About Emily Powell
Emily Powell was a painter.
Emily Powell (born 1990) is a British painter from Liverpool, noted for her "vibrant and colourful canvases". Her works include a series of paintings in which she depicts various politicians as floral arrangements, with colours inspired by her synaesthesia, and floor-to-ceiling paintings recreating her experience of an expedition in the Norwegian Arctic. In 2025, Powell gained attention for transforming her family home into a hand-painted artwork titled The Art of Living.
Life and career Emily Powell was born in Liverpool in 1990. She trained at Norwich School of Art and now lives in Brixham.
Later in 2025, Powell held a series of open-house tours of her family's home which she had hand-painted throughout, turning it into an artwork called The Art of Living.
Powell has lectured at the Royal Academy of Arts and Sotheby's Institute of Art. The BBC has described her as being known for her "vibrant and colourful canvases".
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