Emma Gleadhill
New Theatre, King St, Newtown
2023
watercolour on 300gsm Fabriano paper
30 x 40 cm
$350 (framed)
In 1932 the New Theatre (then the Sydney Workers Art Club on Pitt Street) opened with the slogan “Art is a Weapon”. Since then some 550 plays have been performed here on important political and human rights issues, making it one of Australia’s oldest continuously producing theatres.
The Morning Rush, King St & Enmore Rd Intersection, Newtown
2023
watercolour on 300gsm Fabriano paper
50 x 70 cm
$500 (framed)
This painting captures a well-known Sydney intersection in the early morning peak hour as a storm brews.
Derelict Service Station, King St, Newtown
2023
watercolour on Fabriano paper
30 x 40 cm
SOLD
Dating from the 1930s, this is a rare example of a petrol service station in the interwar Spanish Mission style.
Botany View Hotel, Morning, King St, Newtown
2023
watercolour on Fabriano paper
30 x 40 cm
SOLD
Emma is a watercolour artist, based in Newtown. Emma seeks to get her audience to look twice at local spots by capturing both their past and present in a moment of wonder. Her paintings capture beautiful combinations of light and shade, colour, symmetry and movement in the local built or natural environment.
Emma has a Bachelor of Visual Arts from Monash University and more recently has learnt under Carla Hananiah and Tanya Baily at the ArtEst Art School in Leichardt. She was a finalist in the 2021 Milburn Art Prize and the 2022 Greenway Art Prize.
Website: www.emmagleadhillart.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/emma.gleadhill.9
Instagram: @emmagleadhill