Em Hatton
Em Hatton creates work for the female gaze, painting femme figures with agency, unapologetically resting, joyful, calm and in contemplation. Figures with straight backs and soft bellies.
Em’s art practice came out of a need to create a space of psychological safety, joy and comfort in her own life, and in her work she tries to create for collectors what she struggles to give herself - calm, safety, rest and a safe space for anger and power.
Colour contrasts are a central point in Em’s work, and she paints in a signature flattened style with bold bright colours and a focus on line and form over shading, to achieve this she uses a type of matte paint that achieves a level of hyper pigmentation.
Her work has been featured in Marie Claire, Time Out and Peppermint Magazine. Em creates work on Gadigal land in Mothership Studios, Marrickville, a shared artist warehouse community of makers, musicians and artists.
