The Closeness of Sisters - New Work
My Daughters caught in a loving and theatrical embrace “take a photo of this Mummy, and paint it!” they say. And I do.
The layers in my work are deeply connected to my emotional energy and they way we layer ourselves as humans. So often it seems we are trying to hide parts of ourselves and bring others to the fore. It is these layers that I see, and rearrange. Do you see?
Created in Residence at Truro Girls School (May 2025)
Artist Statement Emma Digerud-White
I paint because no one told me to. I paint because I chose it. I paint to hold onto what I know to be true. I paint for love. I paint for pain. I paint to capture the depths of everything that can be held, in a split second, but can never be described with words. I paint to show we are here. I paint to show I’m alive.
Emotions and energies become colour and movement within my work. Figures are present with their inner landscapes spilling out as they merge and join with the spaces and people around them. I use paint, colour and marks to capture the hidden depths I see and feel.
Love, devotion, desolation, clarity, confusion and confrontation are all themes I visit within my work as I explore what it means to be here and now; as a woman, as a mother, as a human, as a witness.
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