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Emma Windsor-Liscombe

Portrait of Jane I of III.

Portrait of Jane I of III.

Emma Windsor-Liscombe is an interdisciplinary artist with a practice based in painting. She created portraits and narrative scenes in oil, graphite, and reclaimed material. She is currently working on a series of paintings, sculptures and scrolls about a myth, and drawings using recycled materials to examine problems related to mining in the Amazon. Based in London.

Pertinent themes to Emma's work are trauma, addiction, and nostalgia.

Emma Windsor-Liscombe.

Emma Windsor-Liscombe.

The work featured in my Graduate Exhibition explores trauma and nostalgia through a series of portraits, figurative scenes and narratives that establish a contemporary mythology and document known and unknown lives.

Bloom I – The first in a series establishing a contemporary mythology.

Bloom II – Nostalgia.

Bloom III – A contemporary mythology.

Medium:

Oil on canvas

Size:

5'x5'

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Jane I – An ongoing series of portraits of women who provided abortions in the 1960s and 70s in the USA.

Jane II – An ongoing series of portraits of women who provided abortions in the 1960s and 70s in the USA.

Jane III – An ongoing series of portraits of women who provided abortions in the 1960s and 70s in the USA.

Medium:

oil on panel

Size:

10"x10"

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Wanrong – From an ongoing series of portraits of people from my family, history, and moments. Known and unknown, they each symbolize significant points in time that are pertinent to our contemporary world. Themes attached to each of these people include trauma, addiction, consent, and nostalgia.

Portrait of [ ] – From an ongoing series of portraits of people from my family, history, and moments. Known and unknown, they each symbolize significant points in time that are pertinent to our contemporary world. Themes attached to each of these people include trauma, addiction, consent, and nostalgia.

Portrait of [ ] – From an ongoing series of portraits of people from my family, history, and moments. Known and unknown, they each symbolize significant points in time that are pertinent to our contemporary world. Themes attached to each of these people include trauma, addiction, consent, and nostalgia.

Portrait of [ ] – From an ongoing series of portraits of people from my family, history, and moments. Known and unknown, they each symbolize significant points in time that are pertinent to our contemporary world. Themes attached to each of these people include trauma, addiction, consent, and nostalgia.

Portrait of [ ] – From an ongoing series of portraits of people from my family, history, and moments. Known and unknown, they each symbolize significant points in time that are pertinent to our contemporary world. Themes attached to each of these people include trauma, addiction, consent, and nostalgia.

Portrait of [ ] – From an ongoing series of portraits of people from my family, history, and moments. Known and unknown, they each symbolize significant points in time that are pertinent to our contemporary world. Themes attached to each of these people include trauma, addiction, consent, and nostalgia.

Portrait of [ ] – From an ongoing series of portraits of people from my family, history, and moments. Known and unknown, they each symbolize significant points in time that are pertinent to our contemporary world. Themes attached to each of these people include trauma, addiction, consent, and nostalgia.

Portrait of [ ] – From an ongoing series of portraits of people from my family, history, and moments. Known and unknown, they each symbolize significant points in time that are pertinent to our contemporary world. Themes attached to each of these people include trauma, addiction, consent, and nostalgia.

Medium:

Oil on canvas

Size:

11"x11"

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Prologue

Medium:

Oil on panel

Size:

40.5"x48.5"

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A Romanov Family Portrait – From an ongoing series examining the symbolic value of the last Romanovs and themes such as nostalgia and trauma.

Medium:

Oil on panel

Size:

6.5'x3'

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Waste 1 – Food waste, material waste and environmentally damaging issues are explored in this series.

Medium:

Charcoal, thread and graphite on reclaimed paper bags.

Size:

6'x5'

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