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emma mount

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About Me

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My Interests

painting, pin-ups, magic, mermaids, funfairs, chocolate, dreaming, dancing, guiness, dressing up, side-show banner art, hawaiian fabric, kitsch, mexicana, halloween, the seaside, taking photos, Etsy, skulls, flamingos, sailor jerry tattoos, burlesque, the 50s, the 80s, make-up, music, limoncello, miami, new york, new orleans, dublin, haunted houses, leopard print, palm trees, lipstick, glitter, carnivals, circus, cemeteries, fairytales, my husband, my little girl

I'd like to meet:

fellow painters, dreamers, art lovers & creative souls..... would also like to meet Dave Gahan, Robert de Niro, David Bowie, Debbie Harry, Tom Waits & Kate Bush, but would then be terrified and wouldn't know what to say to any of them!

Music:

arcade fire, the pixies, depeche mode, the killers, gogolbordello, the ranconteurs, the gossip, the cure, duran duran, interpol, queens of the stone age, tom waits, adam & the ants, the editors, the stills, hole, beach boys, franzferdinand, okgo, panic at the disco, the feeling, blondie, the police, kasabian, echo & the bunnymen, david bowie, seth lakeman, kaiser chiefs, garage rock, indie, elvis

Movies:

bladerunner, shaun of the dead, goodfellas, the company of wolves, american werewolf in london, sleepy hollow, the princess bride, hitchcock, carlitos way, time bandits, snatch, true romance, angel heart, the wicker man (1st one), fight club, the wizard of oz, casino, the untouchables, the lost boys, interview with a vampire, v for vendetta, wild at heart, the ninth gate, jaws, casino royale, the music of chance, flash gordon, all zombie films

Television:

curb your enthusiasm, my name is earl, the league of gentlemen (tv show not the film) supernatural, the office, extras, eastenders, CSI, lost, green wing, medium, nighty night, six feet under

Books:

the anubis gates/on stranger tides/drawing of the dark - tim powers something wicked this way comes - ray bradbury the rainy season/the last coin/all the bells on earth - james p blaylock neverwhere/stardust - neil gaiman the vesuvius club - mark gatiss jitterbug perfume/still life with woodpecker - tom robbins darker than you think - jack williamson bloodsucking fiends - christopher moore carter beats the devil - glen david gold conjure wife - fritz leiber perfume - patrick suskind and the ass saw the angel - nick cave jonathan strange & mr norrell - susanna clarke &&& carl hiassen, elmore leonard, bukowski, modesty blaise, fortean times & juxtapoz

Heroes:

about a million artists such as lisa petrucci, laura brink, sunny buick, tara mcpherson, justin forbes, angelique houtkamp, kris lewis, jared joslin, glenn barr, alex gross, isabel samaras, joe coleman, gary baseman, nicole steen, natalia fabia, shaunna peterson, jenny hart, vicki berndt, heather watts, terry rodgers
You are Bettie Page
Girl next door with a wild streak
You're a famous beauty - with unique look
And the people like you are cultish about it What Famous Pinup Are You?

My Blog

attack of the b-movie!!

well the show has already started, myspace wouldn't let me enter a blog until today! but if you're in San Fran this looks to be a lot of fun (and i have 3 paintings in it :)   you can see al...
Posted by emma mount on Wed, 16 Apr 2008 08:40:00 PST

’Ladies First’ group art show

I'm very excited to have a painting included in the 2nd Annual Ladies First Art & Music Event in Vancouver "LADIES FIRST"@ ANZA Club- 8th and Ontario-VancouverWhen: March 8th. 7pm...
Posted by emma mount on Sun, 02 Mar 2008 10:46:00 PST

gentlemans loafers!

hey there!if any of you live in LA i have a painting gone into the "Circus-o-Rama" group show at Hangar 1018 Gallery, opening last Saturday....and there's a really fun show opening on 15th Sept "...
Posted by emma mount on Mon, 17 Sep 2007 05:07:00 PST

Lucky Tart!

What a great surprise, I am April's 'tart of the month' in the Pop Tarts on-line gallery, and am thrilled to be included alongside some of my very favourite artists, thanks so much for asking me ...
Posted by emma mount on Thu, 12 Apr 2007 03:03:00 PST

"Ladies Only" art show, JEM Gallery, Vancouver

I have two paintings going into the "Ladies Only" group show at the JEM gallery, Vancouver.   Its my second ever group show and i'm thrilled to be showing alongside all ...
Posted by emma mount on Mon, 05 Mar 2007 04:41:00 PST

"Viva La Weirdo" show

just to say... i have a painting going into the "Viva La Weirdo" group show in the Fish Out of Water Gallery, San Diego (www.myspace.com/fishoutofwatergallery).  Its 20x30" oil on canvas of the b...
Posted by emma mount on Mon, 12 Feb 2007 02:31:00 PST