ADDITIONAL WORKS

Emily Sutton was born in North Yorkshireand studied at Edinburgh College of Art and Rhode Island School of Design. Since graduating in 2008, Emily’s art works, sculptures and designs have been much sought-after. She had a major solo exhibition, Town & Country, at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park earlier this year. “My work incorporates a love of patternand detail and is strongly influenced by the landscape and creatures of my surroundings in the Yorkshire countryside, as well as all kinds of weird and wonderful objects found in museums and antique shops. A visit to the American Folk Art Museum in New York inspired an ongoing interest in folk art of all kinds, and I am also influenced by 20th century illustrators such as Edward Bawden and Eric Ravilious, and the American lithographed children’s books of a similar era.” Her love of observational drawing and eye for detail sees her transform the ordinary into the extraordinary and celebrate beauty in everyday objects and scenes. For this exhibition, the focus is on the domestic realm; carefully assembled still lifes from her home in York and a trip to Normandy, drawing inspiration from the local shop fronts and observed interiors.

Her own home in York is a treasure trove, no surface is clear from personal relics found in antique shops, salvage yards or local car boot sales – these accumulated objects provide Emily with a constant source of inspiration which is both intimate and universal. The four large monochrome drawings for example, provide us with a fascinating visual insight of her home and studio and they also highlight her skill as a master draftsman; Emily never fails to provide us with new twists in her seemingly endless artistic vocabulary. The magical spin Emily bestows on the world has seen her much in demand as an illustrator. Emily illustrated the children’s classic Clara Button and the Magical Hat Day, for the V&A, which is now in its second edition. She has also worked with Faber & Faber, Penguin Random House and Walker Books.

The Gallery is hosting a book signing with EmilySutton and a collection of her illustrated books,including the newly released ‘The ChristmasEve Tree’ on Saturday 21st November from11.30am – 1pm.

Rocking Horse, 2015watercolour, 76 x 56 cmssigned & dated lower right

Scuola Grande di San Giovanni Evangelista, Venicewatercolour and pencil, 56 x 40 cmssigned & dated lower right

Squero di San Trovaso, Venicewatercolour and pencil, 31 x 91 csmsigned lover right

‘A’ is for Accordian, 2010screenprint, 52 x 71.5 cms, edition of 75

‘B’ is for Bear, 2010screenprint, 55 x 75 cms, artist proof

‘C’ is a Cat Catching a Mousescreenprint, 34 x 34 cms, edition of 95

‘D’ is a Dog, the Friend of the Housescreenprint, 34 x 34 cms, edition of 95

‘E’ is for Elephant, 2010screenprint, 55 x 78 cms, edition of 75

Toy Paradescreenprint, 17 x 80 cms, edition of 75

The Fishing Lodge, 2013screenprint, 50 x 67 cms, edition of 75

The Silver Swanscreenprint, 60 x 80 cms, edition of 75

‘I’ is for Ice Creamscreenprint, 56 x 76 cms, edition of 75

‘J’ is for Jugscreenprint, 56 x 76 cms, edition of 75

‘K’ is for Kittens and Knittingscreenprint, 56 x 76 cms, edition of 75

‘L’ is for Lemonscreenprint, 56 x 76 cms, edition of 75

September Dresserlithograph, 76 x 56 cms, edition of 150