EMILY PASSMAN
“There is a moment while I am painting that I can describe as the highest, or most fulfilled. It is the moment when I am fully engaged in seeing my subject. The subject, my eye, my arm, my hand, the paintbrush and the canvas are aligned, synchronized in a spiritual balance. My ego has flown away and I am left painting. It is fully “process versus product.” From this place always comes a product with which I am pleased. Staying in that balanced state of seeing and painting is the goal.”
Emily is a painter of oils and acrylics, known for her expressive, loose style. She works from observation, both in the studio and plein air, and describes her work as a reaction to the subject, as opposed to a ‘rendering’. In addition to teaching oil and acrylic techniques, she encourages and teaches students to sketch. She says daily sketching is a great way to heighten one's ability to see, and is important to incorporate into one’s painting process. Her work is in galleries in New England and private collections. After earning both a fine arts degree and a Master’s in Education, she had a successful career as an educator and graphic designer. She teaches privately in her barn-studio, and at various museums and educational venues near Boston.
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