[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ next_background_color=”#ffffff” admin_label=”Hero Section” _builder_version=”4.17.5″ background_color=”RGBA(255,255,255,0)” use_background_color_gradient=”on” background_color_gradient_stops=”rgba(0,0,0,0.4) 0%|rgba(0,0,0,0.4) 100%” background_color_gradient_overlays_image=”on” background_color_gradient_start=”rgba(0,0,0,0.4)” background_color_gradient_end=”rgba(0,0,0,0.4)” background_image=”https:\/\/alexemsley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/alex_emsley_imago.jpg” parallax=”on” custom_padding=”2.1%||6.6%|||” bottom_divider_style=”ramp” bottom_divider_height=”60px” global_colors_info=”{}” background_color_gradient_direction__hover=”180deg” background_color_gradient_direction__hover_enabled=”180deg” background_color_gradient_start_position__hover=”0%” background_color_gradient_start_position__hover_enabled=”0%” background_color_gradient_end_position__hover=”100%” background_color_gradient_end_position__hover_enabled=”100%” background_color_gradient_stops__hover=”rgba(0,0,0,0.4) 0%|rgba(0,0,0,0.4) 100%”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.17.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.17.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/alexemsley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/alex_emsley_logo_white.png” title_text=”alex_emsley_logo_white” align=”center” _builder_version=”4.17.5″ _module_preset=”default” filter_contrast=”200%” filter_opacity=”10%” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.17.5″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”||29px|||” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row column_structure=”3_5,2_5″ _builder_version=”4.17.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”3_5″ _builder_version=”4.17.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text module_id=”About” _builder_version=”4.17.5″ _module_preset=”default” header_font=”Neue Haas Grotestk 75bd||||||||” header_text_color=”#1E2126″ header_font_size=”50px” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n
[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.17.5″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”Neue Haas Light||||||||” text_text_color=”#343841″ text_font_size=”18px” text_letter_spacing=”1px” text_line_height=”1.5em” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n
I have found a home within the genre of still life, and above all else I prefer to paint flowers. My petalled subjects are not the flawless shopping-mall variety. Instead I seek out gnarled and blemished specimens \u2014 flowers that bare scars. My paintings are depictions of the broken, the damaged, and the imperfect.<\/p>\n
I am fascinated by the technical aspects of painting. I immerse myself in the obscure techniques that painters have used for centuries to create convincing illusions in paint. Because of my fixation on the technical aspects of painting, I have been told that I am more of a craftsman than an artist. I accept this label without objection, if anything, I regard it as a badge of honour. I admit to being smitten with the craft-like aspects of naturalistic painting: the ancient methods that can give holographic qualities to a series of brushstrokes on a two-dimensional surface. While my compositions consist of simple austere arrangements, the technique that I use is so slow that it takes many months to complete a painting. As my preferred subjects are fragile ephemeral flora, painting from life is not an option. Each of my paintings is based on approximately one hundred photographs of a composition that existed for a fleeting moment. My output is limited to a few paintings per year.<\/p>\n
I work directly with a growing list of clients, and my paintings form part of numerous private collections throughout Africa, Europe and the U.S.<\/p>\n
[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”2_5″ _builder_version=”4.17.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_divider show_divider=”off” _builder_version=”4.17.5″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”||57px|||” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_divider][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”Footer Section” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ background_color=”#343841″ background_enable_image=”off” background_position=”top_center” min_height=”267.4px” custom_padding=”34px||0px|||” top_divider_height=”48px” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row column_structure=”2_3,1_3″ admin_label=”Footer Area” _builder_version=”4.16″ min_height=”88.8px” custom_margin=”|||” custom_padding=”||0px|||” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”2_3″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Title” module_id=”Contact” _builder_version=”4.17.5″ text_font=”||||||||” header_font=”Neue Haas Grotestk 75bd||||||||” header_text_color=”#FFFFFF” header_font_size=”50px” header_2_font=”Montserrat|600||on|||||” header_2_font_size=”30px” header_2_line_height=”1.5em” custom_margin=”||5px|” animation_style=”slide” animation_direction=”top” animation_intensity_slide=”20%” animation_starting_opacity=”100%” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n
[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider show_divider=”off” _builder_version=”4.16″ max_width=”23px” animation_style=”slide” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_divider][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_5,3_5,1_5″ _builder_version=”4.17.5″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”5px||0px|||” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_5″ _builder_version=”4.17.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”Neue Haas Light|300|||||||” text_font_size=”18px” header_4_font=”||||||||” header_5_font=”|–et_global_body_font_weight|||||||” header_5_font_size=”20px” custom_margin=”|0px|||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n
[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”3_5″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”Neue Haas Light||||||||” text_font_size=”18px” text_letter_spacing=”1px” header_5_font=”|–et_global_body_font_weight|||||||” header_5_font_size=”20px” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_margin=”||19px|||”]<\/p>\n
alexemsley@gmail.com<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_button button_url=”mailto:alexemsley@gmail.com?subject=Print%20Enquiry” url_new_window=”on” button_text=”Contact” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” custom_button=”on” button_text_color=”#FFFFFF” button_bg_color=”#97A1A5″ button_bg_enable_color=”on” sticky_enabled=”0″][\/et_pb_button][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_5″ _builder_version=”4.17.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" AboutI have found a home within the genre of still life, and above all else I prefer to paint flowers. My petalled subjects are not the flawless shopping-mall variety. Instead I seek out gnarled and blemished specimens \u2014 flowers that bare scars. My paintings are depictions of the broken, the damaged, and the imperfect. I […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"dipi_cpt_category":[],"class_list":["post-8","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alexemsley.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alexemsley.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alexemsley.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alexemsley.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alexemsley.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8"}],"version-history":[{"count":102,"href":"https:\/\/alexemsley.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2092,"href":"https:\/\/alexemsley.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8\/revisions\/2092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alexemsley.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"dipi_cpt_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alexemsley.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dipi_cpt_category?post=8"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}