Emma Thorp: The In Between

'The In Between' is an exploration of the challenges of motherhood as an artist, tackling the complicated desire to carve out time for oneself and art ‘in between’ life’s responsibilities.

Emma Thorp’s practice humorously takes on these daily interactions and mundane tasks and makes them her artistic subject matter, fusing her work as an artist and mother.

Through her signature illustrative style and knack for visual storytelling, Thorp openly shares her experiences, carving out an identity as an artist mother while juggling the priorities of life.

Emma Thorp graduated from Latrobe University, Bendigo with a Bachelor of Fine Arts and works in coloured pencil, digital drawing, and animation. She has been a finalist in in the Lyn McRae Drawing Prize, Swan Hill Print and Draw, the Queensland Regional Art Awards, The Lethbridge 20,000, the Ravenswood Women’s art prize, the National Still life Award, the M16 Artspace Drawing Prize, The Sunshine Coast National Art Prize and JADA.

Image: Emma Thorp, Washing. Basket. Weave., 2024, pencil and ink on paper.