Meet Emily Anne.
Emily is typically found wearing a sweatshirt and leggings, with a giant mug of coffee in hand. Her art functions as therapy as she has battled mental illness for most of her adult life. Creating is a way for her to process and heal. Emily lives in the same neighborhood she grew up in, just north of Atlanta, and is raising three boys, married to her high school sweetheart. Emily works primarily with mixed media painting in abstract minimalism.
My story starts as a kid. Always drawing. Always painting. Always creating. If you asked me when I was five what I wanted to be when I grew up, I would have instinctively said “an artist.”
Life didn’t go as my 5 year old self would have planned. As is for most people, there were many plan changes and detours along the way.
I had a 10-year career as a hairdresser, battled extreme depression, got married and had 3 kids in three years. Despite it all, here I am at 32, pursuing my dream.
When I see something beautiful, my first thought is, “How can I create that myself?” This inquisitive and creative nature fuels my entrepreneurial mindset.
fun facts.
3w4 on the enneagram, and ENFJ Myers Briggs
loves to run, loves to nap
could eat only bread and salad and be satisfied for life
Emily’s work is featured at Menagerie on Main in Canton, GA, Tranquility Art Gallery in Woodstock, GA, Muse & Co. Fine Art off the historic Marietta Square. She is part of 2 online collectives, The Untamed Square and Mrkt Gallery and part of The Local Aesthetic, a Georgia artist monthly subscription box.
Emily is thrilled to collaborate and license artwork. Her dreams in the art world include relationship building, so she’s game for almost anything that comes her way.
The Biggest Detour.
Battling mental illness,
a suicide attempt,
and healing through art.