Emma Kay Gardner
(b. 1970)
Emma Gardner was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the daughter of a second-generation painter. She studied fine arts at Community College of Philadelphia and went on to University of Delaware to study art restoration and conservation. In 1995 she moved to Flagstaff AZ, which is her primary residence.
Her work is rich with historical references and steeped in symbolism. Influenced by the mysticism of Remedios Varo and the surrealism of Frida Kahlo, she is most famous for the Day of the Dead Skeleton images in her paintings, but she also incorporates the symbolism of Venus and other ancient gods and goddesses, traditional saints as well as contemporary icons like Barbie in her subject matter. Her work is as varied as her imagination, using archaic images as well as images of popular culture. A combination of the past and the present, her work blends mysticism with pop surrealism.
Emma works in acrylic and oil paints on wood panels she creates individually for each piece, or on canvas finished with vintage frames.
You can see more of her work at MartAnnes Burrito Palace -112 Route 66 in Downtown Flagstaff Arizona - where you can find an extensive collection of prints and greeting cards. Here you can also find the largest collection of her original paintings for sale.
(b. 1970)
Emma Gardner was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the daughter of a second-generation painter. She studied fine arts at Community College of Philadelphia and went on to University of Delaware to study art restoration and conservation. In 1995 she moved to Flagstaff AZ, which is her primary residence.
Her work is rich with historical references and steeped in symbolism. Influenced by the mysticism of Remedios Varo and the surrealism of Frida Kahlo, she is most famous for the Day of the Dead Skeleton images in her paintings, but she also incorporates the symbolism of Venus and other ancient gods and goddesses, traditional saints as well as contemporary icons like Barbie in her subject matter. Her work is as varied as her imagination, using archaic images as well as images of popular culture. A combination of the past and the present, her work blends mysticism with pop surrealism.
Emma works in acrylic and oil paints on wood panels she creates individually for each piece, or on canvas finished with vintage frames.
You can see more of her work at MartAnnes Burrito Palace -112 Route 66 in Downtown Flagstaff Arizona - where you can find an extensive collection of prints and greeting cards. Here you can also find the largest collection of her original paintings for sale.
MartAnne's Burrito Palace, Restaurant and Gallery Flagstaff, Arizona
Martannes Burrito Palace, Nov 2nd 2013. these are some of the participants in the 1st Annual Day of the Dead Procession in Flagstaff AZ.
ClientsAnne Martinez
Tina Duarte Chip Thomas |
Awards• 2011 Editors Choice "Most Awesome nice Downtown Artist" Flagstaff Live
• 2009 Editors Choise "Best Bones" for Mexican Calendar Girls • 2006 Editors Choice "Best Deathe Centered Art that Makes Death Look Pretty Cool" Flagstaff Live Vol. 12 Issue 50 |
Publications2018 "Feminine Mysticism in Art", New Paradigm Publishing. Ashland OR
2012 "In Service to the Muse, five important woman artists in Flagstaff NA Mountain Living Magazine March |
Interviews• 2017 "En Calaveras Veras Dia De Los Muertos" by Jen Turrel, The Noise no. 194
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