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About Emma Sian Pritchard
Biography
"I have always created. I have painted all my life. Painting is a like an itch, a daily requirement, an urge, excitement. Creating is compulsive. I paint constantly, almost 7 days a week and still I love it. My ideas come intuitively, like a compulsion. Predominantly I do not have references, I follow the paint and let something new come to life. I feel all humans are creators, the key is to create our own creations. "
Emma has been selling her work on a full time basis since 2003. She was born in South Wales UK and raised by a very creative family. She lived in the historic roman town of Caerleon, then for a few years on the beautiful West Wales coastal town New Quay. Her family finally settled in the beautiful 'Towy valley' in Llandeilo, West Wales. Her home life was idillic, an old farm house in the middle of beautiful countryside with freedom to play outside all day with her younger sister. These early days have influenced her work immensely.
She is a passionate and prolific painter. She loves exploring the endless possibilities of harmony between shape, colour, texture and movement.
She is part trained and self taught. After her Art foundation course she began a display role in a large furniture company based in London in the exciting late 80's.
Emma paints almost everyday in her studio, an 18 century wool factory, which is also her home in south Wales, UK, about 30 minutes from Cardiff. ( NOTE: from April 2023 Emma relocated to Oxfordshire and at the time writing, her new studio is under construction and is working from her home in a quiet village near the Cotswolds)
Born of a business, musical and creative family the door was open for her to explore her passion with paint.
At the moment she is using mainly acrylic paint, it's fast drying qualities are perfect for the highly textured layered work that she creates.
Her work is bold and bursts with colour.
You can find her work in galleries and in private and public and corporate collections both home and abroad.
"Painting is like life, it's a journey, the joyous moment to moment juiciness of the unknown. Enjoyment of the painting is my passion and once completed it is time for the next one, the journey being as important as the 'end result'
Is it bold? clear? fresh? Does it 'pop?' are questions I ask myself at the end of a painting, if the answer is yes then the painting is finished. "
She has work all over the world including America, Nepal, Israel, France, Hong Kong, The Netherlands, Singapore, Ireland, New Zealand, Canada and Australia to name a few.
She has also worked considerably with corporate companies, producing original artwork for the workplace. An example of this is Motor Novo Finance, a hugely successful expanding business in Cardiff where she produced over 30 large paintings for board rooms/manager offices /reception areas.
She has prints in Dunelm stores UK
She has featured on local T.V. several times
She has had work in various magazines such as 25 beautiful homes and Cardiff Life.
Emma has worked as a professional artist since 2003 although has been selling her work since 1993.
Biography
"I have always created. I have painted all my life. Painting is a like an itch, a daily requirement, an urge, excitement. Creating is compulsive. I paint constantly, almost 7 days a week and still I love it. My ideas come intuitively, like a compulsion. Predominantly I do not have references, I follow the paint and let something new come to life. I feel all humans are creators, the key is to create our own creations. "
Emma has been selling her work on a full time basis since 2003. She was born in South Wales UK and raised by a very creative family. She lived in the historic roman town of Caerleon, then for a few years on the beautiful West Wales coastal town New Quay. Her family finally settled in the beautiful 'Towy valley' in Llandeilo, West Wales. Her home life was idillic, an old farm house in the middle of beautiful countryside with freedom to play outside all day with her younger sister. These early days have influenced her work immensely.
She is a passionate and prolific painter. She loves exploring the endless possibilities of harmony between shape, colour, texture and movement.
She is part trained and self taught. After her Art foundation course she began a display role in a large furniture company based in London in the exciting late 80's.
Emma paints almost everyday in her studio, an 18 century wool factory, which is also her home in south Wales, UK, about 30 minutes from Cardiff. ( NOTE: from April 2023 Emma relocated to Oxfordshire and at the time writing, her new studio is under construction and is working from her home in a quiet village near the Cotswolds)
Born of a business, musical and creative family the door was open for her to explore her passion with paint.
At the moment she is using mainly acrylic paint, it's fast drying qualities are perfect for the highly textured layered work that she creates.
Her work is bold and bursts with colour.
You can find her work in galleries and in private and public and corporate collections both home and abroad.
