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        • Echoes of the Sun
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        • Red Barn Residency
  • Exhibitions
    • Mystery, Magic, and the Macabre Exhibition
    • Stems Plein-Air 2024
    • Bold is Back
    • SVAFC Art Show 2024
    • Matryoshka Tattoo
    • | The Clayworks at Disability Supports
    • Roy G. Biv: Color Defined
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Life Drawing & Painting

Observation, anatomy, and the quiet discipline of looking.

Life drawing is where everything slows down. There’s no narrative to hide behind, no atmosphere to lean on—only proportion, weight, and presence.

Working from the live figure demands attention. The body shifts, breathes, resists simplification. Each line is a decision made in real time, shaped by observation rather than intention.

These drawings and paintings aren’t about likeness alone. They’re about structure, tension, balance, and the relationship between form and space. What’s revealed is not just the body, but the act of seeing itself.

This practice grounds everything else I do. It’s where habits are stripped away, and where the work is allowed to be honest.

  • Portfolio
    • Plein Air Painting
    • Life Drawing and Painting
    • Rooms of the Interior >
      • Shedding Light
      • Fly on the Wall
      • An Open Window
      • Finding Balance
      • Chair in the Attic
      • Yellow Chair
      • Lamp and Yellow Chair
    • Roaming House: book project >
      • Book Project >
        • Finding my Path
        • Steal the Night
        • Light House
        • Around we Go
        • Family Garden
        • Alignment
        • Together
        • Waves of Change
        • Teach
        • Rise and Shine
        • My Voice
        • Weather the Storm
        • Stand Tall
        • Tethered Beneath the Bloom
        • Echoes of the Sun
      • Practice in Place >
        • Red Barn Residency
  • Exhibitions
    • Mystery, Magic, and the Macabre Exhibition
    • Stems Plein-Air 2024
    • Bold is Back
    • SVAFC Art Show 2024
    • Matryoshka Tattoo
    • | The Clayworks at Disability Supports
    • Roy G. Biv: Color Defined
  • About
    • Joey Embers | Artist Statement
    • Resume
    • Press & Media
  • Join the Journey
    • Patreon
    • Saatchi Gallery
  • Contact