Emma James Contemporary Landscapes - The Courage to Stand Alone
Emma James Contemporary Landscapes - The Courage to Stand Alone
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Inspired by the Yorkshire Dales
Medium: Acrylic and oil pastel on board framed in a black/graphite frame
Dimensions: 68cm wide x 68cm high
Artist statement:
Landscapes are sacred and brave. My work reflects both the calm I feel as I move through wild spaces and the vulnerability of navigating vast, open, and unpredictable places. My paintings move, as I do, through wild spaces. The marks are vulnerable, the colours are calm, the lines wander and search.
As I walk through the Yorkshire landscape, I love to explore the lines, shapes, and colours that I see. I record these as fragments of my memory. I seek out the stories of those who once lived and sheltered on the land, to discover the relationship we once had to the wilderness. I like to consider the contrast between the steadfastness of the rock face or the mountain against our fragile dependency on the land or our vulnerability to natures elements.