When looking for artists for the blog, I sometimes check out who my art idols follow. I (happily) came across the lovely, evocative work of Emma Haworth when I looked up my favorite painter’s Kenton Nelson follows. Haworth is considered a “painter of the urban scene,” but her works are not urban like I tend to think of it. They’re about those beautiful pockets of calm and joy that pass for nature in every city in the world, like what Central Park is for Manhattan. Every city has a few special spots, quaint little streets, green spaces, lookouts, that make city life livable. In her paintings, the only way you know you’re in a city is by the number of people in the frame and the hints of buildings in the distance. I know many of you live in suburban or rural areas, but for those of us who dwell among the bustle and buildings, there’s something truly life-giving about these mini oases in the urban desert. These spots may quite possibly keep us sane (or whatever it is that we are).
Haworth’s paintings could take place in London or New York or Paris or Washington, D.C., and their scenes are busy and filled with joy and the complexity of life spent a few feet away from your neighbors.
You can see all of Emma Haworth’s urban bucolic (because what else would you call them?) paintings on her website and on Instagram.
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May 9, 2024 at 7:38 am
I’m captivated by her skies: the light, the shadows, that color blue! I would very happily own any one of these.
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May 9, 2024 at 8:00 am
Aren’t these nice…calm..peaceful
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May 9, 2024 at 10:54 am
Yes! A rest for the eyes and the brain.
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May 9, 2024 at 2:32 pm
The paintings are charming and full of details. I really like the shadows of the trees across the scenes. They have a folk art quality to them that I really like and also remind me of the work of L S Lowry but vibrant instead of drab.
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May 11, 2024 at 8:17 am
Yes! Lowry is exactly right, only happier.
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