“My life feels like an impressionist painting. Stand up close and see smudges of color blur together. A loud kitchen full of kids. Art supplies spread all over my studio. But stand back, and the clashes of chaos–the mundane and messy details–reveal the harmony of a meaningful story. My work is where this beautiful mess lives, where I capture little moments of joy. From life with my big family, my travels, books I’m reading, or the flowers on my counter, my paintings reflect memories; these are memories that I share with you. I’ve been painting through all the seasons of motherhood- little kids to big kids. Thank you for letting me share my life and work with you.”

The daughter of a Cuban American, Emily Ozier’s expressive style and bold strokes may find their origins in her Spanish roots. Her Cuban grandfather, a physician, found his escape from the realism of medicine was his time painting on miniature canvases. These works of art were filled with the bold remembrances of the Cuba he escaped. Emily’s mother remembers discovering her daughter was an artist at an early age. Every school notebook of hers was filled with drawings, sketches, and studies of life around. Her drawing for years and years laid the foundation for the painting that would come later in her life. Emily is a graduate of Auburn University and she has studied in Italy with an impressionist master, focusing on a method passed down from the impressionist painter John Singer Sargent. Mother of six, EMYO paints in her Tennessee studio alongside good books and french roast coffee.