1800
Emma Dunbar: What excites me about making pictures is trying to capture the essence of a place, a feeling, a thing. I am attracted to vivid colours and the decorative qualities in everyday objects. I enjoy rearranging my ingredients, for instance moving all the red boats on the beach next to the pink tractor for a stronger effect. Birds, shells, flowers and fish might be placed against true landmarks as focal points. My pictures are therefore more atmospheric than literal.
My aim is to end up with my gathered ingredients – glimpses of journeys, patterns from familiar settings and objects collected along the way – converging to create an image that communicates the richness of the original source of inspiration.
I work mainly on board in acrylic, occasionally incorporating collage with gold and silver leaf. My training as a printmaker is evident both in the use of blocks of flat colour and in the way I scratch through surfaces to reveal pre-laid colours underneath.
My influences come from traveling in India , Cornish holidays and the chaos of cats and children wandering onto wet paint. I have also drawn inspiration from the work of favourite artists, including Mary Fedden, Milton Avery and Daphne McClure.
Born in England in 1961, Emma graduated in 1984 with a BA (hons) in Fine Art Printmaking from West Surrey College of Art and Design. Since then she has worked full time as an artist and exhibited throughout the UK. Her paintings have been internationally reproduced as greetings cards, posters, limited edition etchings and even fabric designs.
Emma strives trying to capture the essence of a place, a feeling, a thing. She is attracted to vivid colours and the decorative qualities in everyday objects.. Birds, shells, flowers and fish might be placed against true landmarks as focal points. Her pictures are therefore more atmospheric than literal.
The aim is to end up with the gathered ingredients – glimpses of journeys, patterns from familiar settings and objects collected along the way – converging to create an image that communicates the richness of the original source of inspiration.
Working mainly on board in acrylic, occasionally incorporating collage with gold and silver leaf, Emma’s training as a printmaker is evident both in the use of blocks of flat colour and in the way it is scratch through surfaces to reveal pre-laid colours underneath.
Emma’s influences come from travelling in India, Cornish holidays and the chaos of cats and children wandering onto wet paint. She also draws inspiration from the work of favourite artists, including Mary Fedden, Milton Avery and Daphne McClure.