FEATHERBED ART STUDIO
Emma Ingham and Charles Zuill are both well-respected Bermuda artists, who share a workspace at Featherbed Art Studio, which has, in Emma's words, "become something of a local landmark to artists."
Visit the studio located at 2 Featherbed Alley (off Duke of Kent St.), St. George's, where you can browse the two artists' works, have a chat, and watch them at work.
Emma says, "Over the years my art has developed and changed from fashion illustration in the retail field to fine art, with an emphasis on watercolours. I loved working from the model and translating a garment on the hanger to a glorious gown that would turn heads. However, today there is little call in Bermuda for Fashion Illustration so I needed to ‘move with the times’. I chose to fully explore water-based media; my objective has always been to translate the island’s vivid colours and create fresh appealing paintings. To start with I use quality materials-St. Petersburg/Yarka pigments, top of the line acid free paper and frames that stand the test of time. Bermuda has an active arts community, and my contributions are physical examples of what can be achieved by dedication and by ‘putting a shoulder to the wheel’."
Emma Ingham paints and teaches at Featherbed Art Studio. In addition, she teaches art at the Senior Learning Centre for the Bermuda College and at the Bermuda Society of Arts in City Hall. A founding member of the Bermuda Arts Centre at Dockyard, she regularly contributes to art exhibitions held on the island.
Charles Zuill has always been primarily a landscape painter— or since his work often also involves the sea, he may perhaps be better labelled an 'earthscapist'. He is especially concerned with environmental issues, and uses the natural materials of the earth, to try to replicate the forces of nature that leave an imprint on the material earth.
Charles says, "Although my initial art training was traditional and academic, for many years, my approach to art making has been and continues to be experimental, consequently, I am not bound to any particular style. One thing has led to another and although my work may seem stylistically varied, I see a consistent development, for whatever happens, I try follow wherever the experiments lead."
Charles is also an art critic, writing reviews of the latest exhibitions for local publications.
