Carol Emmas

Carol Emmas

This year, my work explores the quietness of winter walking: the spaces encountered between hedges, fields and bodies of water. I am drawn to the pared-back qualities of winter – the muted light, restricted colour and sense of dormant stillness. Also, to the way familiar places can become strangely ambiguous and ever changing. Working with layers of acrylic/oils and gestural marks, I build surfaces that suggest land, water and weather without describing the landscapes literally. The work aims to be subtly emotive, inviting the viewer to pause, take time and look closely. To allow the landscape to slowly reveal itself, rather than offering everything all at once.