MEET EMMA PETITT
CONNECT WITH EMMA
I am a British Artist now living in Southern Spain. I first took up painting when I moved here almost 10 years ago.
I paint bold, elongated and exaggerated ladies usually with huge hands! I am now best known for my various 'Babe' paintings. My instantly recognizable figures often have a definite Retro Beach, Pool or Summer Vibe.
My paintings are always fun with a message of positivity, body confidence and humor.
I use bright, colorful and patterned under-paintings with multiple layers of stencils that are integral to the finished work. It is always a juggling act of which patterns I keep revealed and what areas I ultimately paint over.
I practice gesture and abstraction to keep my work fluid and lively.
Texture, surface pattern and imagined textile design play a huge part in my figurative designs.
I am a self taught Acrylic artist and am now lucky enough to sell my work across the globe and teach my style online or at in-person European Art Retreats.. I work from my studio at my rural Spanish home amongst the Olive and Almond trees. I share my home with my 7 rescue dogs and many abandoned puppies
that I Foster for several local dog charities.