"Painting is like life, it's a journey, the joyous moment to moment juiciness of the unknown. Enjoyment of the painting is my passion and once completed it is time for the next one, the journey being as important as the 'end result'
Is it bold? clear? fresh? Does it 'pop?' are questions I ask myself at the end of a painting, if the answer is yes then the painting is finished. "
She has work all over the world including America, Nepal, Israel, France, Hong Kong, The Netherlands, Singapore, Ireland, New Zealand, Canada and Australia to name a few.
She has also worked considerably with corporate companies, producing original artwork for the workplace. An example of this is Motor Novo Finance, a hugely successful expanding business in Cardiff where she produced over 30 large paintings for board rooms/manager offices /reception areas.
She has prints in Dunelm stores UK
She has featured on local T.V. several times
She has had work in various magazines such as 25 beautiful homes and Cardiff Life.
Emma has worked as a professional artist since 2003 although has been selling her work since 1993.
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Education
1985 - 1986
West Wales College of Art and Design
1978 - 1984
Tre-Gib in ffairfach
Education
1985 - 1986
West Wales College of Art and Design
1978 - 1984
Tre-Gib in ffairfach
Awards
2024
Artfinders award for best Acrylic painter
I received my award for 2023 but was awarded in 2024. I won my category for best acrylic painter 2023. I won a 2 week residency in Château d'Orquevaux in the Champagne-Ardennes area of North East France. Here is a link to the residency https://www.chateauorquevaux.com/ I have recently returned from the two week residency 16th-29th September 2025 where I shared this amazing space with 28 other writers and artists from the United States, New Zealand, France and the UK. It really was 'a chance in a lifetime' sort of residency and I have meat the most wonderful, creative, talented, accepting people, both from the attendees and the staff and founders. I thak you from the bottom of my heart, I am changed forever!
Awards
2024
Artfinders award for best Acrylic painter
I received my award for 2023 but was awarded in 2024. I won my category for best acrylic painter 2023. I won a 2 week residency in Château d'Orquevaux in the Champagne-Ardennes area of North East France. Here is a link to the residency https://www.chateauorquevaux.com/ I have recently returned from the two week residency 16th-29th September 2025 where I shared this amazing space with 28 other writers and artists from the United States, New Zealand, France and the UK. It really was 'a chance in a lifetime' sort of residency and I have meat the most wonderful, creative, talented, accepting people, both from the attendees and the staff and founders. I thak you from the bottom of my heart, I am changed forever!
Upcoming events
- Event:
- Paradise
- Dates:
- 28 Sep 2025 - 26 Sep 2036
- Venue:
- Châteaux d'Orquevaux, Champagne-Ardennes region, France.
- One of the paintings created whilst at the Château during my 2 week residency 16th-29th of September 2025. My inspiration of this ongoing collection began after a period of loss and grief from losing my father in 2024 and my mothers devastating stroke a few months after. My mind was numb..head full of fluff. Then a few months ago I painted a mural in my downstairs loo to uplift the dreary space. After posting the finished result on instagram I know have commissions to uplift their downstairs loo's. The flowers I imagined for that then changed in depth of playfulness and joy after visiting the Saatchi gallery in London's summer show of 'Flowers in Art and Culture', a few paintings began to develop after this. Then my soul and very being was shifted to pure joy and creativeness at the Château d'Orquevaux artists residency by the view from my studio window and the people all around me. 'Paradise' is permanently displayed at the gallery at the Château d'Orquevaux, France.
Events
Upcoming events
- Event:
- Paradise
- Dates:
- 28 Sep 2025 - 26 Sep 2036
- Venue:
- Châteaux d'Orquevaux, Champagne-Ardennes region, France.
- One of the paintings created whilst at the Château during my 2 week residency 16th-29th of September 2025. My inspiration of this ongoing collection began after a period of loss and grief from losing my father in 2024 and my mothers devastating stroke a few months after. My mind was numb..head full of fluff. Then a few months ago I painted a mural in my downstairs loo to uplift the dreary space. After posting the finished result on instagram I know have commissions to uplift their downstairs loo's. The flowers I imagined for that then changed in depth of playfulness and joy after visiting the Saatchi gallery in London's summer show of 'Flowers in Art and Culture', a few paintings began to develop after this. Then my soul and very being was shifted to pure joy and creativeness at the Château d'Orquevaux artists residency by the view from my studio window and the people all around me. 'Paradise' is permanently displayed at the gallery at the Château d'Orquevaux, France.
