Emma Hercus is a painter born in Hastings and now living in Plimmerton, just north of Wellington.The everchanging ocean and its view from her home serve as constant reference points in Emma's narrative abstract figurative paintings.I loved talking to Emma. We talk about her early influences and inspiration from family as she was growing up, the amazing basketry and weaving practice she developed when she first decided to get back into being creative after having kids - which after a number of...