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Pin-Up Roses

06 Saturday Oct 2018

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art, artist, black and white portrait, Emily Page, Emily Page Art, harley quinn makeup, oil on canvas, oil painting, pin-up, pin-up girl, Raleigh artist, roses

My fellow tattoo artist at Ratatat Tats, Julio, loves drawings and paintings of women with Harley Quinn clown makeup. He had a bare wall in his studio room, so as a suprise, I made him two paintings. I took the pin-up girl style, added the clown makeup, and then, because he frequently suggests filling in space around tattoos with “some filigree and some roses,” I included each in these sister paintings as a little insider joke. I posted the filigree one yesterday, so here is the roses one. Both are available as prints, shirts, dresses, pillows, mugs, and other fun swag. Links below the image.

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Pin-Up Roses 20″ x 16″ oil on canvas

Merchandise available here and here.

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Pin-Up Filigree

05 Friday Oct 2018

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art, artist, black and white portrait, Emily Page, Emily Page artist, filigree, harley quinn makeup, oil on canvas, oil painting, painting, pin-up girl, Raleigh artist, tattoo studio

My fellow tattoo artist at Ratatat Tats, Julio, loves drawings and paintings of women with Harley Quinn clown makeup. He had a bare wall in his studio room, so as a suprise, I made him two paintings. I took the pin-up girl style, added the clown makeup, and then, because he frequently suggests filling in space around tattoos with “some filigree and some roses,” I included each in these sister paintings as a little insider joke. I’ll post one painting today (the one with the filigree) and one tomorrow. Both are available as prints, shirts, dresses, pillows, mugs, and other fun swag. Links below the image.

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Pin-Up Filigree 20″ x 16″ oil on canvas

Merchandise available here and here.

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Zooey

20 Thursday Sep 2018

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Emily Page, Emily Page Art, equestrian, equine, horse, oil painting, photorealism, pony, realism, realist painting, white horse, white pony

There’s this super cute pony, Zooey, at the stable where my mom boards her horse, and all the little kids learn to ride on her. For a pony, she’s pretty darn sweet, and, obviously, adorable. So I decided to do a little painting of her:

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Zooey 10″ x 8″ oil on board $250

Original for sale here. Prints and other fun merchandise available here, here, and here.

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That Tattoo Girl

26 Thursday Jul 2018

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art merchandise, Emily Page tattoo, figurative art, figurative painting, merchandise, oil on canvas, oil painting, painting, Raleigh artist, raleigh tattoo, Ratatat Tats, tattoo, tattoo art, tattoo merchandise, tattoo sleeve, tattoo studio

In our larger bathroom at the tattoo studio, we had a wall with no art on it still, so S finally told me to buy a large canvas and make something new to hang there. Squeeee! Any excuse to make big art. You know I love me some figurative art, so, I painted this:

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Introspection 36″ x 36″ oil on canvas

But because it’s a tattoo studio, I didn’t stop there, lol:

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That Tattoo Girl 36″ x 36″ oil on canvas

That’s right, I gave her a full tattoo sleeve, because hell yeah.

Both images are available as prints and on various merchandise on Fine Art America (here and here), RedBubble (here and here), and CafePress (here and here).

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Generation

22 Friday Jun 2018

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Emily Page Art, Emily Page artist, fabric painting, map painting, oil on canvas, oil painting, Raleigh artist, realism, surrealism, triptych, world map

I have some friends who are actually amazing art patrons. They’ve bought a lot of my art and commissioned paintings over the last few years. They had a big open wall in their dining room that needed art, so they commissioned me to create another piece for them. They had seen this painting hanging in my tattoo studio and really liked it, so we used that as a jumping off point:

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The Very Fabric

The husband collects maps, so I decided to add that as a component of the painting I was creating for them. I was giddy getting to work on large canvases again! Here is the finished triptych I just hung in their home:

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Generation 36″ x 72″ oil and sharpie on canvas triptych

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Blowing Rock Bottles

24 Thursday May 2018

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art, bottles painting, Emily Page, Emily Page Art, hanging bottles, lavender painting, oil painting, photorealism, Raleigh artist, realism, realist art, realist painting

Every year, the hubs and I and some friends meet up in Blowing Rock, NC and rent a cabin. There’s a seriously cute little main street with boutiques and restaurants and such where we spend the afternoon strolling and shopping. One of the stores is painted with soft lavenders and creams and greys, and I used it as inspiration for the colors in my tattoo studio room. Outside of the store is a tiny little garden, and at one point, they had bottles and bits of chandelier glass hanging over it, and I fell in love with the scene it created. So I photographed it and now, several years later, finally sat down and finished painting it.

