Emma Howell


The Motherhood Collection

The Motherhood Collection (2025) is an abstract visual response to the many ways we relate to motherhood. Shaped by my own experience and hundreds of anonymous submissions – stories, poems, confessions, and raw reflection -it draws on themes of longing, loss, identity, inspiration, and the complex ties between mothers, daughters, sons, and partners. Through intuitive mark-making, layered textures, and intentional colour choices, the work translates these emotions and narratives into something felt rather than told.

Each piece is a 5″ x 6″ original – small, intimate, and personal. Together, they form a collection of quiet mementos.. fragments of shared experience. To collect one is to join a quiet circle of people who should never feel alone in what they’ve lived, loved, or longed for.

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