2025 | Editorial
| Professional
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She/her - Why did you create this work?
I created this watercolour painting as a response to Mishima's short story From the Wilderness. The outcome felt like a new space in my practice – the use of watercolours contributes to the atmosphere, while the lighting adds a cinematic quality to the scene, enhancing its narrative depth. A friend of mine noted the piece’s set-like quality, pointing out the flatness of the bookshelf and the dramatic lighting. - How were your illustrations used?
This was an illustration for the New Yorker’s fiction section exploring Yukio Mishima’s short story ‘From the Wilderness’.
- What materials and techniques did you use?
I used watercolours on Arches 300gsm cold pressed watercolour paper. The watercolour’s pigmentation and paper’s grain add a tactile quality to the image, which will very likely be viewed on a screen. - Was this project commissioned?
Commissioned - Commissioner Name
Steph Wu - Commissioner Company
The New Yorker - Who was the work commissioned for?
The New Yorker - Agent
Grand Matter - Agent Instagram
@grandmatter_ - College / University
ENSAV La Cambre (BA), Edinburgh College of Art (MA) - Course and graduation date
BA, Fine Drawing - 2019 MA, Illustration - 2021 - Personal Website or Portfolio Link
joannablemont.com/
- Instagram
instagram.com/joannablemont
- Biography
Edinburgh-based artist, Joanna Blémont, creates distinctive watercolour illustrations with a dream-like quality, exploring scenes and spaces as sequential imprints. Often working from memories and photo archives, applying unusual colour palettes, these everyday moments in time take on a quiet, ambiguous reality.
Joanna’s practice lends itself to a range of outputs including editorial publications, branding, music and more, her clients including The New Yorker, De Correspondent, CHZON, Stéréolux - Where are you currently based?
United Kingdom (UK)