I have to admit that, even though I’m having fun learning tattooing, it’s not as satisfying a medium for me as painting. It’s hard to predict exactly how each piece of skin will react to different techniques, and you have to get it right the first time. There’s no changing your mind halfway through and starting over with a better idea. It’s harder to “tweak” to get it perfect. And the feel of the tattoo machine isn’t even close to the feel of a paintbrush and paint. Too much rattle to be soothing to me. So on my one day off a week, I’m trying hard to get into the painting studio and enjoy a little gushy fun.

Anyway, here is the painting:

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Blowing Rock Bottles 12″ x 12″ oil on board $400

The original is for sale here. For now, you can find prints and cuff links and keepsake boxes and other fun thingsies here, here, and here.

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Dilly Dilly

22 Tuesday May 2018

Posted by emilypageart in art, humor, music, painting, Uncategorized

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cairn, eggs, lavender, lavender blue dilly dilly, lavender bouquet, oil painting, painting, realism, realist art, realist painting, robin eggs, robin's egg painting, robin's nest, robin's nest painting, stacked rocks, stacked stone, still life, still life painting, wooden box

Well, my migraine finally broke after several days (during which I still managed to do several tattoos, because I am a superhero…or at least, because I wore superhero underpants. That’s the same thing, right?), and I got in a lot of painting yesterday. I finally finished two pieces I’ve been working on forever. Here’s the first, which is a little still life I have sitting in my tattoo studio room. I posted it on Facebook and asked for suggestions for naming it. Someone suggested “Lavender Blue,” which put that damn song (for a truly obnoxious rebooted version of the song, click here) in my head for the last 24+ hours, so I’ve decided to be evil and put an ear worm out there for everyone who reads the painting title. Mwuahahahaaaaa! I give you, “Dilly Dilly.”

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Dilly Dilly 9″ x 12″ oil on board $300

The original is available here. You can find prints and mugs and greeting cards and a million other fun stuffsies here and here and here.

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Lemon Peel Twist

09 Monday Apr 2018

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Emily Page Art, Emily Page artist, fruit painting, lemon painting, lemon peel, lemon twist, oil on board, oil painting, Raleigh artist, realism, realist art, realist painting, still life, still life painting

I realized that it’s been 7 or 8 weeks since I painted with oils, and after feeling so incompetent learning tattooing, I decided it would be good for me to take a little time out on my day off to do something I actually know how to do. So I got the paintbrushes and oil paints out and finally finished a painting that I had been working on for months. I had set it aside because it just hadn’t been working, but after today, I’m finally ready to call it “finished” and sign the sucker (or, maybe, sign the pucker?).

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Lemon Peel Twist 12″ x 16″ oil on board $450

You can purchase the original on my website here, or get prints and other fun stuff featuring this painting here and here. Know a chef? Get it for them! Or, at least, tell them about it and all my other food-inspired art!

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Name That Painting Results

26 Monday Feb 2018

Posted by emilypageart in art, painting, Uncategorized

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Alrightyroo! Thanks to everyone who contributed ideas for names for several of my abstract paintings. Suggestions mostly came in on Facebook. Without further ado, here are the ones I’ve chosen from your offerings:

Abstract I

Dreamweaver 48″ x 84″ oil on canvas

Thank you to Amanda Weber for the title, “Dreamweaver.” Prints and things available here and here.

Abstract II

Lava’n You 18″ x 24″ oil on canvas

Thank you to Alfreda Melvin for the title, “Lava’n You.” Prints and such available here and here.

Abstract Cityscape I

Forgotten 30″ x 26″ oil on canvas

Thank you to Cassie Haggert for the title, “Forgotten.” Prints and swag available here and here.

Abstract Cityscape in Blue

Metropolis in Blue 18″ x 24″ oil on canvas

Thank you to Shannon Chappell for the title, “Metropolis in Blue.” Prints and schtuffs available here and here.

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Help Me Name My Paintings

21 Wednesday Feb 2018

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abstract painting, Emily Page Art, Emily Page artist, Fine Art America, how to name your painting, name that painting, oil painting, redbubble

I need help. I mean, obviously. But we’re not going to go there. I realized that I really would like some better names for the last few paintings I posted. So it’s time to play “Name That Painting.” I’m going to post them below and I’m asking for your help in naming them. Keep it PG, because I’ll be uploading them onto sites like FineAmerica and RedBubble and I don’t want to get flagged. But other than that, go wild. Bonus points if the name includes a pun. Just be sure to let me know which painting (they’ll be numbered below) you’re proposing a name for when you comment here or on Facebook.

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Abstract I

 

2.Abstract II

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Abstract Cityscape I

 

4.Abstract Cityscape in Blue

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