Hiya, I’m Emma Peel and I'm the artist behind the original abstract art work.

This is my story about how Emma Peel Art came about and why I started painting.

I’ve always had a love for art and being creative since secondary school and did textiles for GCSE and never really did anything with it as I focused on my career to be a chef which I thought was the creative path I wanted to follow but it turns out it wasn't.

After a year and a half of being a chef I left to focus on myself and to cope with my depression, anxiety and stress. After a few months of counselling and time off work, I got myself a nanny job in the evenings but was still struggling with being by myself during the daytime and coping with my anxiety and stress about leaving the house.

I had been following an artist on Instagram who was recommended via a friend and I loved watching her stories and seeing what she created with her art work. One morning I got up and decided I wanted to try the acrylic paint pour technique that I had seen the artist doing, as she looked so happy creating her art work, so went out and got all the supplies so I could try it myself. After lots of research and practice and experimenting, I got to know the style and have started to grow within my work.

 

This was 6 months ago and since then my art work has really come a long way. I have recently invested a lot of money into my art and am now producing really high quality pieces. I still struggle with my mental health and my anxiety more than anything at the moment recently, which is affecting my life as I am struggling to work so am I putting a lot into my art at the moment and really want to push and grow my art so I can do it full time.

I talk a lot about my mental health on my Instagram and am very open about how I struggle with my mental health as I feel it is important for people to understand the emotion behind each piece I create and what I am feeling. Everybody has their own journey and this is a part of my journey as growing as a person and I want people to be able to follow it to hopefully give them some strength if they are struggling to be able to speak out and ask for help.

Since then my art work has grown and so has my confidence, as I found something that I know I can go to when I’m upset or stressed and it helps me to clear my mind and relax. I am so lucky to have found something that really helps me with both my depression and stress, and is a way to get my emotions out.

I hope you love my paintings and it makes you as happy as it has started making me☺️

All my love and hugs,
Emma Peel💜