Emily Ritz's art is a meditative exploration of a verdant and surreal parallel universe of her own creation. Her work spans hyper-detailed textural drawings, paintings, ceramics, and a range of media, often blurring the boundaries between body and earth. Her creative process is intuitive, allowing her to live vicariously through sensual imagery.
Coming from a lineage of prolific textile artists, Ritz's work is marked by intricate patterns and repetition. Over time her abstract botanical explorations transformed into narrative, figurative works exploring gender, sexuality, healing and the profound connection between humanity and the environment. Delving into these themes evoke scenes of self-love, and complex experiences within a queer, disabled body. Emily views the process of making each piece as a ritual and the resulting painting, a spell cast to experience something reality doesn’t have to offer her.
Ritz's interdisciplinary practice seamlessly translates her patterns between mediums, sparking rapid evolution and adaptation of her invented visual language. The physical matter of body and earth underpins her art, transforming pain into beauty and utility.