{"id":572,"date":"2012-02-16T10:07:52","date_gmt":"2012-02-16T00:07:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/?p=572"},"modified":"2012-03-14T11:38:45","modified_gmt":"2012-03-14T01:38:45","slug":"artchat-blog-interview-number-6-emma-sheldrake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/?p=572","title":{"rendered":"ArtChat  [Blog Interview Number 6] &#8211; Emma Sheldrake"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb_share_1\" style=\"float: right; margin-left: 10px;\"><a name=\"fb_share\" type=\"icon_link\" share_url=\"https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/?p=572\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php\">Share<\/a><\/div><div><script src=\"http:\/\/static.ak.fbcdn.net\/connect.php\/js\/FB.Share\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/div><p>Emma Sheldrake\u2019s signature style drips with seductive intent, blending figurative art with the mischievousness of Pop Art and the subtleties of eroticism. \u00a0Bold colour combinations, daring brush strokes, irreverent drips and enticing eyes define the power of her images to seduce the onlooker.<\/p>\n<p>AC: What woman is most influential to your artistic life? <strong><br \/>\nEM: My mother who is creative herself and has always supported that direction in my life.<br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\nAC: What activity makes you lose track of time? <strong><br \/>\nEM: Painting &amp; surfing.<br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\nAC: What makes you smile?<br \/>\nEM: <strong>My partner, a good joke, children.<br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\nAC: What inspires you to create <strong><br \/>\nEM: Starting with nothing and ending with something.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>AC: In three words describe your art <strong><br \/>\nEM: Spontaneous, bold, pop<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>AC: Tell us something we don\u2019t know <strong><br \/>\nEM: I am a mad cook &amp; gardener.<br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\nAC: What is your goal in life <strong><br \/>\nEM: To create, to love, be happy &amp; be myself<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_597\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/?attachment_id=597\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-597\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-597\" class=\"size-full wp-image-597\" title=\"Emma Sheldrake - Exhibiting February 2012 - Women with Substance - Red Hill Gallery\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/EmSheldrake.jpg\" alt=\"Emma Sheldrake - Exhibiting February 2012 - Women with Substance - Red Hill Gallery\" width=\"800\" height=\"303\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/EmSheldrake.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/EmSheldrake-300x113.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-597\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Emma Sheldrake - Exhibiting February 2012 - Women with Substance - Red Hill Gallery<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong><\/strong>Em is fast gaining recognition for her unique style of painting and is now represented in Brisbane exclusively by Red Hill Gallery.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.redhillgallery.com.au\/EmmaSheldrake2012.html\">You can view her current exhibition online here.<\/a><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"al2fb_like_button\"><div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n(function(d, s, id) {\n  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n  js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1&appId=499790883388518\";\n  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n}(document, \"script\", \"facebook-jssdk\"));\n<\/script>\n<fb:like href=\"https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/?p=572\" send=\"true\" layout=\"button_count\" show_faces=\"true\" share=\"false\" width=\"150\" action=\"recommend\" font=\"arial\" colorscheme=\"light\" ref=\"AL2FB\"><\/fb:like><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ShareEmma Sheldrake\u2019s signature style drips with seductive intent, blending figurative art with the mischievousness of Pop Art and the subtleties of eroticism. \u00a0Bold colour combinations, daring brush strokes, irreverent drips and enticing eyes define the power of her images to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/?p=572\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/572"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=572"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/572\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":632,"href":"https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/572\/revisions\/632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=572"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}