We’re excited to introduce our latest Art Curation Artist feature Emma Tindale. Emma Tindale is a self taught painter, interested in depicting the human form through pose and movement.
Her paintings are an examination of the human body and natural movement that we all recognise and execute. She paints subjects that offer a notion of familiarity, allowing viewers to recognise common and simple features, expressions or gestures. She draws inspiration from diverse sources such as high fashion photography, queer icons and old editorial photoshoots from the 80s and 90s in which models contort their figures and elongate their form with ease.
Emmas has created three exclusive pieces for RAINBOW STUDIOS.
Emma, tell us a little more about yourself and your art journey?
Art is something that I’ve always enjoyed, I've always had the relentless desire to create. I’m self taught, and after working in PR/marketing for a few years decided to chase my dream of creating art full-time, and quit in 2022 to pursue this. I spent most of 2023 trying to form a distinctive style and deciding where to take my practice. I have always been drawn to portraiture and figurative art, captivated by the opportunity to explore the spectrum of human emotion and to invent new characters and settings.
Can you give us an insight into these artworks you have created for us and what the story behind them is?
These paintings explore the intricate landscape of masculinity and emotion. Inspired by a conversation I had about male fragility and self-expression, these works aim to capture a scale of human emotion in men. The moody colour palette was chosen to highlight the fragility of expression and the intimate connections that form through vulnerability.
What is your inspiration for your art practice?
I turn to vintage editorial photoshoots and a lot of queer photography for inspiration, looking for depictions of fluid movement, confident posture and vivid expressions. I’m always popping into galleries around Sydney to source inspiration from exhibiting artists and turning to design publications for colour palette combinations.
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What is your biggest achievement to date within your art career so far?
Outside of showing these three works, I have a solo exhibition next month in Melbourne, which is a dream. This time last year I hadn’t put any art to the public for sale, and in the past year have shown at three major art fairs, painted commissions, worked with other local creatives and now have these 2 solo opportunities. It’s happened so much faster than I expected and I’m constantly pinching myself that I get to do this each day.
Explore Emma’s work here.
