Emma Forrester graduated in 1993 with a degree in Fine Art from Liverpool University.
Until recently she worked as a scenic artist in the theatre on many West-End shows and Royal Opera House productions. She is now concentrating on creating and exhibiting her own paintings.

She says, ''My paintings are created to evoke not simply the beauty of flowers, but also their vitality and strength. As images they demand attention and space - they refuse to be purely decorative. I try to create paintings which in some sense capture the movement of flowers. They are rarely static and I try not to pin them down as in a botanical illustration. Some paintings are quite abstracted as I try to convey the essence of the flower rather than portray it in a pictorial representation.''

To create these artworks she uses ''layers of carefully built up texture, juxtaposed with delicate washes of colour'', creating great depth and variety of tone.

Her more recent works, including many still lives, bear an expressive use of line to portray everyday objects.
Born in Stoke -on -Trent, the home of the pottery industry, she and her family have a life long appreciation of ceramics.
The celebration of this once great industry is hopefully apparent in this recent body of work.

She has a publishing contract with the Fine Art Publishers Rosenstiel's. www.felixr.com

She exhibits regularly in London and sells work at her open studio exhibition in May and November at Wimbledon Art Studios. The next open studio dates are Friday May 13th- 16th 2010. See website for details.
 www.wimbledonartstudios.co.uk

 She currently has work at:

 Webb's Fine Art, 1 Burland Road, London, SW11 6SA  www.thewebbsgallery.co.uk

Esprit de Vie, 19- 21 Market Square, Westerham, Kent, TN16 1AN  www.espritdevie.com

On line gallery -NuMasters     http://numasters.com

Smithson Gallery- http://www.smithsongallery.co.uk

Alder Fine Art   http://alderfineart.co.uk

Forthcoming shows for 2010

May 13th- 16th Open Studios  http://www.wimbledonartstudios.co.uk

May 14th-16th  Bristol Affordable Art Fair- http://www.affordableartfair.com

June 24th-27th, Cambridge Art Fair- Alder Fine Art,   - http://artcambs.com

August 16th- 30th The Fountain Gallery, Hampton Court  http://www.fountaingallery.co.uk

October date TBC Wandsworth Open House