The Pirate
Emma WoolleySOLD
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Emma Woolley
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Oil on Heavyweight Fabriano Paper
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65cm (W) x 50cm (H)
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This is a one-off portrait, created from a spontaneous moment of connection with my former art teacher, Chris Tinkler. _The Pirate_ explores gesture, memory, and the quiet symbolism of hands. It’s painted in oil and Sennelier oil stick on Fabriano Tela paper, with hints of Mediterranean blue woven through after a recent trip to the Ionian Islands.
The piece was never planned. It came out of a conversation, a photo, and a feeling I didn’t want to overthink. The title came naturally - there’s something playful and slightly masked about the pose that felt right.
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The person who has most inspired my work is my mum.She passed away a couple of years ago, and I didn’t paint for a long time after that. It was like the colour drained out of everything for a while. But eventually, it was painting that helped me find my way back to myself. My Wonder Series came out of that time, I think I was trying to be close to her again, in whatever way I could. She was kind, thoughtful, gentle but powerful, and totally intuitive. So much of the softness, strength, and emotion in my portraits comes from her. Even now, when I paint, I feel her there — in the quiet, in the way I look at a face, in the way I hold space for feeling.She wasn’t an artist, but she taught me how to really see people. And that’s everything.
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Place
The place that’s most inspired my work is Moseley, where I was born and raised.Growing up there in the 1980s and 90s, it was this wonderfully bohemian, creative, slightly wild corner of Birmingham. The kind of place where you’d bump into artists, poets, musicians, all just going about their day. It wasn’t showy, it was just in the air. My childhood was full of music, creativity, and community. My dad sang in a folk group, and his friends were all playing in bands or painting or writing. There was always someone doing something inspiring.Moseley taught me how to see beauty in character, to notice the magic in the everyday. It gave me this deep love for people, for stories, for expression. That energy has stayed with me and completely shaped the way I work. It was a place full of heart, and I carry that with me every time I paint.
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Object
The object that’s most inspired my work is my dad’s old Yamaha FG180 guitar.It’s the guitar he played all throughout my childhood, he was an incredible guitarist and used to sing Paul Simon songs to us, filling the house with music. That sound, that feeling, is stitched into so many memories for me. After he passed, the guitar became even more precious, not just because it was his, but because it holds his presence. It’s beautifully worn, irreplaceable, and completely full of soul.That guitar reminds me where I come from, a home filled with creativity, expression, and emotion. It reminds me to lead with feeling in everything I make. In many ways, I think it’s become a symbol of why I paint at all, to connect, to feel, to remember.
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