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Emily Flint Artist
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Traditional painter and mother of 3. Fantasy/surreal-tinged realism.
My work explores motherhood, mental illness, domestic discord, portraiture, and nature. Visit emilyflint.com for more. Lynchburg, VA. #womanartist #lynchburg #fineart #contemporaryart
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I’m sorry for the quick dismissal by your doctor. Unfortunately, this is so common😖 I’m not sure if you’ve seen this menopause wiki, but it has a lot of helpful info. menopausewiki.ca#there-is-no-...
Excerpt from menopause wiki explaining how hormone tests are inadequate for diagnosing peri/menopause.
October 9, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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My recent tent set-up at the 52nd Lynchburg Art Festival. It was fun, but so much work! #artfestival #artdisplay #motherartist #womanartist #realism #painting
Photo of artist booth at Lynchburg Art Festival. Photo of artist booth at Lynchburg Art Festival. Side view. Photo of artist booth at Lynchburg Art Festival. Side view. Photo of artist Emily Flint and her three daughters in her booth at Lynchburg Art Festival.
September 29, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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A whitetail fawn in central Virginia. We’ve had a ton of late fawns this year. I’d love to see the tail of a blacktail. Are they actually black?
Photo of a new whitetail deer fawn laying in dried leaves and licking her back.
September 29, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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I’m back in the studio today! Working on several paintings old and new. Switched over to mostly #oilpainting recently. #figurative #contemporaryart #kids #momartist #artstudio #studiopractice
Photograph of the corner of artist Emily Flint’s studio. Photograph of Emily Flint’s studio with a small girl on an upholstered bench playing with an old metal airplane. Photograph of two paintings in progress of children, by Emily Flint. Photograph of a small oil painting of 4 people in a living space.
July 24, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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My girls gave me some #hahnemuhle paper and watercolors for Mother’s Day. Though we had norovirus kicking our butts for the past week, I was able to play a little. Watercolor and gouache. 10”x7”. #painting #watercolor #gouache #childhood #jamesriver #exploration
A watercolor and gouache painting of two little girls peering over the edge of a wet dock with some sticks poking out of the water.
May 13, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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Haven’t posted in a while. I’ve over-committed to our flailing 130+ yr old art club and haven’t had time to paint. Here is a photo of a dead Luna moth with a baby slug, some mushrooms, and the start of a tiny egg tempera that I thought was funny. #lunamoth #slug #eggtempera #naturephoto #mushrooms
Close up photo of a tiny slug crawling on a dying Luna moth’s antenna. Nice clump of mushrooms. A tiny start of an egg tempera painting of a baby in a pink winter coat.
May 7, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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A little gouache portrait of my dad. I’m going to try again and keep it looser.
#gouache #portrait #painting #interior #artwork #womanartist #lovedones
A small gouache portrait of an elderly man in a blue suit jacket inside a light-filled room with a small white dog behind him. By Emily Flint.
April 14, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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Self-portrait gouache on paper. #smallpainting #selfportrait #contemporaryart #depression #womanartist #motherartist #aging
A small dark gouache self-portrait of a middle-aged woman in distress.
April 12, 2025 at 12:17 AM
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I rented a wall in the local art club I have been volunteering with. I’ve become the Membership coordinator and Marketing chair, due to low engagement. I’m hoping to help grow the club, which is one of the oldest of its kind in the U.S. It was really fun to hang my disparate works together!
A photo of a gallery wall filled with many paintings of different sizes and styles by artist Emily Flint. The wall is part of the Member’s Gallery at the Lynchburg Art Club and Gallery in Lynchburg, VA. It is one of the oldest art clubs in the U.S., founded in 1895 by Bernhard Gutmann, Mrs. John A. Mahood, Mrs. Alex W. Terrell, and Louise Jordan Smith, and Georgia Morgan.
March 31, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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Happy #Caturday! From Clover Kitty❤️
#calicocat #catlady #catsofbluesky
A close up photo of a green-eyed calico cat looking top left.
March 22, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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Bluesky is open… quite one work of art to promote yourself! #artshare #contemporaryart #artistpromotion #artistsofbluesky #SciArt
A gold framed painting called “Stirring the Hornet’s Nest” by Emily Flint depicting to young girls wrestling back-to-back within a hornet’s nest set against a blue sky. The girls are giddy with excitement, showing the moment of glee before the shit hits the fan.
March 22, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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Fern soaking up some rays. #sunshine #kitty #cat #catlady #catsobluesky
An upside down tabby cat looking towards the camera whiling laying on a sunny driveway.
