Welcome to Queer Bodies Are Holy, Emory Southwick’s first solo exhibition.

This exhibition is a celebration of queer bodies through acrylic paintings, oil pastel drawings, and digital illustrations of North-East-based queer people in collaboration with Northern Pride, Creative Central Newcastle, and Curious Arts.

These works draw on the huge diversity of beauty found within the queer community, particularly focussing on celebrating this diversity rather than trying to hide it. All of the people depicted here are based in and around the North East.

The works are shown in order as follows:

1 – acrylic on recycled paper. A4. SOLD

2 – acrylic on recycled paper. 5×7”. SOLD

3 – acrylic on recycled paper. 10×8”

4 – acrylic on recycled paper. A4

5 – acrylic on recycled paper. A4

6 – oil pastel and acrylic on recycled paper. A4

7 – oil pastel and acrylic on recycled paper. A4. SOLD

8 – acrylic on recycled paper heart mounted on cardstock. A5

9 – acrylic on recycled paper. A5. SOLD

10 – gouache and watercolour on recycled paper. A4. SOLD

11 – pen and watercolour on recycled paper. A4

12 – digital illustration on paper. A5

13 – digital illustration on paper. A5. SOLD

14 – acrylic and watercolour on recycled paper. A4. SOLD

15 – digital illustration on paper. A5

16  – gouache on recycled paper. 6×5”

17 – acrylic on recycled paper. 5×7”

18 – acrylic on recycled paper. A4. SOLD

19 – acrylic on recycled paper. 6×9”. SOLD

20 – acrylic on recycled paper. A4. SOLD

21 – oil pastel and acrylic on recycled paper. A5. SOLD

22 – oil pastel and on recycled paper. A4. SOLD

23 – acrylic on recycled paper. A5

24 – acrylic on recycled paper. A4. SOLD

Please note: some pieces may have had their deckled edges trimmed in order to fit into a frame for the physical exhibition