DORSET, United Kingdom
Emma Mount is an English self-taught artist. After a 10 year design career in London she is now a f...
About the artist
Joined In 2010
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About the artist
Joined In 2010
(17 Followers)
Emma Mount is an English self-taught artist. After a 10 year design career in London she is now a fulltime painter living on the south coast, a stone’s throw from countryside, forest and sea.
Emma paints a variety of subjects including big eyed art, the age old tradition of lovers eyes, cats, ghouls, space girls, movie icons, vintage Barbies all in oil paint on wood and preloved skateboards. Having worked as a designer she is very much caught up in the excitement of creation, and loves the endless creative possibilities that come from painting, and making a blank space come to life
Her art is directly influenced by having been a teenager in the 80s. “”I was hugely influenced by the birth of pop videos like Duran Duran's. I loved Nagel's artwork like the Rio cover, and I also loved all the airbrushed Syd Brak works that were everywhere at that time. I used to draw all sorts, but started gravitating towards sketching from photos of strong female idols like Debbie Harry & Kate Bush, exotic models that I saw in mum's fashion mags, or my teen music mags, as well as iconic glam men like Bowie & Adam Ant. At the same time my fascination with the spooky side of life started to show itself as I discovered Hammer Horror & the Addams ...
Self taught Oil Painter
Pre Lockdown
2019
12 X 12 - Dec 18 - Stockroom Gallery, Melbourne
Tiny Treasures 4 Pieces - Nov - Cactus Gallery LA
Loteria Group Show - Sept 18 - Cactus Gallery LA
Mother's Little Helper - July 19 - Cactus Gallery LA
Nine Lives - June 2 - Inverarity Gallery
Home - April 13 - Cactus Gallery LA
International Women's Day - March 8 - Stockroom Gallery, Melbourne
2018
12 X 12 - Dec 18 - Stockroom Gallery, Melbourne
Mermaid Art Show - Nov 18 - San Diego
Revenge of Frankenstein 200 - Oct 18 - Dark Arts Emporium, Long Beach CA
The Cult of Meow - Sept 18 - Gristle Gallery NY
LA CAT ART SHOW 3 4 pieces - June 18 - Thinktank DTLA
Ode to Cherished 4 pieces - April 18 - Hudson Hughes Gallery
Floriography - March 18 - Gristle Gallery NY
Cat Art Group Show - March 18 - BEINART Aus
Small Pieces Show - Jan 18 - Gristle Gallery NY
2017
Witching Hour group show - Sept 17 - Hudson Hughes Gallery
Coaster Show - Sept 17 - La Luz de Jesus - LA
2016
"Coaster Show" - Sept 16 - La Luz de Jesus - LA
"Emma Mount" hosted by The Artillerist feature wall - Mar 16 - The Hive DTLA
"LA CAT ART SHOW 2" 4 pieces - Mar 16 - Thinktank DTLA
2015
"anti-valentine" group show - Feb 15 - Dream in Plastic, New York
"celebrating youth" group show - Mar 15 - Dream ...
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