Artist Biography Emily Leonard Trenholm paints en plein air, throughout New England in the spring, summer and fall. Growing up in Yarmouth, Maine, she spent most of her childhood exploring the woods and rocks near the Casco Bay shoreline. The Maine landscape directly and significantly influences her work. Emily is interested in creating volumes of negative and positive space through the use of color. As a result, she describes the geometry of the elements, which shape our communities. Emily attended the University of New Hampshire, where she received her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Painting. She is currently earning her Graduate degree in painting at Boston University under the study of John Walker. Her work can be found ongoing at the Littlefield Gallery in Winter Harbor, Camden Falls Gallery in Camden and Maine Cottage in Yarmouth, Maine. Artist Statement Structural and organic forms resonate with me and I paint in an attempt to capture the fragmented parts that contribute to the whole scene. Conjuring a sense of place, my compositions filter the world around me. Architectural space that abounds in small and large geometrical forms, manifest this interplay. I look to find linear and organic elements, which create a subtle energy when juxtaposed to large planes. From a surprising perspective, I look underneath and back, reaching for a view, where forms develop from negative space. I work to keep my paintings loose, describing volumes by planes of color. My limited palette simplifies the subject of my painting to the basic fundamentals of form and light. I mix paint at length before I apply, then break down the composition tonally. Slowly, I bring the simplified picture to the surface. Curriculum Vitae Education
2009-2011	MFA Candidate, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts
2000-2005	BFA University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire
2002	American Institute for Foreign Study: Richmond in Florence, Florence, Italy
Exhibitions
2010	Boston Young Contemporaries Exhibition, 808 Gallery, Boston, MA
2010	I-95 Triennial, University of Maine Museum of Art, Bangor, Maine
2010	Graduate Invitational, University of New Hampshire, Durham, Maine
2010	Benefit Auction, ILAP Cele Soiree, Portland, Maine
2009	Boston University 1st year MFA Exhibition, Commonwealth Gallery, Boston, MA
2009-2010	Littlefield Gallery, Winter Harbor, Maine
2009-2010	Maine Cottage, Yarmouth, Maine
2009-2010	Wet Paint Auction, Cape Elizabeth Land Trust, Cape Elizabeth, Maine
2008-2010	Camden Falls Gallery, Camden Maine
2007-2009	Members Show, The Art Association of Jackson Hole, Jackson, Wyoming
2006	Benefit Auction, Maine Association for Public Interest Law, Portland, Maine
2005	Juried Show, New Hampshire Art Association, Portsmouth, New Hampshire
2005	BFA Thesis Show, Paul Creative Arts Center, University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire
Professional Experience
2010-2011	Teaching Assistantship, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts
2009	University of Maine Museum of Art, Research Assistant
2008	Artist in Residence, Brunswick School System, Brunswick, Maine
2008-2007	Aucocisco Gallery Internship
2008-2007	Drawing Instructor at 317 Main Street, Yarmouth, Maine
2008-2007	Painting Instructor at Artascope, South Portland, Maine