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Emily Roynesdal
USA
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“I was always encouraged to be creative and spent a lot of time drawing and playing the piano.”
Emily Roynesdal is an American painter whose work has been exhibited at national and international galleries and art fairs. She currently works at her studio in Denver. While she works in another industry, her passion for art has driven her to continue to create pieces, developing distinctive styles and experimenting with different mediums.
Mementos of a Past Life, No. 1 | Acrylic
$3,200
60 X 32
The figures in this image intended to capture the interaction that might be found in a city’s streets but were taken out of their environment to accentuate movement and highlight the absence of crowds and large gatherings that were generally not occurring due to lockdowns.
Emily was raised in South Dakota, however, visits to New York that began as a child have greatly influenced her interest in art, the urban environment, and her fascination with human behavior. She didn’t realize she had a true passion for art until the end of her sophomore year of college at Drake University.
Mementos of a Past Life, No. 2 | Acrylic
$3,200
60 X 32
The figures in this image intended to capture the interaction that might be found in a city’s streets but were taken out of their environment to accentuate movement and highlight the absence of crowds and large gatherings that were generally not occurring due to lockdowns.
Once realization hit her, after several semesters of science classes Emily eventually shifted her focus towards art. She immersed herself in an intense multi-disciplinary fine arts program that focused on developing two- and three-dimensional techniques and eventually went on to include conceptual theory. This set the stage for what has driven most of her art practice since then.
“Despite my creative endeavors, the majority of my interests were in science, so I spent a lot of time reading and researching how things worked.”
Emily graduated with a B.F.A. in painting and moved to Chicago where, aside from New York, she spent most of her adult life, until moving to Colorado in 2019. Once there, she began an artist residency at the Boulder Creative Collective, where she joined a group of artists and focused on creating a solo exhibition.
Bliss | Acrylic
$1,200
20 X 16
This painting is part of my “Ballet” series and focuses on abstracting the figure and capturing movement.
This painting is part of my “Ballet” series and focuses on capturing the figure in movement and intends to intensify the feeling of personal connection.
Intertwined | Acrylic
$1,600
24 X 24
Shortly after starting her residency, the coronavirus pandemic occurred and the urban environments that inspired Emily’s previous work became empty. Her paintings began to focus on individual and multiple figures that were taken out of their physical environments to accentuate what was not being seen in so many environments across the world.
“It is paintings where I have developed my greatest skills and have been able to communicate my ideas and images most effectively with my audience.”
“I draw inspiration from my surroundings, music, color palettes, and lighting nuances. I am highly influenced by my experiences with different cultures, environments, and people as well as current and past events.”
The layered images eventually became more concentrated, focusing on emotion and attempting to abstract and encompass the movement of the figure. Using different painting techniques and spatial arrangements, Emily’s figurative combinations transformed into different meanings and emotions for each viewer based on their personal perceptions.
Sidewalks | Acrylic
$1,600
25 X 18
This image intended to capture the figure in movement that might be found in a city’s streets.
Her learnings and experiences on her artistic journey along with the colors and landscape of Colorado also drove the creation of some of Emily’s more recent abstract works using liquid acrylics and pouring techniques. Most of her work overlaps and one series informs the next, but the urban landscape and its inhabitants were her initial focus when creating her own imagery.
Abstracted Dancer, No. 1 | Acrylic
$1,000
20 X 16
This painting is part of my “Ballet” series and focuses on abstracting the figure and capturing movement.
Most of Roynesdal’s initial images focused on isolating moments in street scenes and trying to capture the essence of the individuals included in them, composing variations of portraits and figures within particular environments.
This image intended to capture the movement of figures at night.
Sfocatura, No. 2 | Acrylic
$1,600
24 X 18
”I have worked in various mediums, but my passion is painting, and it is what I continue to focus my energy on.”
Hands | Acrylic
$2,400
40 X 48
This image focused on capturing intertwined hands of people of various backgrounds.
This eventually evolved into entire scenes where figures were integrated in an attempt to depict the changing emotional states of an individual or to elicit distinguished presences within a scene as it evolved over time. This progressed stylistically as a layering of images hindered between the tangible and observed, capturing images in spaces as they might appear through a time-lapse camera.
This image was a reflection on the fashion industry and masks during the pandemic.
Fashion Series, No. 1 | Acrylic
$700
12 X 9
Emily never expected her art journey to be easy or to find success in any typical standard, but it has been very rewarding, and it has forced her to define her own path. She feels being an artist means you can do anything. She has been very fortunate to have very supportive mentors, friends, and family that have encouraged her along the way.
Mementos of a Past Life, No. 3 |Acrylic
$3,200
60 X 32
The figures in this image intended to capture the interaction that might be found in a city’s streets but were taken out of their environment to accentuate movement and highlight the absence of crowds and large gatherings that were generally not occurring due to lockdowns.
“I chose to be an artist because it was one of the most challenging things I could have ever done, knowing it would require a great deal of commitment and sacrifice.”
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