Oil by Emma Roberts
Life Study
Emma Roberts
My practice is embedded in the knowledge that in a moment, a brief, indefinite interval of time, everything can change. Exposure to life’s fragility drives me to linger when tender moments arise and notice when connections and disconnections occur.
I make oil paintings on linen canvases in a process that makes and removes marks, overlaying imagery, and revealing figures and the emotion of a moment. Although there is often a sense of immediacy and looseness in my current works, such as Fight No Longer, there are also more ridged elements to my practice and my paintings. I like these expressive and rigid elements to either sit together in paintings, or take certain pieces down longer journeys. I make both large and small works, often veering to the miniature. I am fascinated in the sense of preciousness and how it becomes entwined in objects, and the impact of scale on perception.
Oil on Linen
10x12cm
Framed