Emerson Pullman’s figurative paintings occupy a space between realism and abstraction. Using the figure as a framework, he explores themes of time, memory, introspection and mortality. His subjects are frequently shown turning away from the viewer, creating a sense of distance that invites contemplation and reflection. Pullman plays with the mechanics of painting through gestural layers of colour while allowing parts of the canvas to remain unpainted, so that images feel deliberately unresolved. This approach imbues his work with a quiet tension, caught between presence and disappearance.

Pullman’s work is held in international private collections. He was included in the New Contemporaries in 2023. He has exhibited at the Camden Art Centre, London; The Grundy Art Gallery, Blackpool; Sid Motion Gallery, London; Twilight Contemporary, London; John Swarbrooke Fine Art, London; New Normal Projects, London; Koppel Projects, London; Wells Cathedral, Somerset and Sunny Bank Mills; Leeds. In 2025, Canopy Collections curated his first solo exhibition, titled Emerson Pullman: What was left behind.