Emma Jamison: Curriculum Vitae
DoB: 12/07/1988
Westerlands Studio, Graffham, West Sussex GU28 0QJ
emmajamisonpaintings@gmail.com - www.emmajamisonpaintings.com
Biography:
Emma Jamison was born, lives and works in rural West Sussex, at the foot of the South Downs. Her studio is adjacent to the Hitchens ‘bolthole’ Greenleaves where Ivon Hitchens set up his studio. John Hitchens a close family friend has been an informal mentor to Jamison throughout her life. The proximity of his studio across the orchard from her own studio has undoubtedly resulted in significant influence in her development as a artist. Jamison’s landscape paintings are inspired by this ancient, wooded landscape; a place she has known her whole life. She uses oil and acrylic, on canvas or board, often working to a very large scale.
‘I attempt to capture the essence of my surroundings. I start with charcoal sketches on paper outside, to get a feel for what I am seeing. I find it helps me to get to know the place well, whether through walking or working in it. For me it is important to have an emotional and sense connection with a place, and that is what draws me in. There is a depth which I want to draw out, to capture. There is something in it; a story, even a history, that when I walk through a place I am gripped and held by the atmosphere it conveys. It is present; you don’t forget it.’
Education and Qualifications:
Brighton City College 2007-2008 BTEC Foundation Studies in Art and Design.
School of Landscape Painting 2012-2014 Artist Development Programme. schooloflandscapepainting.com
Professional Development:
Sustainability Land Course Sept 2013 Forestry Management and Permaculture Design.
Weald and Downland Open Air Museum Oct 2016 Oak Timber Framing: Wall framing.
Weald and Downland Open Air Museum Apr 2017 Oak Timber Framing: Jowl posts.
Gallery representation:
Represented by Kevis House Gallery, Petworth since 2018 to current. All exhibitions below were arranged by KHG and all the works sold are in private collections at prices ranging from the early ones at £750 to £1,950 and then middle range £3,000 to £9,000 and then the largest pieces sold from £14,000 to £20,000.
Exhibitions:
Petworth Antiques & Fine Art Fair, Petworth House. 10-12 May 2019- Painting exhibited: ‘The Chasm’.
Petworth Festival ‘Hitchens: Alfred, Ivon, John, Simon’, Kevis House Gallery, Petworth. 17-31 July 2019- Paintings exhibited: ‘Continuation of Chasm’.
‘Root & Branch’, Kevis House Gallery, Petworth. 6 March - 30 April 2020 (cut short due to lock down)- Paintings exhibited: Aged - Sweet Chestnut I (Sold), ‘Aged – Sweet Chestnut II’ (Sold), ‘Yew Tree’ (Sold).
Petworth Antiques & Fine Art Fair, Petworth House. 13 - 15 May 2022- Paintings exhibited: ‘Petworth Park II’ (Sold)
‘Mists and Mellow Fruitfulness’, Kevis House Gallery, Petworth. 8 Sept - 24 Nov 2022 - Paintings exhibited: ‘Realms of Chalk Dun I’ (Sold), ‘Equinox II’, ‘Shadows I’ (Sold), ‘Shadows II’.
‘Winter’s Edge’, Kevis House Gallery, Petworth. 3 December 2022 - 18 February 2023- Paintings exhibited: ‘Petworth Park IV’
Jigsaw, Chichester. 13 April - 2 May 2023- Paintings exhibited: ‘Shadows II, Chasm I and Petworth Park III.
Pallant House Gallery, Chichester: ’Sussex Landscape - Chalk, Wood and Water’, 12 Nov 2022 - 23rd April 2023 Painting exhibited: ‘Petworth Park I’.
‘Emma Jamison Solo show - Chalk to Ice’, J/M Gallery, 230 Portobello Road, W11- 27 Sept- 3 Oct 2023- Paintings exhibited: ‘Ice and Fire II’ (Sold), ‘Ice and Fire III’ (Sold), ‘Flinted’ (Sold), ‘White Wooded Water’ (Sold later), ‘Ice and Fire I’, ‘Ice and Fire IV’, ‘Dyngjufjoll I & II’ Both, Seas of Coccoliths.
‘Rhythm and Blue’, Petworth Festival, Kevis House Gallery, Petworth. 10 July – 27 July 2024 -Paintings exhibited: ‘Charco Azul’.
‘The Resilient River’, Kevis House Gallery, Petworth. 17 July – 2 August 2025- Red Wooded Water’, ‘Hidden Waters’ (Sold).
Other paintings sold through Kevis House Gallery: ‘Winter North Facing south Downs’, ‘Continuation of Chasm’, ‘Tree’, ‘Equinox I’, ‘Fleeting Thoughts II’, ‘Fleeting Thoughts I’, ‘Komorebi’, ‘Winter North Facing II’, ‘Petworth Park II’, ‘Realms of Chalk Dun I’, ‘Aged Sweet Chestnut II’ ‘Woodland Sun’, ‘Shafts of Light’, ‘Shadows I’, ‘Fleeting Thoughts III’, ‘Petworth Park III’.
Publications:
‘South Downs Showcase’ by Peter Beckingham. Published by Lodsworth Heritage Society, December 2021.
‘Sussex Landscape - Chalk, Wood and Water’ with essays by Simon Martin with Lydia Miller, Miriam O'Connor, Luke Farey, Alexandra Harris, Louisa Thomsen Brits, Tania Kovats. Published by Pallant House Gallery 2022.
‘Ice and Fire’ by Emma Jamison. A personal account of Emma Jamison’s Icelandic expedition to cross the island from North to South on foot. Published 2023.
Working and Teaching Experience:
Coppicing and Carpentry 2015 - present. Coppicing on the Cowdray Estate. Carpentry includes: Cabin building in Brook House Woods, Herefordshire. Making wooden children’s playgrounds for Play Safe Playgrounds, Elsted, West Sussex. Cabin building for Koa Tree Camp, Bideford, Devon.
‘Moving from Realism to Abstraction’ Painting workshop for adults at Pallant House Gallery, Chichester 2023. A day long workshop inspired by the Sussex Landscape exhibition.