Emily Mackey is a contemporary visual artist, originally from the central coast of California, now based in Columbus, OH, whose work is inspired by the shifting poetry of the sea and sky. Through her paintings, she captures the amorphous beauty of water and clouds—their ever-changing light, texture, and movement—transforming natural phenomena into meditative, dreamlike compositions.
Working primarily in oil and acrylic paint, Emily explores the boundary between the visible and the emotional. Her pieces invite viewers into quiet, reflective spaces where color flows like tide and form dissolves into atmosphere. Each work becomes a study in impermanence and serenity, echoing the rhythms of nature itself. Her art is deeply intuitive, blending abstraction and realism to evoke the calm and wonder found in the open horizon.
