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My portrait ‘The Striped Dressing Gown:Husband in Lockdown’ will be on display in the inaugural Hogarth Art Prize,held in Hogarth’s House, Chiswick, from July 28th- September 6th, 2026.

https://www.merton.ox.ac.uk/news/portrait-of-former-warden-and-honorary-fellow-professor-irene-tracey-unveiled

I’m delighted to have been elected a member of the society of Contemporary British Portrait Painters. I look forward to exhibiting in their annual exhibition in the Department Store, Brixton.

My painting ‘Zsa-Zsa and Hilda before the Crash’ features in the end credits of Wes Anderson’s ‘The Phoenician Scheme.’

My portraits of ‘Benedict Cumberbatch as Henry Sugar’ and ‘The Dead Indian Boy’ commissioned by Wes Anderson for his adaptation of Roald Dahl’s ‘The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar’ feature in an exhibition on Wes’s work showing at the Cinematheque Francaise, Paris from 19th May - 27th July 2025. The exhibition will then be travelling to the Design Museum, London.

I am exhibiting this portrait 'John and Jane and...A Portrait of a Marriage,' with the Royal Society of Portrait Painters this year. The 2020 Annual exhibition can be viewed online at https://www.mallgalleries.org.uk/whats-on/exhibitions/royal-society-portrait-painters-annual-exhibition-20202

Two of my portraits appear in Wes Anderson’s short film ‘The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar.’

I shall be exhibiting these two paintings - ‘Tim Bryars, Antiquarian Book and Map Dealer,’ and ‘Greg in the Shed: a Study in Houndstooth and Herringbone,’ - in the Royal Society of Portrait Painters’ Annual Exhibition. which runs from May 5th-15th at the Mall Galleries, London.
For more information, or to book tickets, visit www.therp.co.uk

I was recently interviewed by Layered Butter magazine about the creative process behind my cover designs for the Criterion Collection’s re-release of Wes Anderson’s ‘Grand Budapest Hotel.
https://layeredbutter.com/interviews/painting-the-grand-budapest

The Criterion Collection have just released a collectors edition of Wes Anderson's 'Grand Budapest Hotel' with cover designs by me!

Emma Wesley will be showing two paintings - ‘Vaucluse Matin: Portrait of Dominic and Lindsay Proctor,’ and ‘Patrick Derham, Headmaster of Rugby School,’ at the Royal Society of Portrait Painters’ Annual Exhibition at the Mall Galleries, London, from May 10th - 25th, 2018.

Portraits of Andrew Strauss and Claire Taylor in 'Country Life.'

Portrait of Andrew Strauss in 'The Times.'

Emma Wesley will be exhibiting her portraits of cricketers Andrew Strauss and Claire Taylor at the Royal Society of Portrait Painters' Annual Exhibition at the Mall Galleries from May 4th to May 17th 2016.