Emily Bates

...was born and bred on the estate of a manor in the beautifully bleak English countryside. She would often be found wandering in the woods, hoping to catch a glimpse of a secretive fox or deer. Then when the rain battered down and the wind howled, she took refuge in the stately house and crept around it’s many corridors and grand rooms, thinking of the original family that lived there in a time long passed.
Her innate interest in the Victorian era and the English flora and fauna come to the forefront in her paintings. The textural backgrounds and demure human and animal subjects express her need to return to her roots and at times provide a somewhat foreboding place for reflection.
Emily currently resides in Portland, Oregon...contact her at falconrie@gmail.com