Emma Knowles
Elected to RCA 2000
Born in North Wales. Lives in Manchester. Studied at Bangor Technical College; Norwich School of Art and North Trafford College of Further Education, Manchester.
“Throughout my artistic practice the human form has dominated my subject matter. I paint sometimes directly from life,which has always been an intuitive process and sometimes using photography as a source,which is relatively new and still, I suppose, in its infancy. I strive to capture the essence of an individual,their characteristics, bold and without any distraction - as the saying goes ‘warts and all’.”