Luxe Magazine, San Francisco
Emily Farish is a San Francisco based artist who creates charcoal drawings that examine the fleeting beauty of botanical forms. Working directly from observation, she selects flowers and branches not for their perfection but for their individuality. Each specimen is suspended to the wall of her studio with tape or string, and the act of drawing records the tension between nature and human intervention. Through the rich, tactile language of charcoal on fine French paper, Farish’s work invites a deeper contemplation of impermanence, resilience, and unexpected beauty found in what is often overlooked.
Recent Solo and Duel Exhibitions
2026 “Florilegium” Solo Show Idaho Art Gallery Boise, ID
2025 “Anatomy of the Ephemeral” Duel Show Octavia Gallery New Orleans, LA
2025 “A Closer look at Emily Farish” Solo Show Provincetown Arts Society Provincetown, MA
2024 “Presenting Emily Farish” Solo Show Clark Gallery Boston, MA
2022 “Carmon Almon and Emily Farish” Duel Show Octavia Gallery New Orleans, LA
Selected Recent Group Exhibitions
2026 “Bloom” dkGallery Marietta, GA
2025 “Art Miami” Clark Gallery Miami, FL
2025 “Art on Paper” Clark Gallery New York, NY
2025 “Bloom” dkGallery Marietta, GA
2024 “Hamptons Fine Art Fair” Clark Gallery Southampton, NY
2024 “Art on Paper” Clark Gallery New York, NY
2024 “Art of the Bloom” Atlanta Botanical Garden Gallery Atlanta, GA
2024 “Rock, Paper, Scissors” dkGallery
2023 “Summer Group Show” Octavia Gallery New Orleans, LA
2023 “Exposure” Ceres Gallery New York, NY
Recent Publications
2025 The New York Times (with Ken Fulk)
2025 Atlanta Style & Design
2022 Luxe Magazine Southeast
Education
2024 New York Flower School (Certification)
2008 New York Studio School (Drawing Marathon)
1995 Auburn University (BFA in Drawing and Painting)
Representation
Octavia Gallery New Orleans, LA
Clark Gallery Boston, MA
dkGallery Marietta, GA
Idaho Art Gallery Boise, ID