Studying Decorative Arts at Rhode Island School of Design and working as a Faux Finisher/Muralist over the past twelve years has given me a unique perspective to Fine Arts painting.   The technique that I am using for these paintings initially came to light while I was producing sample boards for a client.  The first sample board for this client hadn’t turned out the way that I had anticipated, so I set that board aside as a failure and started the next one.  When my husband came home that evening, he was astounded at how beautiful that sample board had come out.  He was talking about the one that I had dismissed as a failure.   When I looked at it again from a different perspective, I saw that it was actually quite beautiful!   After thinking about this board for almost two years, I set aside some time to develop the idea and spent four additional years trying to perfect it.  After much trial and error, I have finally developed what I believe is a unique and memorable painting style.

Each of these paintings has countless layers of glazes, paints, plasters, metal foils, and varnishes.  The final product is a result of many hours sanding and scraping between layers to expose the numerous colors and textures that I have applied.  Each painting is unique in that I could never replicate the finish or colors a second time.  The resulting work is a combination of careful planning and happy accidents along the way.

Emily (Osman) Passman is a painter of oils and acrylics, exhibiting throughout the greater-Boston area and New England. Emily’s still lifes and landscapes maintain realism without losing a sense of the abstract. After earning both a fine arts degree and an M.A. in education, Emily had a successful career as an elementary school teacher, then graphic designer. Since moving to Lexington, MA with her husband and son, she has devoted herself entirely to her painting and teaching art locally. She is involved with many local arts events and is a member of the Lexington Council for the Arts. She currently paints in her studio at the Munroe Center for the Arts and shows her work at her barn/gallery.