Em Isaacson

Graduating with an honours degree from Loughborough College of Art in 1976, Em’s career began with teaching and lecturing in art and design involving both the British Craft Council and The Royal Society of Arts. Leaving the academic world in 1983, she soon became head of one of the country’s largest woven textile studios.

In 1998 she left the UK for South Africa establishing her first studio where she became noted for her pastel paintings of African women and her work was hung at The Everard Reed Gallery in Cape Town as well as the Residence of the British High Commission.

In 2013 Em returned to the UK and now lives and works in the Cotswolds where the study of colour, line and texture continues to be central to all her work, whether through the medium of either pastel or oil.

Her pastels express her love of colour, her fascination with texture and exploration of line. A unique style of painting influenced by her heritage of weaving and her greatest influence. It is her tapestry on paper or on canvas.

In London, her work has been exhibited at the Boundary, Thompson and Catto galleries, the Affordable Art Fair as well as being held in both private and worldwide corporate collections.

Articles about Em and her work have been published in The Independent magazine, Cotswold Life and Cotswolds Home magazines.