Emma Walker
@phantomsdaughter.bsky.social
Visual artist and educator living on Bundjalung country. Director and teacher at Byron School of Art. Avid reader, traveller, lover of ideas, conversations and subversive/creative acts. Represented by Arthouse Gallery, Sydney. emmawalker.com.au
Palermo, today. Meanwhile elsewhere on the island, Etna is getting very expressive.
June 2, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Palermo, today. Meanwhile elsewhere on the island, Etna is getting very expressive.
Prickly pear flowers. Miraculous, unlikely beauty.
May 19, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Prickly pear flowers. Miraculous, unlikely beauty.
Zingaro National Park, vicino Scopello. Truly spectacular.
May 19, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Zingaro National Park, vicino Scopello. Truly spectacular.
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Imagine if you grabbed a crowbar and went outside right now, pried up a slab of the sidewalk, threw it away and planted a beautiful garden there instead. If you were Dutch, it’s welcome — and good for the planet.
Here’s why: reasonstobecheerful.world/netherlands-...
Here’s why: reasonstobecheerful.world/netherlands-...
May 17, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Imagine if you grabbed a crowbar and went outside right now, pried up a slab of the sidewalk, threw it away and planted a beautiful garden there instead. If you were Dutch, it’s welcome — and good for the planet.
Here’s why: reasonstobecheerful.world/netherlands-...
Here’s why: reasonstobecheerful.world/netherlands-...
Astonishing work by Igshaan Adams at Steidljk Museum.
May 11, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Astonishing work by Igshaan Adams at Steidljk Museum.
A big day with Kiefer and Van Gogh. The immensity and the intimate. I am full and grateful.
May 11, 2025 at 5:24 PM
A big day with Kiefer and Van Gogh. The immensity and the intimate. I am full and grateful.
An extraordinary and devastating installation by Alfredo Jaar at Kesselhaus at Kindl Berlin. The giant hall is darkened and lit with saturated red. In the centre a small plinth on which sits a tiny stack of the 10 earth minerals needed for all renewable energy technologies. A terrible catch 22.
May 1, 2025 at 7:44 AM
An extraordinary and devastating installation by Alfredo Jaar at Kesselhaus at Kindl Berlin. The giant hall is darkened and lit with saturated red. In the centre a small plinth on which sits a tiny stack of the 10 earth minerals needed for all renewable energy technologies. A terrible catch 22.
A few images from yesterday. Visiting my beautiful first born, El at their studio at UDK, Berlin. It was a moving for me to see them in their work space and to remember my own transformative time at art school and all that the studio is. A place of possibility, excavation, struggle and discovery.
April 22, 2025 at 6:42 AM
A few images from yesterday. Visiting my beautiful first born, El at their studio at UDK, Berlin. It was a moving for me to see them in their work space and to remember my own transformative time at art school and all that the studio is. A place of possibility, excavation, struggle and discovery.
This beautiful human… my first born one.
April 16, 2025 at 6:51 AM
This beautiful human… my first born one.
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The Monarch #butterfly embarks on one of nature's most incredible journeys, migrating up to 3,000 miles from #Canada to central #Mexico. These tiny travelers, with wings of vibrant orange, navigate the vast distances using the sun and Earth’s magnetic fields, defying the odds
April 14, 2025 at 7:30 PM
The Monarch #butterfly embarks on one of nature's most incredible journeys, migrating up to 3,000 miles from #Canada to central #Mexico. These tiny travelers, with wings of vibrant orange, navigate the vast distances using the sun and Earth’s magnetic fields, defying the odds
I am a traveller but I’m very content just lying in bed watching the morning light travel across these walls.
April 15, 2025 at 5:19 AM
I am a traveller but I’m very content just lying in bed watching the morning light travel across these walls.
I am back in Berlin to be with family and to look at as much art as I can. Spring is here, the sun is shining and random flowers are blooming in unlikely places.
April 13, 2025 at 6:29 AM
I am back in Berlin to be with family and to look at as much art as I can. Spring is here, the sun is shining and random flowers are blooming in unlikely places.
Photo of me in my old Byron studio. Photo taken by my son Buzz, who was having a day off from school.
March 20, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Photo of me in my old Byron studio. Photo taken by my son Buzz, who was having a day off from school.
