I love to create images through painting 🎨, drawing ✏️ and embroidery 🧵 as well as through styling and art direction. My aesthetic is maximalist, blending both old and new, found and created.
In March 2023 I participated in a collaborative process to augment portraits by the Artist Deborah Kelly. You can read more about that experience here.
In 2024, I have been interested in portraiture. My friend Lexi and I entered portraits into the Archibald Prize, which you can read more about here. My self-portrait (below) was exhibited as part of Kaleidoscope III at Belco Arts, a collection of art celebrating LGBTIAQ+ pride.
Here are some examples of my work 🔽
Image descriptions (clockwise from top left)
- A self-portrait of me in gouache and watercolour on linen board.
- Cat embroidery.
- A painting of my living room in watercolour and ink.
- A photograph of model Rasi Gupta taken by Jesse Petrie. Styling and art direction by me.
- Cityscape in pencil and ink.
- Pet portraits in watercolour and ink.
- Augmented portrait of Latai Taumoepeau by Artist Deborah Kelly mentioned above.
In July 2024, I participated in the Craft + Design Canberra creative journal challenge. Each day we received a prompt to respond to in any creative medium. I decided to make my responses in a sweet little Japanese journal I had bought. I used ink pen to create each background and water colour and gouache to create little tarot inspired cards.
Here are a few of my favourite responses. You can also check out all the other participants here.
