Growing up in British Columbia, Emmette Lewis took inspiration from B.C’s diverse environmental ecology and harmonized that with traditional stylistic practices of South African art.
Born in South Africa, she is an oil and mixed media artist currently completing her MFA at OCAD University in their Interdisciplinary Arts, Media and Design Program.
She is exhibited frequently and her portraits are particularly compelling.
Through her engagement with Toronto’s vibrant arts scene and its underground subcultures, her practice has evolved from expressionist portraiture to contemporary works exploring diasporic narratives of identity, immigration and displacement – notes from one of her exhibitions.
A good summary of her artistic approach and bio details, here.
Her LinkTree, here.
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This work is stunning, especially in the blue, it makes me wanna run and put a Miles Davis record on
Beautiful work.