Women in Art - Raising the Bar
15 FEBRUARY 2022 - 08 MARCH 2022
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3. Emma Foster
The Fleur
The Fleur
Graphite on Cartridge Paper
20 cm X 20 cm
2021
This delicate graphite piece depicts a girl surrounded by white Lilies, with a pair of tiny hummingbirds fluttering above. The piece, in its entirety gives a feeling of serenity, playfulness and innocence, with the flowers and the birds, symbolically encouraging and giving strength to this concept. This piece was made as a study to the painting that followed, of the same title.
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£550 - 700
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Emma Foster is a Contemporary British Artist. Her work could be described as Magical Realism, with strong Symbolic connotations. She began to paint in 2018 after her son, the last of her four children was born. Emma then decided that she would explore her artistic abilities, which eventually drew her to figurative work. It was also the beginning of her journey into the craft of gold leaf gilding, led by her admiration of the artist Gustav Klimt.
Emma lives in a seaside town in South East Essex with her three youngest children and her husband.Emma’s work strives to explore the basic human feelings of want, freedom, joy, hope, sorrow and our relationship with nature. There is also, often a play with internal and external locations, with manmade structures juxtaposed with natural elements, the thread of theatricality in her work very apparent.
Central St Martins, 2014-2017 BA (First Class Honours) Fine Art
The winner of the painting category for the Visual Arts Open Award 2021.
Emma is currently exhibiting in ‘The Sinclair Gallery’ in Hertfordshire
WEBSITE : emmafosterfineart.co.uk
INSTAGRAM : emmafoster_fineart
