Emma Kohlmann talks about her childhood and becoming an artist in Elle Denmarks December issue

American Emma Kohlmann is shaped by many things: her grandmother's colorful house, her father's plant paradise, the mother's Italian family and the strict ballet teacher. The 35-year-old visual artist was a shy child and as a young woman, she was unsure of her own artistic abilities, but she persisted creating until the breakthrough came.

"After college I felt lost. I didn't know what to do with my life. In the back of my mind was the dream of becoming an artist and I continued to produce because I felt I had to, but I wouldn't dare call myself an artist if it didn't really happen"

- Emma Kohlmann

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