Emma J. Graham

 

 

...is an experienced illustrator and graphic artist based on the coast of Suffolk, UK. She is married with two grown up children, chickens and a studio cat.

 

Emma comes from a creative family; her mother and grandmother were highly collected artists and her father a photographer. She was always surrounded by beautiful books as her parents were avid collectors of old children's books. They also ran a highly acclaimed gallery in the late 70's in Norwich, so she grew up in a wonderfully creative background of artists, printmakers, potters and sculptors.

 

Since graduating from Great Yarmouth College of Art in 1990, with an HND in Graphic design, Emma has built up an eclectic and exciting portfolio designing and illustrating everything from book covers to seed packets, greetings cards and private commissions.

 

In 2007 Emma was awarded an RHS Silver Gilt Medal at the Chelsea Flower Show for an exhibit that she designed, illustrated and constructed for Thompson & Morgan UK. This later won RHS Gold at the Shrewsbury show.

 

Emma works in a variety of styles and media, from vibrant inks to soft colour pencil, finding inspiration in the Suffolk countryside and shoreline, myths and legends, old testament Bible stories and from both modern and classic children’s stories.

 

Read Emma’s blog at; emmagrahamillustrations.blogspot.co.uk or follow her current work on Facebook.