Emma

Emma
by Antony Williams
© Antony Williams

Egg tempera on board

Antony Williams studied at Farnham College and Portsmouth University. His work has been seen in solo exhibitions in London and Madrid and has been included in the Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition on eleven occasions. Williams was previously selected for the BP Portrait Award in 1995, 1998, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2014, 2015 and his portrait of Amartya Kumar Sen was commissioned for the National Portrait Gallery Collection in 2003.

The portrait is of Emma, a friend of the artist and a professional model. The sittings took place in Williams’s studio where, for the last eleven years, Emma has modelled for various paintings and drawings. This was to be the last painting of her to be produced in that studio.