ARR * Emanuel (John, 1930-). Seated female figure, pen & black ink and watercolour wash with scratch-technique detail, on beige paper, edges strengthened with brown paper, unsigned, sheet size 55 x 38cm (21.75 x 15ins), mountedQty: (1)NOTESSince the early 1980s John has lived in St. Ives, working from one of the famous Porthmeor Studios. His natural creativity has developed into a consistent style. Well known for his studies of the female nude, John’s paintings in oil and mixed media often places the female form within a landscape that is simplified but recognisable. His drawings exhibit a clear, classical form and a simplicity of line. John works in a variety of media: charcoal, gouache, oils and, more recently mixed media and lino-types, a method he learned from John Wells. Over the course of his long and successful career John has had his work shown in many solo and mixed exhibitions throughout Europe. He now exhibits his work regularly in St. Ives and further afield.