Abstract Painter

Where the wild things go

Where the wild things go, 1240 x 940 mm, 2023
Open acrylics, gold leaf on stretched cotton canvas

2025

Recent Works

Yield Emma Velde-Schaffer Little River

Yield

Little River Gallery
3 – 26 May 2025

Opening Event: Saturday 3 May 2pm – 4pm

Reveal (oil, gold leaf and pigment) 600 x 300mm

Here in yesterday I see you bloom

Here in yesterday I see you bloom, 1500 x 1300mm, August 2024 Oil on canvas

Latest Works

Yield

Yield

April 16, 2025

ILT MURIHIKU ART AWARDS 2024

ILT MURIHIKU ART AWARDS 2024

October 14, 2024

You’re so wonderfully wonderfully pretty

You’re so wonderfully wonderfully pretty

September 13, 2024

Tenderly perishing

Tenderly perishing

September 13, 2024

Dancing in the deepest oceans

Dancing in the deepest oceans

September 13, 2024

You’re just like a dream

You’re just like a dream

September 6, 2024

Here in Yesterday I see you bloom

Here in Yesterday I see you bloom

September 6, 2024

Tenderly Yesterday

Tenderly Yesterday

August 15, 2024

To the Sea and Back

To the Sea and Back

June 17, 2024

You turn me inside out

You turn me inside out

June 6, 2024

Goodbye Bloom

Goodbye Bloom

April 14, 2024

About a rose

About a rose

April 14, 2024

A rosy day

A rosy day

April 14, 2024

NZFA Open Exhibition 2024

NZFA Open Exhibition 2024

April 14, 2024

NZ Painting & Printmaking Award Show 2024

NZ Painting & Printmaking Award Show 2024

April 14, 2024

Light me up

Light me up

October 4, 2023

Float my boat

Float my boat

October 4, 2023

Resting place

Resting place

August 21, 2023

In the rosy light of day

In the rosy light of day

August 21, 2023

Over hill and down dale

Over hill and down dale

August 21, 2023

Where the wild things go

Where the wild things go

August 21, 2023

Eastside Spring Show – August 2023

Eastside Spring Show – August 2023

August 21, 2023

Brilliant Vibrant Women Show – Linwood Arts Eastside Gallery

Brilliant Vibrant Women Show – Linwood Arts Eastside Gallery

March 29, 2023

Rushing

Rushing

December 21, 2022

Taking it slow

Taking it slow

December 21, 2022

Shore Sunset

Shore Sunset

December 21, 2022

All in a flush

All in a flush

December 21, 2022

Tide Wash

Tide Wash

December 21, 2022

Between your toes

Between your toes

December 21, 2022

Flotsam

Flotsam

December 21, 2022

The Sea at Home

The Sea at Home

December 21, 2022

Getting to know you again

Getting to know you again

December 21, 2022

A Different Viewpoint

A Different Viewpoint

December 21, 2022

A map revisited

A map revisited

December 21, 2022

Squall

Squall

December 21, 2022

Through the Forest

Through the Forest

December 21, 2022

NZFA Spring Show

NZFA Spring Show

September 22, 2022

SCAPE Women in Art – 2019

SCAPE Women in Art – 2019

August 22, 2019

You Run Rings Around Me

You Run Rings Around Me

August 22, 2018

emma.velde.artist

Having fun with paint skins today. New work for f

Having fun with paint skins today. New work for forthcoming show at @littlerivergallery with glass artist Jared Wright @jw_glassart.

New colour palette on the go for upcoming show at

New colour palette on the go for upcoming show at @littlerivergallery 🟣 🟪 🟤

Working title, "Reveal"
Oil, gold leaf and pigment on stretched canvas
600 x 300mm

#smallabstractpainting #goldleafart

Quick studies on paper. These usually stay tucked

Quick studies on paper. These usually stay tucked away in the workbook but it's a wee taste of the large oils I've got on the go for the next show (just for those of you that are wondering what's to come :-).

So awesome to see these artworks featured in Izzy

So awesome to see these artworks featured in Izzy and Tim Weston's beautiful home, Millstream in the February/March edition of @homestyle.

Take a look at the feature at the link below ⬇️ or head over to @izzywest.co to see more of this stunning family home.

https://homestyle.co.nz/transforming-a-traditional-christchurch-home-into-a-family-friendly-oasis/

Delighted to be one of 65 finalists, (and one of 1

Delighted to be one of 65 finalists, (and one of 10 from outside of Southland) in the ILT Murihiku Art Awards 2024, presented by @southland_art_society and @hewakatuia. Congratulations to James Yau, who was announced as the winner for his piece "Horse", and of course to all the other artists participating.👏👏

Seven prizes were up for grabs, including the Supreme Award of $8000, and the Beattie McDowell Southland Award in memory of former architect and heritage advocate Mick Hesselin, of $2000.

