Emily Matcham is a fine artist living in Somerset with her husband and young children. Her oil paintings are always created ‘en plein air’ in an attempt to capture the subtleties of the landscape changing day by day throughout the year.
Emily is interested in trying to record a memory of a particular place, long after it has been left. She believes that the act of placing paint to board creates a lasting ‘imprint’ of the mind. She is constantly inspired by the surrounding Somerset countryside and loves to go off in search of new painting spots locally, as well as in Herefordshire, Cornwall and along the Jurassic coast.
In recent years, inspired by her sister Vicky, Emily has delved into the world of ceramics and created a collection of ceramic lamp bases. Each lamp is carefully built by hand in the studio from terracotta earthenware clay. They are then decorated with the traditional method of ‘slipware’ (a very popular decorating method used in the South West for hundreds of years but dating back as far as Ancient Greece). The lamp bases are then decorated with different oxides, where inspiration for the colours is taken from Emily’s landscape paintings. Each piece is totally unique.
Emily’s mother Caroline is also a fine artist, along with her sister Vicky, a ceramicist. Their work is available on the website- more about them below.
Emily is interested in trying to record a memory of a particular place, long after it has been left. She believes that the act of placing paint to board creates a lasting ‘imprint’ of the mind. She is constantly inspired by the surrounding Somerset countryside and loves to go off in search of new painting spots locally, as well as in Herefordshire, Cornwall and along the Jurassic coast.
In recent years, inspired by her sister Vicky, Emily has delved into the world of ceramics and created a collection of ceramic lamp bases. Each lamp is carefully built by hand in the studio from terracotta earthenware clay. They are then decorated with the traditional method of ‘slipware’ (a very popular decorating method used in the South West for hundreds of years but dating back as far as Ancient Greece). The lamp bases are then decorated with different oxides, where inspiration for the colours is taken from Emily’s landscape paintings. Each piece is totally unique.
Emily’s mother Caroline is also a fine artist, along with her sister Vicky, a ceramicist. Their work is available on the website- more about them below.
Caroline Morriss
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Caroline is a painter and printmake also living in Somerset. She is inspired by light and shade in a landscape- the threat of a dark sky, the frame of a bridge or tree that leads to a view beyond, the contrasting silhouettes of hedgerows against a light sky.
Earth colours and cool greens prevail in her paintings, fine lines and textures in prints.
Caroline is a painter and printmake also living in Somerset. She is inspired by light and shade in a landscape- the threat of a dark sky, the frame of a bridge or tree that leads to a view beyond, the contrasting silhouettes of hedgerows against a light sky.
Earth colours and cool greens prevail in her paintings, fine lines and textures in prints.
Vicky Morriss
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Vicky is a ceramicist based in Somerset. Her pieces are decorative and carefully crafted using earthenware clays with high quality professional glazes. Each piece is cut, built and decorated by hand.
Vicky is a ceramicist based in Somerset. Her pieces are decorative and carefully crafted using earthenware clays with high quality professional glazes. Each piece is cut, built and decorated by hand.