Drawing on the quiet power and majesty of the natural world, Samantha Emery’s paintings are open and direct, inviting viewers into a surrealistic world of whimsy and color as she builds an emotional dialog into the complexity and wonders of life and light.
Throughout Emery’s crisply detailed portraits and playfully fanciful journeys into her imagination, there is an enduring aesthetic of beauty and joy, skillfully illuminated with an organic realism. Each work is a story, an intangible experience and action made visible through the simple intricacy of Emery’s naturalistic painting. The artist creates her works in oil or acrylic paints on canvas, occasionally adding touches of crayon, but more often immersing herself in the smooth perfection of her detailed brushstrokes.
Born in London and of British and Canadian descent, Emery has travelled extensively throughout Canada, the United Kingdom and South America and is now living in Bodrum, Turkey. She earned a degree in Ceramics and Design from Central St Martins College of Art and Design and studied at a tutorial College in Oxford and Amersham College, Buckinghamshire.
Exhibition Dates: June 10, 2014 – July 1, 2014
Reception: Thursday, June 12, 2014, 6:00pm – 8:00pm
Gallery Hours: Tues-Sat 11-6
Gallery Location: 530 West 25th St, Chelsea, New York
Event URL: http://www.agora-gallery.com/artistpage/Samantha_Emery.aspx
Featured Artists:
Evolving Abstraction
Murielle Argoud | Yuka Chokai | AnnaMaria Critelli | David DuTremble | Samantha Emery | Hannah Greenberg | Lynn Izzard | Chris Langley | Neil Masterman | B.A Mintz | Dmitry Sostakovich | Eponine Saint Hillier | Fahim Somani | Antoinette Tontcheva | Peter Watson
About the Exhibition
In Evolving Abstraction, these artists reflect the beauty and complexity of the world they see through taking a step back and portraying them through the lens of artistic vision rather than with representational accuracy. Often experimental, the works are innovative in their quest to find the best tools and techniques to convey the idea that exists in the artist’s mind and share it with an audience hungry for a fresh perspective on what they see every day.
About Agora Gallery
Agora Gallery is a contemporary fine art gallery located in the heart of Chelsea’s fine art district in New York. Established in 1984, Agora Gallery specializes in connecting art dealers and collectors with national and international artists. The art gallery’s expert consultants are available to assist corporate and private clients in procuring original artwork to meet their organization’s specific needs and budget requirements. With a strong online presence and popular online gallery, ARTmine, coupled with the spacious and elegant physical gallery space, the work of our talented artists, who work in diverse media and styles, can receive the attention it deserves. Over the years Agora Gallery has sponsored and catered to special events aimed at fostering social awareness and promoting the use of art to help those in need.
