about

Emma Saul is a Northampton-based artist who trained in creative arts and printmaking at Bath Spa University, graduating in 2002. Her current work in oils and mixed media, and more recently in ceramics, showcases a love of experimentation and spontaneity to explore our connections as humans to the land.

Emma says “I have never been one for keeping a sketchbook. I love working straight onto a canvas, paper, lino or copper. I don't want to reproduce something I have produced before. It is the unplanned, the unexpected outcomes in my work that I love the most, the things you can't practice, the happy accidents you can never recreate.”

Emma’s work focuses on landscape, the history and narratives attached to a place and our connections to the land as a result. They are nowhere in particular, but may be somewhere to someone, half-remembered places with only one foot in reality. It's what landscape inspires in us, rather than about the land itself.

Emma regularly exhibits across the Midlands and has her work selected for various open exhibitions including the RBSA, and Northampton Town and County Art Society (where she is an associate member). She also takes part in Northants and Rutland Open Studios every year and is this year part of a group exhibition in York for the York Festival of Ideas.

Make sure you follow on Instagram for new works and exhibitions @emma.saul.art