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ISLAND ARTIST
Emma Carter Bromfield, also known as The Island Artist, is a contemporary British fine artist known for her highly collectable, expressive, timeless and free-spirited work.
Her signature style can be described as contemporary impressionism or expressive realism, characterized by a focus on capturing light, movement, and the raw energy of the natural environment.
She employs a free-flowing, gestural application of paint on canvas, resulting in dynamic compositions that convey an emotional connection to the landscape rather than a mere topographical representation. The work is often vibrant and emotive, with a keen sense of atmosphere, whether depicting tranquil sunsets, dramatic skylines, or majestic waves.
A signature small sail often appears to depict our insignificance amongst the elements, a glimpse of our humanity harnessing the raw nature we are at the mercy of.
Her practice is deeply rooted in the environment, with primary inspiration drawn from her family home on Burgh Island, a tiny tidal island in Devon which has served as her muse for over 50 years.
Further inspiration is found on Dartmoor and the English Riviera, with paintings often created after immersive exploration of these locations.
Many significant pieces were painted on the island or during secluded retreats to a Mongolian yurt on Dartmoor to foster uninterrupted artistic focus where she lives off grid and as in harmony in nature as possible to alchemise the land’s raw ancient energy into a painting.
A testament to her success, Emma’s originals and limited editions are sought after on both home and foreign shores, hanging in public, private, and corporate collections.
Her extensive recognition includes being labelled one of the Sunday Times “little black book of experts” and receiving a commission for a British Prime Minister.
Her artistic life has been captured in two short cinematic films by MGV Productions and she has been featured on Netflix, Channel 5, Vogue, Coast Magazine, and The Telegraph and many other publications.
Emma can often be found on the shores of Burgh Island, capturing her favorite muse as the tides roll in and out….
CONTACT
Emma 07786 810277 or email for studio visit appointments, discuss collaborations commissions and art sales.
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ARTIST STATEMENT
‘Big stormy seas, wild winds and the raw coastline and rugged moorland landscape of the South West inspire me.
My happiest moments are spent on a South Hams beach on a ancient path or mossy woodlands at any time of the year, alone or with company, young or old.
I guess I’m not the only one…
Burgh Island is a very special place, somewhere I can come home to with my family.
Since a young child I’ve carved out an imagination fed by tides and elements, sea journeys and sea fables told from the seats of ancient mariners in the Pilchard Inn. Anyone that has been there will understand the attraction to this unique island 200 meters from the English mainland, sometimes it feels like a different country.
It is why I am an Island Artist.
I like the hidden empty beaches where I can swim on hot hazy summer English days and big wide winter skies that offer up a myriad of colours. I like tides coming in and watching tides going out.
I dream
I think
I paint.
I paint what I love…
I try to translate that free spirited essence that I think we all crave from time to time.
I like to express emotion in my practice, to let loose with a brush, rag or hands on a canvas, to give relief from all that ties us down to an otherwise ordinary life.
I paint natural wild places and ancient moorlands that I myself return to time and time again, and as I paint from my mind in my studio, I have at least a thousand paintings waiting to be painted. I hope I am lucky enough to grow old enough to fulfil that ambition and have the courage to always challenge myself as an artist…’.
Emma continues to show in galleries in the South West and have solo shows and is collected by discerning collectors worldwide.
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