Artist Emma Bass finds life-affirming beauty in many places, sometimes even in disorder and decay. Words: Tracey Strange Watts  Photos: Tessa Chrisp A Christmas past. A child (let’s say she’s 10) is taken by her cardiologist father to Auckland Hospital’s coronary care unit. She has an important job, he tells her. It’s to paint the … Continue reading How artist Emma Bass harnesses the healing power of beauty in her floral works of art inspired by the Dutch Golden Age