March 12, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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No one really appreciates this one, but it’s one of my faves from last year. It’s an acrylic painting of some of our fridge magnets. I made shrinky-dink magnets for my 2nd child when she was little, and the one with me on it happened to get beheaded🤔. #artist #womensart #motherartist #painting #mom
A photograph of an ornately framed painting on a messy desk with a pink car magnet attached at the bottom. The magnet says “#1 Mom.” The painting is a close-up. of a white refrigerator with a shrinky-dink magnet of the artist, Emily Flint, holding hands with her two young daughters. The mom’s head has been broken off and is now poking out of the hot pink convertible car magnet that reads “#1 mom.” The car magnet is in the upper right corner. There is also a purple letter “y”magnet in the upper left.
March 6, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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Fern doesn’t want me to get anything done today. I’m not disagreeing. #lapcat #cat #catlady #catoftheday #rescuecat #cutcuddles
A photograph looking down at a lap with a laptop on one leg and a tabby cat on the other.
March 6, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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This morning I painted a little #gouache #portrait of my oldest daughter, Ella. #artistmother #art #contemporaryart #smallworks #kids #womensart #emotion
A painting by Emily Flint of a young blonde girl laying down with her hair splayed out, looking to the upper left with sad eyes. She is wearing a purple shirt and pink sweatshirt. Both arms are up beside her head and she is holding a lock of her hair between two fingers.
March 4, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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This is one of my favorites.... “Heavy Mama” (2024), oil, acrylic, and flashe on canvas, 48 x 36 inches.
Part Garbage Patch Kids/Diego Rivera/Philip Guston. 💪 #art
A painting by Erin Milez depicting a mother carrying everything but the kitchen sink, and her two children, awkwardly descending a staircase. “Heavy Mama” (2024), oil, acrylic, and flashe on canvas, 48 x 36 inches.
February 28, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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A blue tick puppy!!! I miss my Simon dog.
A painting of a blue tick hound by Emily Flint.
February 27, 2025 at 4:24 AM
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Okay, I’ll give it a go. Thanks for your tips. Are you familiar with Robert Vickrey’s work? I’ve been enjoying his book.
A photo of the book “New Techniques in Egg Tempera,” by Robert Vickrey.
February 25, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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I’m excited to try these lil babies out with egg tempera (because I am not trying to labor for days with true gesso)! Anyone have experience with them?
#eggtempera #ampersand #claybord #slowart #technique #painting #artsupplies #art
A hand holding a little green package of 4”x4” Ampersand claybord panels.
February 24, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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“Rewilding”, acrylic on birch, 2022.
#painting #hornetsnest #insects #nude #womenartists #figurative #contemporary #nature #artist #art #interiordesign #collector #SciArt
A surreal painting by Emily Flint of a nude woman crouching and crawling over roots that are winding around her legs and arm. She has a hornet’s nest head and various insects crawling over her body. Set against a dark blue background.
February 20, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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My least favorite part of the #process (besides cleaning up) is making frames. Cutting, sanding, gluing, sanding, cradling, checking fit, re-cutting…. It takes me so long, but it is my preferred way to display my work. Today is dedicated to building two #float-mount #frames. #artwork #portrait #art
A painting by Emily Flint of a young child sleeping with a small babydoll on her chest. She is wearing a crimson red velvet top and is laying on a white bedspread with a red floral motif. The painting is being checked for fit in a custom built float-mount frame. A photograph of an empty custom-built float-mount frame. A side or 3/4 view of an empty custom-built float-mount frame. A painting by Emily Flint of a young child sleeping with a small babydoll on her chest. She is wearing a crimson red velvet top and is laying on a white bedspread with a red floral motif. The painting is being checked for fit in a custom built float-mount frame. This view is further away and shows a child’s sock on the carpet above the frame.
February 18, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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I probably shouldn’t share this, but here we go. This is the current state of my studio. It absolutely reflects the current state of my entire being. I’m not sure how to dig myself out. Advice? #burnout #studio #artstudio #artistspace #motherartist #studioshed #framebuilding #artist #painter
A photo of a very messy, disorganized, and cluttered artist studio shed. Pieces of wood haphazardly laid around a workbench with miter saw. Paintings, books, tools, boxes, and hornets nests fill the space.
February 18, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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Happy #Caturday! Clover is enjoying a nice nap while it’s pouring outside.
#catsofbluesky #calico #rescuekitty
A photo of a calico cat’s rear paw, while her sleeping head is out of focus in the background.
February 15, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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If you see this, post something RED❤️

‘Poison Ivy’ 2011. I was just learning to paint. #SciArt #portrait #painting #poisonivy #vines
A painted portrait by Emily Flint depicting a red headed woman with vines crawling up her face.
February 14, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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I finally got to paint yesterday… for more than 15 minutes. IT. WAS. AWESOME. Wishing for more days like that. #wip #hornetsnest #art #darkart #dystopian #mentalhealth #momartist #womenartists #painting #arttherapy #SciArt
A painting by Emily Flint of a woman’s shoulders and head hanging upside down. The woman is looking up at a hornet hovering over her open mouth, her hair/head is a hornet’s nest, and there are two other hornets around her. Set against a dark landscape reminiscent of Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa.
February 11, 2025 at 4:48 PM