Modern abstract + nature inspired art by Emily Wood
Hi! I’m Emily – the founder and designer behind Jetty Home. I started Jetty Home back in 2014 from my small beachside apartment in the amazing town of Long Beach, New York. What began with me simply scribbling ideas and designs in a sketchbook developed into a wonderful opportunity to share my visions with the world. And I couldn’t be more excited about the work I get to create!
The peace and natural beauty that came with living by the ocean was always one of my biggest inspirations. I try to evoke the feeling that the beach and ocean still gives me – a sense of relaxation, calmness, happiness, and simplicity – in all of my art.
From the time I was young, I would spend hours and hours drawing and creating my own world through my artwork. More recently, life has taken me to sunny Southern California. Whether it’s weekends in Monterey and Carmel-by-the-Sea or summers exploring the Santa Barbara coastline, I can say with certainty that California has won my heart and has provided me a genuine muse for my art.
Currently, I’ve also drawn a huge amount of subject matter, composition, and color palette inspiration from different locations throughout the world. I LOVE to travel and, even more, love to share my feelings about a place through painting and drawing. My collections largely focus on a single location – sometimes a specific city or, other times, a region. The beginning to a new collection always starts with color palette selection. I like to pull together colors that resonate with me and feel like they properly represent the overall vibe of that locale from my perspective.
My style has evolved by leaps and bounds over the years – developing into something even more meaningful for me. These days, my practice tends to go a few different directions. I always enjoy doing minimalistic drawings utilizing lots of lines and dots to create a simple, but beautifully complex, image. The second path I tend to gravitate towards is full of creamy, heavily layered acrylic and watercolor abstract paintings. Often, I like to incorporate lots of mixed media in these pieces, including paint sticks, markers, and ink. The final route I’ve been exploring through my work is a combination of the first two – layered abstract paintings covered in lots of lines, dots, and marks. These are inspired by patterns found in the natural world or something that I am reminded of from my travels.
So, what exactly does Jetty Home mean to me? I believe in the beauty and serenity of nature – and that’s reflected in everything I do. I think that everyone should be able to enjoy all the inspiration that nature – and the world in general – has to offer in their home.
Everything available through Jetty Home is created, painted and illustrated 100% by me!
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