Emily Patrick Recent Paintings 2019 - 2022

About

She paints ravishing still lifes — flowers, table tops, food, dolls — in oil and tempera on gesso grounds (a mix of chalk and rabbit-skin glue). Her textures — by turns leathery, glassy, crisp, soft, airy, fluid — are alive, her colours luminous yet subtle, and the enclosed interior world she creates is timeless yet also fixes a moment in time.

Jackie Wuhlschlager, The Financial Times

Patrick’s paintings are like windows thrown open on the world. A clear breeze blows through them; they are infused with tender light. This touches them with an intense but delicate magic. It speaks of a simple but profound appreciation for everyday life.

- Rachel Campbell Johnston, The Times

Rather than the sublime, what Emily captures is the joyfulness of the quotidian and the bursting energy of the natural world, whether expressed through a jug of garden flowers on a kitchen table or a sweeping view of mountains.

- Emma Crichton-Miller, Country Life