Emerson Mayes is a Yorkshire born award-winning artist who enjoys a growing reputation for a fresh, honest and uncontrived approach to his work. With his roots firmly in the British landscape tradition, Mayes's paintings reflect his obvious passion for this vast and complex subject. Although he strives to achieve a direct response, he is never tied down by the topographical elements in the landscape. Through constant working and reworking a relationship builds up between the landscape and the painting, resulting in a truthful yet intuitive conclusion.

Awards gained by Emerson Mayes include: the Exhibition Award, Leeds Art Fair (2006); Highly commended, Yorkshire Open, Harrogate (2003); Laing Landscape Prize under 25s, Northern England (1998); Harrogate Borough Council Centenary Award (1997); Small Work Award, Manchester Academy of Fine Arts (1996); Young Artist of the Year Award, Harewood House, Leeds (1995).