Emily Stedman Watercolor Artist
Interested in acquiring watercolor paintings? Contact: emily@emilystedman.com
Artist Statement
Watercolor has always felt like the truest way for me to move through the world. The paint behaves like emotion—fluid, unpredictable, and revealing—and in that movement I find the stories I want to tell. I work quickly, letting color spill and settle into forms that feel both observed and imagined. A gesture, a blossom, a quiet figure, a distant path—any of these might spark the beginning of a painting.
I don’t follow a strict process. Instead, I follow curiosity: a shift in mood, an unexpected shape, a memory rising to the surface. My sketchbooks hold these moments until they ask for a larger space. When I paint, I’m looking for that place where observation becomes something more layered—where a flower suggests anticipation, a figure hints at longing, or a landscape becomes a dreamscape I’ve never visited but somehow know.
My aim is to create work that resonates beyond the frame: images that carry emotional charge, shift atmosphere, and invite viewers into a world that feels at once familiar and mysterious.


