Emily Leonard Trenholm: Shapeshifters
On View: June 12 – July 17, 2026
Reception: Friday, June 12, 5–7 pm
Over the past several years, I have put much of my energy into drawing and painting trees. Their flaky, smooth, mossy, gnarled bark. The thin slivers of sticky branches shooting out from trunks and sturdy bows support dense evergreen foliage. I am fascinated by how these shapes hold space and reveal and conceal portals into the deep woods. I love spending time outside and feel most free painting when I’m surrounded by towering flora. The combinations of subjects are endless; I could spend a lifetime drawing and painting trees.
— Emily Leonard Trenholm
Emily Leonard Trenholm
Emily Leonard Trenholm is a visual artist, educator, and curator whose studio practice documents her experience living in the woods on the coast of Maine. She received her MFA from Boston University in 2011 and her BFA from the University of New Hampshire in 2005. Her work is in public and private collections, including Boston University, Drummond Woodsum, Dartmouth College, Sovereign Bank, and Zilman Art Museum, among others. Emily lives and works in Brunswick, Maine.