Emma Thorp - Contemporary Artist

Emma Thorp is an artist living in Hervey Bay, Queensland. She works in high detail contemporary coloured pencil drawings, digital drawing, and animation. She graduated from Latrobe University, Bendigo with a Bachelor of Fine Arts, majoring in Printmaking. Her current touring exhibition“early” is a moving chronicle of her experiences as the mother of an extremely premature son, who went on to be diagnosed as Autistic and with ADHD. Emma is a recent recipient of the 1770 Art Show digital award for her animation "Afterglow" and was also commissioned by the Bundaberg Regional Gallery to create a site specific animation about inclusion called "Invested" ( both of which can be seen on her website: emmathorpart.com). She has been a finalist in the Lyn McRae Drawing Prize, Swan Hill Print and Draw, the DuRietz Art Prize and the Queensland Regional Art Awards.