Fresh Paint

Emily Patrick

For artists like Emily Patrick, the canvas appears to be less a place for defining statements and more a visual diary. Her paintings celebrate the joy and the poignancy of a poetic life lived to the fullest. And like all truly great painters, she creates images that seem bright and effortless, when the reality is perhaps far from that.

Emily’s latest solo exhibition, is her first in three years and acts as a marker of what has happened in her life during that time. We join her at the beach, the breakfast table, and around the Christmas tree. There is spring blossom, winter snow and even – in a surreal twist – a