Emma Jamison

Curriculum Vitae

Date of Birth: 12th July 1988

Address: Westerlands House, Graffham, West Sussex GU28 0QJ

Email: emmajamisonpaintings@gmail.com

Biography:

Emma Jamison was born and lives in rural West Sussex, at the foot of the South Downs. Jamison’s landscape paintings are inspired by this ancient 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.

Exhibitions:

Petworth Antique & Fine Art Fair, Petworth House. 10th-12th May 2019

Paintings exhibited: ‘Chasm’ £750.

‘Hitchens: Alfred, Ivan, John, Simon’, Kevis House Gallery, Petworth. 17th-31st July 2019

Paintings exhibited: ‘A Continuation of Chasm’ £950.

‘Root & Branch’, Kevis House Gallery’, Petworth. 6th March - 30th April 2020

Paintings exhibited: ‘Aged - Sweet Chestnut 1’ £1400 (Sold), ‘Aged – Sweet Chestnut 2’ £1400 (Sold), ‘Yew Tree’ £750 (Sold).

Petworth Antique & Fine Art Fair, Petworth House. 13th - 15th May 2022

Paintings exhibited: ‘Petworth Park II’ £3000 (Sold)

‘Mists and Mellow Fruitfulness’, Kevis House Gallery, Petworth. 8th Sept - 24th Nov 2022

Paintings exhibited: ‘Realms of Chalk Dun I’ £2300 (Sold), ‘Equinox II’ £3000, ‘Shadows I’ £2475 (Sold), ‘Shadows II’ £2750’.

‘Winter’s Edge’, Kevis House Gallery, Petworth. 3rd December 2022 - 18th February 2023

Paintings exhibited: ‘Petworth Park IV’ £2250 (Sold)

Jigsaw, Chichester. 13th April - 2nd May 2023

Paintings exhibited: ‘Shadows II, Chasm I and Petworth Park III.

‘Sussex Landscape - Chalk, Wood and Water’, Pallant House Gallery, Chichester.

12th November 2022 - 23rd April 2023

Paintings exhibited: ‘Petworth Park I’.

‘Emma Jamison - Chalk to Ice’, J/M Gallery, 230 Portobello Road, W11

27th September - 3rd October 2023

Paintings exhibited: ‘Ice and Fire II’ £18,000 (Sold), ‘Ice and Fire III’ £15,000 (Sold), ‘Flinted’ £18,000 (Sold), ‘White Wooded Water’ £9,000 (Sold later), ‘Ice and Fire I’ £9000, ‘Ice and Fire IV’ £9000, ‘Dyngjufjoll I & II’ Both £2500, Sea of Coccoliths £18,000.

‘Rhythm and Blue’, Petworth Festival, Kevis House Gallery, Petworth. 10th July – 27th July 2024

Paintings exhibited: ‘Charco Azul’ £975.

‘The Resilient River’, Kevis House Gallery, Petworth. 17th July – 2th August 2025

‘Red Wooded Water’ £9500, ‘Hidden Waters’ £6000 (Sold).

Other paintings sold through Kevis House Gallery: ‘Winter North Facing I’ £2000, ‘Continuation of Chasm’ £950, ‘Tree’ £950, ‘Equinox I’ £1950, ‘Fleeting Thoughts II’ £1500, ‘Fleeting Thoughts I’ £889, ‘Komorebi’ £1950, ‘Winter North Facing II’ £1850, ‘Petworth Park II’ £3000, ‘Realms of Chalk Dun I’ £2300, ‘Aged Sweet Chestnut II’ £1400 ‘Woodland Sun’ £950, ‘Shafts of Light’ £2200, ‘Shadows I’ £2200, ‘Fleeting Thoughts III’ £2750, ‘Petworth Park III’ £3000.

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.