Emily Porter-Salmon

Emily Porter-Salmon studied English Language and Literature before swapping sides and moving over to Art History, all while keeping up her sideline as a professional portrait painter. Along the way she wrote a PhD thesis looking at textual cues in the works of David Hockney, and painted his portrait, too. She remains fascinated by words and pictures, whether in the context of art galleries or the world of brands. She is delighted to have found a niche in the world of semiotics, where a tendency to get analytical about all manner of cultural phenomena is actually a good thing. On the side, Emily juggles an eclectic and occasionally embarrassing array of hobbies – from taking over the world in strategy computer games to making scale miniatures. When she’s not pursuing these, you might find her pretending to write her novel.