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Angel Protecting My Home — original painting by Emma Prado: a kneeling angel with magenta-to-amber wings sheltering a small white house.

✦ Competition wear · Attire · Original art · Los Angeles

Art made to move & shine.

I'm Emma Prado — a Los Angeles artist. From hand-crafted, crystal-covered competition wear to stage gowns, special-occasion dresses, and original paintings, every piece is made to move and catch the light. Free estimates, always.

See the work

Close detail of hand-cut fabric petals and set crystals on a competition leotard.

Competition Wear

Crystal-covered competition leotards and costumes, built to move with the athlete.

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Gold guipure lace ball gown with a full skirt, photographed in a sunlit hall.

Stage Gowns

Show-stopping stage gowns made to command the light from the first step.

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Navy floral gown with a fitted bodice and a trained skirt, seen from behind.

Special Occasion Dresses

One-of-a-kind dresses for the moments that deserve something made just for you.

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Competition

Made to move with the athlete

Custom, crystal-covered competition leotards and costumes — designed to catch every light on the floor and built to perform.

Red competition leotard with a cascade of hand-cut petals down the bodice and crystals scattered across the mesh.

Hand-cut petals, set stone by stone.

Royal blue competition leotard with silver scrollwork embroidery, in progress on a dress form.

Silver scrollwork on royal blue.

Close detail of hand-cut fabric petals and set crystals across the shoulder of a competition leotard.

Every stone set by hand.

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Attire

Stage gowns & special-occasion dresses

Hand-crafted gowns and dresses for the stage and for the moments worth dressing up for — each one made to move and shine.

Full-length black satin gown with gold embroidered floral detail across one shoulder.

Black satin, gold embroidery.

Gold lace, full sweep.

Fitted through, then it opens.

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Art & Illustrations

Original paintings & illustrations

Original paintings and commissioned pieces — like Angel Protecting My Home in the header — plus tiled murals and public work made at the scale of a wall.

Painting of a girl in an orange dress surrounded by butterflies.

Abstract painting of a glowing sun over water.

Painting of a winged angel embracing a cow in a green field.

Folk-style painting of a girl among flowers and birds.

Painting of a red bird among blue flowers.

Portrait painting of a girl with a small bird.

Close-up painting of a face with a daisy.

Painting of a girl surrounded by birds and stylized flowers on a warm orange ground.

Painting of a reptilian eye in red and amber, ringed by deep green scales.

Abstract painting in scattered red, blue and yellow over a pale ground.

Long horizontal painting of a red squid drifting past jellyfish and bubbles.

Tiled mural of a galloping navy horse with painted flowers, set into a pool wall.

Mural of red and blue fish shoaling across pale blue steps.

Mural of geckos among poppies in green and gold.

Mural of birds in flight across a pale blue wall.

Mural of layered blue handprints, each signed with initials.

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✦ Meet the artist

Hi, I'm Emma

I'm a Los Angeles artist working across original paintings, illustrations, and hand-crafted competition wear and attire. Whether it's a piece for your wall or something made to move and shine under the lights, every commission starts with a conversation and ends with something made just for you.

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Get in touch

Let's talk

Book a 15-minute call

Pick an afternoon time that works for you and we'll have a short, no-pressure chat about your idea, your piece, or a custom estimate.

Contact

Have a piece in mind?

Tell me about your idea and I'll send a free estimate — by email, or on a quick call.

hello@emmaprado.com