About Me

Artist Statement:
Dry Cracked Hands… I stand underneath a light mixing color.  The pigment slowly creeps its way into the valleys of my fingernails and the open cracks of my hands.  Painting is a ritual for me, allowing me to transcend my physical limitations to a higher plane of consciousness.  My paint brushes are an extension of myself that creates a bridge into the sub-consciousness of reality.

Artist Bio:
Joey Embers is a visual artist, a graduate from Bethany College in Lindsborg Kansas.  He currently lives in Topeka Kansas working as the system administrator for the Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library.  Joey most recently has been selected as a core artist for the NOTO Art District.  Being selected as a core artists has given him the support needed to establish an adequate studio space for him and four other artist.

Joey’s art work can be viewed during first Friday art walk at the Artist Lofts located on the 2nd floor of 826 N. Kansas Ave. Topeka  KS.

In July of 2011 Joey did a two week residency at the Red Barn Studio in Lindsborg Kansas.  During this time Joey restricted himself to a 24”x24” format to push himself to open up the visual space in a smaller format.  He continues to work in this format along with restricting himself to an even smaller format of 12”x12”.

“My goal is to achieve the same physical presence a large painting might have but in a smaller format.  No matter the size, I want the viewer to be sucked into a visual experience.”