Raised in Oakland, California, Emily immigrated to Australia in 2006 and now lives between downtown Sydney and Gunning NSW. Her art practice centres on the co-option and refraction of her visual surrounds for inclusion in her personal narrative, in acrylic paint on wood board. Her work splits into two broad streams – Country and City – representing the duality of her Australian experience. Emily was selected as a finalist in the 2018 Mosman Art Prize for her depiction of Sydney’s historic harbourscape.
“My current work is about sharing my perception of the City around me: these are the visual narratives that collectively prescribe how I experience my life in Sydney. In turn, my aim is to refract these personal surrounds back through my painting, so that a viewer can participate in the act of looking with me.
‘Familiar City’ captures a series of ephemeral moments from the spring of 2018 – building, destroying, budding, growing; the old and the new; moments that will cycle again, some that will never be repeated and cannot be recovered.
There are brief and rare moments of seeing – through a door left open, down a back alley – but also subjects that may be depicted countless times in broad terms – Sydney’s Harbour or landmarks – presented in a manner that I hope is unexpected and provides insight into the way I occupy the same spaces as millions of others have, do and will.”
~ Emily Gordon, 2019.
Click on images below to view full size. All works are framed in Tasmanian Oak.
1. Breezeway on Argyle Place (2018) 61 x 46cm Acrylic on board, Tasmanian Oak frame $875 (SOLD)
2. Nawi Cove, lunchtime (2018) 61 x 46cm Acrylic on board, Tasmanian Oak frame $875 (SOLD)
3. Behind Windmill Street (2018) 61 x 46cm Acrylic on board, Tasmanian Oak frame $875 (SOLD)
4. Morning on Observatory Hill (2018) 46 x 61cm Acrylic on board, Tasmanian Oak frame $875 (SOLD)
5. Sydney Port Authority (2018) 61 x 46cm Acrylic on board, Tasmanian Oak frame $875 (SOLD)
6. Cottages on Merriman (2018) 46 x 61cm Acrylic on board, Tasmanian Oak frame $875 (SOLD)
7. Afternoon light over Balmain (2018) 61 x 46cm, Tasmanian Oak frame $875 (SOLD)
8. Northwest outlook, Observatory Hill (2018) 40 x 40cm Acrylic on board, Tasmanian Oak frame $795 (SOLD)
9. Springtime in Barangaroo (2018) 61 x 46cm Acrylic on board, Tasmanian Oak frame $875 (SOLD)
10. From the Cut (2019) 40 x 40cm Acrylic on board, Tasmanian Oak frame $795 (SOLD)
11. Back of the Hero (2019) 61 x 46cm Acrylic on board, Tasmanian Oak frame $875 (SOLD)
12. Bougainvillea behind Winsbury (2019) 40 x 40cm Acrylic on board, Tasmanian Oak frame $795 (SOLD)
13. Cloudy day, Argyle Lane (2019) 61 x 46cm Acrylic on board, Tasmanian Oak frame $875 (SOLD)
14. Morning walk above Walsh Bay (2019) 61 x 46cm Acrylic on board, Tasmanian Oak frame $875 (SOLD)
15. Barangaroo station (2019) 61 x 46cm Acrylic on board, Tasmanian Oak frame $875 (SOLD)
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