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Rituals for Returning

This summer has been marked by loss, reflection, and the slow work of returning to ritual. Between grief and longing for home, I’m learning to give myself grace—to mourn, to...

Rituals for Returning

This summer has been marked by loss, reflection, and the slow work of returning to ritual. Between grief and longing for home, I’m learning to give myself grace—to mourn, to...

Rust and Gold: How the Season Shapes My Studio

Rust and Gold: How the Season Shapes My Studio

As fall arrives, my studio shifts into a palette of rust and gold. See how seasonal colors shape my creative process, from first washes to tangled botanical forms.

Rust and Gold: How the Season Shapes My Studio

As fall arrives, my studio shifts into a palette of rust and gold. See how seasonal colors shape my creative process, from first washes to tangled botanical forms.

Mourning – A Series About Holding Space for Grief and Healing

Mourning – A Series About Holding Space for Gri...

Explore Emmy Spoon’s Mourning series—intimate abstract works that hold space for grief, memory, and quiet healing in collectors’ homes.

Mourning – A Series About Holding Space for Gri...

Explore Emmy Spoon’s Mourning series—intimate abstract works that hold space for grief, memory, and quiet healing in collectors’ homes.

Watercolor by Emmy Spoon with fall colors and leaves.

Color: How It Impacts My Work, How I Choose It,...

Color is more than just a visual element in my art—it’s a reflection of my emotions, my experiences, and the changing seasons of life. Whether I’m experimenting with the fluidity...

Color: How It Impacts My Work, How I Choose It,...

Color is more than just a visual element in my art—it’s a reflection of my emotions, my experiences, and the changing seasons of life. Whether I’m experimenting with the fluidity...

Maps of the Unseen: Two Watercolors in Progress

Maps of the Unseen: Two Watercolors in Progress

Explore two evolving watercolor pieces by Emmy Spoon. A look at process, emotion, and intuitive mark-making before the work is finished.

Maps of the Unseen: Two Watercolors in Progress

Explore two evolving watercolor pieces by Emmy Spoon. A look at process, emotion, and intuitive mark-making before the work is finished.

A colorful abstract mixed media painting with swirling watercolor, ink, and pencil marks, held up by the artist against a neutral wall. The paper edges curl naturally.

Embracing the Unraveling: A Week of Letting Go ...

Mixed media artist Emmy Spoon reflects on the beauty of messiness and spontaneity in her latest watercolor and ink piece—celebrating process over perfection.

Embracing the Unraveling: A Week of Letting Go ...

Mixed media artist Emmy Spoon reflects on the beauty of messiness and spontaneity in her latest watercolor and ink piece—celebrating process over perfection.