Emma Fanning is a visual artist with a focus on works on paper and ceramics based in northern New Jersey. Her ink and watercolor drawings are influenced by her background in art history, study of 17th and 18th century design, and love of animals, both large and small. Featuring a whimsical cast of characters including Clementine the orange cat and Leo the lion, Fanning creates imagined worlds in which elements from the art and design of eras past serve as a stage for ever growing array of charismatic creatures.

Photo by Rebecca Smeyne for The New York Times.