EMMETT

BORN IN WASHINGTON DC, THE ARTIST HONED HIS SKILLS ON THE STREETS OF THE CITY BY STUDYING IT’S NIGHTLIFE IN HIS SKETCHBOOKS, LIKE HIS ARTIST HERO TOULOUSE-LAUTREC. PROSTITUTES, JUNKIES, COPS AND THE HOMELESS OF DOWNTOWN DC FROM THE 1970’S THROUGH THE 1990’S. WHILE STILL A TEENAGER HE EXHIBITED WITH 60, 70 AND 80 YEAR OLD PAINTERS OF LOCAL RENOWN AT CITY HALL IN THE SPIRITS:THE MAKINGS OF MASTERS EXHIBITION. HIS MENTOR BEING GEORGETTE SEABROOKE POWELL THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE ARTIST. POWELL COMMISSIONED EMMETT TO CAPTURE HER ART IN THE PARK EVENT LIVE ON CANVAS.

THE PAINTER

EMMETT’S FIRST SOLO COINCIDED WITH THE VAN GOGH’S VAN GOGHS EXHIBITION IN WASHINGTON, DC. AFTER BEING DENIED COVERAGE HE BEGAN INVITING THEM TO AT LEAST GO AND SEE HIS EXHIBITION. AFTER VIEWING HIS SHOW ONE PAPER WROTE ABOUT IT FOR MONTHS AS THE GALLERY KEPT EXTENDING IT. AFTER VIEWING  HIS SHOW ONE PAPER  WROTE ABOUT HIS SHOW RITUALLY.