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Artist Statement
Heavily influenced by colour and texture, my process is a continued exploration into the moment of connection created between viewer and artwork, and is an invitation inside, to view things only colour can depict; feelings, desires, and moments of satisfaction. I choose to work with abstraction because it allows me to explore the internal, and my experiences of daily life that creep in and out of my process.
I have found my practice has held me in a time when only a creative outlet could, in parenting, chaos and life upheavals that are too heavy or complex to articulate in words. The use of pigments is a deliberate choice to explore the softness and tactility of a fragile and delicate medium, one that allows me to create layers, and make colour choices that are in conversation with each other, given the mediums transparent qualities.
Theme: EMBER
As someone who has a fascination with the way colours meet or how light dances throughout the day, I find a lot of inspiration from the natural world around me. I spend most mornings walking my dog in the bushland of my local area and I have come to find my time there very necessary for my practice. I walk in silence, having recently examined my relationship with input and now try to only source natural input - the sounds of birds and the whisper of the breeze, as the first external stimuli I consume. I find this time in nature a way for my brain to rekindle its creative spark and to find connection to something larger. I often think of my paintings as exhales of time I've spent in practice, and my practice is heavily reliant on my time spent alone, in nature.
— Emma Dillon Hill, Oatley, Sydney, NSW