This work of mine is now on show at Grafton Regional Gallery in a superb show, True North curated by Christine Willcocks. Here also are hanging fabric work by Emily Imeson, video work by Jay-Dea Lopez and extraordinary totems by Lae Oldmeadow. So much other great work as well.
March 2, 2025 at 4:35 AM
This work of mine is now on show at Grafton Regional Gallery in a superb show, True North curated by Christine Willcocks. Here also are hanging fabric work by Emily Imeson, video work by Jay-Dea Lopez and extraordinary totems by Lae Oldmeadow. So much other great work as well.
An experiment from today. Ply, linen, paper, acrylic, plaster and marble dust.
February 26, 2025 at 3:10 AM
An experiment from today. Ply, linen, paper, acrylic, plaster and marble dust.
First Flashes post. Looks great and feels familiar.
February 25, 2025 at 3:52 AM
First Flashes post. Looks great and feels familiar.
It was amazing to see this piece of mine again after some years. It now resides in a beautiful new home overlooking the Pacific. I was moved by its beauty but I remember critiquing it so harshly when I was making it. This moment was instructive. So much difficulty I can create with this mind.
February 24, 2025 at 9:18 PM
It was amazing to see this piece of mine again after some years. It now resides in a beautiful new home overlooking the Pacific. I was moved by its beauty but I remember critiquing it so harshly when I was making it. This moment was instructive. So much difficulty I can create with this mind.
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Good news everyone!
The wait is almost over! Flashes for Bluesky is now available for free pre-order on the App Store.
🔥 Pre-"order" now (it's free) & get it the moment it launches!
apps.apple.com/de/app/flash...
The wait is almost over! Flashes for Bluesky is now available for free pre-order on the App Store.
🔥 Pre-"order" now (it's free) & get it the moment it launches!
apps.apple.com/de/app/flash...
Flashes for Bluesky
Flashes is a native Bluesky photo/video app.
Amongst other features the app offers:
• Discover and Share photos & videos on Bluesky – a vibrant community of over 30 million users.
• Enhance Your Cr...
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February 19, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Good news everyone!
The wait is almost over! Flashes for Bluesky is now available for free pre-order on the App Store.
🔥 Pre-"order" now (it's free) & get it the moment it launches!
apps.apple.com/de/app/flash...
The wait is almost over! Flashes for Bluesky is now available for free pre-order on the App Store.
🔥 Pre-"order" now (it's free) & get it the moment it launches!
apps.apple.com/de/app/flash...
This morning I visited this beautiful place and experienced this exquisite moment.
February 20, 2025 at 8:39 AM
This morning I visited this beautiful place and experienced this exquisite moment.
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We know who the villains are in this coup. But so many heroes are showing up to oppose them, and many of them are federal employees, including judges. I give you supreme boss-hero champion Judge Ana Reyes, telling Team Trump they don't know shit and schooling them in the facts about gender and sex.
More from Judge Reyes
February 19, 2025 at 5:12 PM
We know who the villains are in this coup. But so many heroes are showing up to oppose them, and many of them are federal employees, including judges. I give you supreme boss-hero champion Judge Ana Reyes, telling Team Trump they don't know shit and schooling them in the facts about gender and sex.
A small work from Dark Sublime, at Lismore Regional Gallery a few years back.
February 19, 2025 at 2:51 AM
A small work from Dark Sublime, at Lismore Regional Gallery a few years back.
I appreciate gestures of love of all kinds at all times of year but the glorification of romance feels problematic to me. So here are some beautiful words by the even more beautiful Alok.
February 14, 2025 at 11:16 PM
I appreciate gestures of love of all kinds at all times of year but the glorification of romance feels problematic to me. So here are some beautiful words by the even more beautiful Alok.
And here are the other two album covers that feature my work. It was a lovely honour to give something back to this band. Their music has been a constant for me, especially in the studio, for the past 30 years. Soundtracks to life.
February 12, 2025 at 11:10 PM
And here are the other two album covers that feature my work. It was a lovely honour to give something back to this band. Their music has been a constant for me, especially in the studio, for the past 30 years. Soundtracks to life.
Blast from the past. One of three album covers for legendary cult trioThe Necks, featuring my artwork.
February 12, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Blast from the past. One of three album covers for legendary cult trioThe Necks, featuring my artwork.