Daegan Wells won second prize with “Because of Where I Live”
Yasmin Dubrau won third place with “We Do The Things That Keep Us Poor”;
the Membership Award went Lisa Benson for “These Lungs Will Dance Forever”;
the Beattie McDowell Mick Hesselin Memorial Award went to Caitlin Rose Donnelly for “Home Paddock”;
the Innovation Award was awarded to Paora Wiremu with “Meet Me in th Greenhaus Afta Skool”;
and Kasey Toomey won the Rangatahi Award for “Sunflower Sunset”.🌼🌞

The exhibition is on display at He Waka Tuia, 42 Kelvin St, until 17 November. All works are for sale, including my entry seen here, "You’re just like a dream"
Oil, gold leaf and gold pigment, 900mm x 900mm, $2,500

#iltmurihikuartawards #hewakatuia #hewakatuiaart #HeWakaTuia #invercargillpublicartgallery

Joyful jugs from @paulmaseykpottery at the @thedow

Joyful jugs from @paulmaseykpottery at the @thedowse in Wellington. Can’t go past this Louise Henderson duo! 🏺

Beautiful sunny day in Ōtautahi today. Perfect ti

Beautiful sunny day in Ōtautahi today. Perfect timing to varnish the paintings before heading to @stoddartcottage next week. I hope you can join me for the opening event on Saturday 7th September 2-4pm 😊🍹

My first solo show in a long time, Tenderly yester

My first solo show in a long time, Tenderly yesterday, is coming up on the 7th September at Stoddart Cottage Gallery.
The process of senescence in a cut flower, where cells deteriorate and lose function over time became a bit of an infatuation during my research of Margaret Stoddart's beautiful watercolours.

I’m not sure why Margaret Stoddart chose to paint exclusively in watercolour, perhaps a proximity to the golden age of watercolour, the popularity of the medium with women in the 19th century (who previously used pastels) or that it suited her from a practical sense for painting ‘en plein air’. I have great admiration for the skill required to work in this medium, of which I have absolutely none!

I returned to using oil paint for these works, such a beautiful medium, with a pace of drying so gentle that I was often required to pause, drink tea and watch the flowers wilt (I couldn't have been happier).

Opening Event: Saturday 7 September 2pm - 4pm
All welcome

#notreallyflowerpaintings
#stoddartcottagegallery #abstractpainting #gesturalabstract #margaretstoddart

The sea provided this little bubble of colour this

The sea provided this little bubble of colour this morning. City dwellers who are happy to brave the cold tonight are welcome to join me at ART HOLE tonight for the opening of 'To the Sea and Back' from 5.30pm. https://www.facebook.com/share/fDUPWh9js5RTSpfi/

Hi everyone, I have a small show of recent work I

Hi everyone, I have a small show of recent work I completed coming up at ART HOLE - 366 St Asaph Street. Next Tuesday, 25 June.

There will be a few drinks & nibbles. Pop in if you are around!

Details from my new colour palette distilled from

Details from my new colour palette distilled from Stoddart flowers and landscapes.

#stoddartcottage #stoddartcottagegallery #earlystageabstracts #abstractoils

Getting some 🟢🟣🔵🎨 on

Getting some 🟢🟣🔵🎨 on

Delighted to be included as a finalist for NZPPA 2

Delighted to be included as a finalist for NZPPA 2024 with my work "Fractured". 👏👏Huge congratulations to the winning artists, and to all the painters and printmakers across Aotearoa that entered. You can see the works at ArtsPost Galleries and Shop 120 Victoria Street, Hamilton, New Zealand until Sunday 5 May.

Print First Prize — James S. Watson
Print Merit Award — Zara Dolan Art
Paint First Prize — Janet Mazenier @janetmaz
Paint Merit Award — Meg Wilson @meg_wilson_art

https://emmavelde.com/project/nz-painting-printmaking-award-show-2024/

#NZPPA2024 #ArtExhibition #contemporaryart #wsaart #artnz #finalistartaward #artexhibition #hamilton #hamiltonart #waikatosocietyofarts

Collage homework play. My little petals of Margare

Collage homework play. My little petals of Margaret.

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