About

Bio

Emily Dolanová has enjoyed drawing through her many adventures, including being a professional horseback rider, living in a van and running a homestead. Her artwork has appeared on the covers of Sunspot Lit and 3^rd Wednesday. An English teacher by trade, she is currently located in the Czech Republic.

Artist Statement

I love looking back at my notes from school. Not to review what I learned, but to see my doodles. From composition books to homework worksheets, nothing was safe. Art was a way to transport myself to somewhere else; to strange lands that mirror our own but with unexpected twists.

I seek to keep hold of the spontaneous creativity that so many of us seem to lose as we approach adulthood. Rarely do I have a preconceived idea of what I’m about to draw when working on personal work . I let my subconscious take the lead as I sketch an idea and map out the colors before meticulously lining and shading each section.

I hope to transport the viewers of my art into the colorful worlds I’ve created and inspire them to cultivate their own.