Meet Emma

Emma Loizides is a London-based painter whose oil paintings blend travel, memory, and imagination. Inspired by her years living in Las Vegas and her love of cinema, she transforms candy-coloured street scenes, neon skylines, and palm tree sunsets into playful, dreamlike artworks.
Her paintings remove the chaos of modern life — no people, no cars — leaving behind an atmosphere of calm, light, and escape. Each canvas is both nostalgic and uplifting, inviting the viewer into a world of possibility.

“I like to paint places the way I remember feeling in them — not just how they looked. There’s something magical about giving everyday scenes a bit of glow.”

— Emma Loizides

Artist statement

“My fascination for all things Americana began at a young age. Cinema opened my eyes to the frenetic streets of New York in Home Alone, and I saw a glimpse of the big Boulevards of Hollywood in Pretty Woman.”

Painting of a palm tree with a tall, slender trunk and a rounded cluster of green and yellow fronds against a blue sky.

Emma Loizides painting on a canvas. She is using a thin brush and has her right hand raised to work on the artwork, which features a landscape with palm trees and mountains.

Emma Loizides sitting at an art studio table, holding a paintbrush, surrounded by paintings, art supplies, and a pink cart filled with paint tubes.

My route into art wasn’t a traditional one. After university I started working in banking and enrolled in Saturday classes to learn oil painting. Travel became a resource for my work, sketching and photographing my road trips along the way. I am drawn to colourful sunsets, interesting architecture, and anything from palm trees to road signs. My sketchbook helps me record moments of curiosity moving through a place, of being present.

Strolling around the streets of London is also a source of inspiration. I often Paint idealised scenes of the city, devoid of people and cars, emulating a sense of calm, or even melancholy. Capturing the peaceful mystery of the early hours.

My work is rich with texture, inspired by artists such as Wayne Thiebauld, who creates a creamy consistency with paint. My romanticized paintings feature quirky buildings and expansive skies with pops of pastel neon paint. The saturated cityscapes are about escapism, offering the viewer a moment to contemplate. A short break from the chaos of city life.

I have been told by people in the past that my work has a sense of humor which I love, I like to think that my paintings are uplifting in some way. They are also about fun and enjoyment, sharing the feeling of nostalgia I get looking over a twinkling skyline, painting an ice cream van or mixing the Florida pink that brings happy memories.