Contact Emily Blackwell

“Strange, tender, and occasionally rude drawings.”

Ink and marker
Washington, D.C.

Forces of Nature
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Emily Blackwell

Who am I?

An artist and designer based in Washington, D.C. The work moves between dense, saturated color pieces and spare ink drawings, and keeps returning to the same few subjects: appetite, the body, animals that know more than they let on, and the buildings around her.

See the work

01 / Series

Ink and Marker

Color work in a surreal, slightly grotesque register: appetite, anxiety, and the creatures that live in both.

02 / Series

US Embassies

Washington’s embassy facades, drawn one by one in alphabetical order. Afghanistan through Brunei so far.

03 / Series

Drawing Board

Ink studies, sketchbook characters, and ideas still finding their final form.

Commissions

Portraits, drawn to order

People and pets, drawn to order. Send a photo and an idea, and we’ll take it from there.

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Get in touch!

For commissions, originals, or anything else.

Email

hello@emilyblackwell.com

Studio

Washington, D.C.