History Captured in Color
Bring home an art piece that envelopes the centuries of history from Charleston, SC. Whether national landmark or local secret, every painting holds a unique story meant to showcase the rapidly fading preservation of Charleston.
With a limited number of prints, each art piece is exclusive and comes signed, with a small display card discussing the backstory of the building or scene featured.
These prints are perfect for the hardcore history nerd or the causal persuer of beauty, all hand-painted by a 10th-generation local.
Featured Products
Each season comes with a new print, something to capture the feel and the beauty of the changing weather. Winter 2025 features the ever-green live oak trees native to Charleston, SC, amongst the still and silent cold-weather marsh. Only 16 of these prints exist, each an exclusive memento as the year comes to a close.
South Carolina’s Great Egret features beautiful white plumes and yellow eyes, and was nearly hunted to extinction for its feathers. Today, many of these birds make their homes in Cypress Gardens, a preserve iconic for its swampy landscape and the filming of movies and shows like The Patriot, The Notebook, and Outer Banks.
The land around Cypress Gardens originally served as a rice plantation from the 1720s until after the American Civil War. While the land itself holds a heavy history, the repurposing into public gardens allows for visitors all over the world to experience the beauty of the South Carolina Lowcountry.
Bring home a print of the Great Egret walking around the swamps of Cypress Gardens to remind you of the beauty that can persevere despite suffering.
Charleston Single Houses are a single room wide, as many rooms deep as a homeowner needed, and were always oriented to the south or to the west. This southern or westward orientation allowed them to catch the breeze off of the water, that would push the hot air up the staircase and out of the home, creating circulation before AC.
These homes feature privacy doors leading to open porches called piazzas, designed for residents to cool off during hot summer days. By closing that privacy door, Charlestonians could sit in light clothing or underwear to enjoy the breeze.
Hang a breezy Charleston Single House in your home and enjoy the blue skies of Lowcountry summer.
Emily Karis loves Charleston
As someone raised in the city, the centuries of history shaped the way I tell stories. Charleston dually shares the beauty in the architecture and preservation, as well as being a place where 40% of slaves brought into the United States touched down in the country. There is a push and pull in the city, stories begging to be told. Stories that we see even in the last decade, fading out of public consciousness..
I capture those stories before they are gone forever. From vacant streetcorners to towering churches, Charleston deserves to be painted. I’m overjoyed to share each of her stories with you.
CONTACT
Current Works
