ABOUT

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Artist Statement

My work is shaped by experiences of faith, moments in nature, and human connection. I approach each piece intuitively, treating it as an extension of my story and my relationship to the landscape. Using cyanotype, watercolor, organic dyes, and foraged materials, I explore how pattern, process, and light can reveal meaning.

Created during a season of motherhood, my practice became a needed place of rest, curiosity, and renewal. Play and experimentation guide the work—whether exposing cyanotypes in the sun or layering watercolor and organic teas over their shapes. This hands-on, responsive process allows each piece to grow in its own direction, echoing the rhythms found in nature.

Through these materials and methods, I aim to highlight quiet beauty, invite presence, and reflect the ways faith, environment, and intuition shape how we move through the world.

Bio

Emily Crisman (Em) is a mixed media artist whose practice integrates cyanotype photography and watercolor on paper and textiles. Drawing inspiration from nature, human connection, and her faith, her work seeks to bring forth glimmers of beauty—finding common threads in humanity and in reverence for the natural world.

Crisman studied art, psychology, and communications at Grove City College and earned her Master of Arts from Crown College. She has been an artist-in-residence at the Chautauqua Institution, is represented in the Erie region by The 1020 Collective, and sells her work to collectors internationally.

A Buffalo native now based in Erie, Pennsylvania, Crisman works from both her downtown and home studios. Her creative practice is deeply interwoven with daily life—offering a space of reflection, purpose, and community amid the rhythms of motherhood.