Emily Jarvis
Emily Jarvis works and lives in Cambridgeshire, UK. The artist is passionate about drawing and sketches. While her works are diverse in both medium and subject they are all based on her four core principles: placement, change, colour and light.
Emily is one of the regions most exciting young artists dedicating all of her time to her work, delivering stunning series of contemporary portraiture and bespoke private commissions.
With her first degree in Fine Art from NUCA, a passion for colour and her flair working with oils she masterfully creates portraiture in a unique but realistic style. While the aesthetics are important to the artist her style delivers depth, mood and emotion.
“For me, Art encompasses my life – it is everywhere – all the way from a concept, or a sketch, to stretching my canvas, to delivering a piece to a client or an exhibition – it’s so gratifying and I feel very lucky for that… I hope to keep creating pieces which are not only noted for their composition but provoke thought, query or emotion.”
Brave colour and scale choices are consistent themes in the artists own works and these inspirations can also be seen in her commissioned pieces produced for clients and private collectors.
As well as her many solo and group exhibitions, and various awards, Emily Jarvis has been featured in Elle & Harpers Bazaar magazines.
The artist was selected to be part of the Art en Capital exhibition at the Grand Palais and Louvre in Paris and her works are collected as far from ‘home’ as Gibraltar, Holland and Portugal.
In this painting I have tried to emulate this young adult contemplating his new found responsibilities of adulthood, wearing his necklace with pride.
Size: 80 x 100cm
The subject here is wearing the tribal jewellery which I find to be both beautiful and interesting. Capturing a pose where this young subject is allowed to remain free of tasks in the group to enable learning through watching and through play – the preparation of child before adulthood.
Size: 80 x 100cm
These two pieces named ‘transition’ depict the next stages of the life of a child in the tribe from having freedom to watch and learn to being part of the working force. The style of the hair braiding indicates when a young female becomes ready to marry after puberty and this visual symbol of a stage in life is something I found captivating and so removed from that considered normal in our Western society.
Transition 01 has the subject covered in ochre which gives the skin a brilliant red colour which is seen as a symbol of beauty within the Himba culture and denotes the coming of age to being a woman.
Size: 80 x 100cm
