Local Featured Artist

Artist Bio: Emma began painting as a small hobby in 2019. In 2024, she started taking the

practice more seriously, exploring both soft pastel and oil paint. She finds herself fortunate to

be inspired by the other incredible artists around her and the beauty of her home in Teton

Valley, Idaho. Emma’s professional career has so far focused on ecological restoration and

landscape design. Her childhood was spent in central Pennsylvania and in adulthood has lived

in various parts of the U.S. including Wyoming, Idaho and Massachusetts. Her other love,

besides painting, is growing flowers which she does in earnest in the summer in her garden in

Tetonia. Follow on IG: @thefowerhouse.tetonvalley.

Artist Statement: I work in both soft pastel and oil paint, but am in a season of favoring soft

pastel as I’m attracted to its unique luminosity as a medium. My work attempts to capture the

moments of awe I experience in western landscapes when light and shadow create the kind of

drama that spurs you into loving a place. I endeavor to relay a sense of movement and an

impression of my own experience in these landscapes. Awe is a potent healer and I find

myself gravitating towards her. The show title, “For There’s Always Light” references both the

hope I find through experiencing and recreating the beauty surrounding me, and a line from

Amanda Gorman's poem “The Hill We Climb”.

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