"Motherhood has brought out some pretty strong emotions
and ideas. Translating those thoughts and emotions into
images gives me clarity, and I find I want to document
them before my perception changes."
-Emily McPhie
Emily
Christensen-McPhie was born in Utah in 1978 into the highly-artistic
Christensen family, both her father, James C. Christensen, and her sister,
Cassandra Barney, are celebrated artists with The Greenwich Workshop. As a
child, she toured the museums of the United States and Europe with her
family. At each museum, Emily and her brothers and sisters were told they
could choose a postcard as a souvenir, and young Emily's postcard collection
quickly filled with early American portraits and Degas' studies of young
dancers. The influence of these museum trips is apparent in Emily's
portfolio of paintings.
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Branch, axes, Paper
Scissors
These are
mixed media," says artist McPhie. "I gessoed watercolour paper, drew with Conte
and coloured pencil, a little oil paint, crackled and glazed. The idea here
is about taking things apart and putting them together."
There's a
relationship between a branch and an axe but in this pair there is a deliberate
intensity about the branch and the axe is a bit taken aback. With paper and
scissors, paper seems to be gracefully offering and scissors is taking a second
look, perhaps reconsidering the mission. The feminine, marionette-like poses of
these figures belie the gravity of decisions hanging in the balance. Like much
of Emily McPhie's work, this series will keep speaking long after the viewer has
turned away
Limited Edition Giclée on paper
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"Still ’round the corner there may wait a new road
or a secret gate." - J. R. R. Tolkien
Life is never dull for one with an adventurous mind
and an open heart. As the sun warms the earth and sky
around her and lights them a brilliant gold, the
subject of Emily McPhie’s
The Key to Happiness
steps forward into the unknown. With a ribbon of
passion in her hand and a key of exploration around
her neck, she is prepared to meet whatever the
future may bring. This gorgeous Greenwich Workshop
Fine Art Limited Edition Enhanced Giclée Canvas is a
perfect gift for the graduate, traveler or any
intrepid loved one in your life. Like the original
painting, the canvas glows like a new and unlimited
day.
Limited Edition Giclée canvas
handenhanced
handsigned by the artist
There are few sureties in this life, it
is said, but one of them is that every little girl will someday grow
up. From her first tooth to her first date, the milestones in every
child’s life seem to come more quickly with each passing day. Every
parent can remember the first time they took the training wheels off
their child’s bicycle and watched their little one ride away,
feeling a mixture of pride and apprehension.
The beautiful autumn scene in Emily
McPhie’s newest Fine Art Limited Edition One If by Land tells such a
story. Fall has come to the path through the park and as the little
girl rides by, the heavy leaves fall from their trees. It is a time
of change, a time of remembering the treasures of the past and of
looking forward to the future.
Limited Edition Giclée canvas
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“When I began this series of children
with large, ferocious animals,”
I had intended it to be about the purity of imagination, about how
children have such freedom in their dreams while adults are tied to
reality and familiar things. Of course, I couldn’t attain that
simple perfection—the paintings ended up as a metaphor for the
troubles and realities of life, which can turn and bite your head
off at any moment. But even with the knowledge of this fact, we can
be content and find peace like these little girls. We’re not afraid
of the lion; we’ll still remember what to buy at the grocery store.”
- Emily McPhie
Limited Edition Giclée canvas
handsigned by the artist
"Life, as they say,
is not about the destination, but the journey. It's about whimsy, about
having fun with life and where it takes you."
~Emily McPhie
Both the twirling little girl and the smiling painted elephant in McPhie's
limited edition print seem to embrace the adventure of a walk with no
destination.
Limited Edition Giclée canvas
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“Birds often
represent the soul or spirit in my paintings.”
~Emily McPhie
The birdcage itself is empty, but if we look closely we can find the bird
printed on the little girl’s dress—has her soul broken free just as the
bird? Birdcage invites us to look deeper into our own hearts and
imaginations to find the answer.
Limited Edition Giclée canvas
handsigned by the artist
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