Introducing the Inaugral Open Call Artists
Alexandra Blunn
My work is a reflection of my natural surroundings, from the rolling hills which surround our region to the fresh open beaches and intricate rock pools which I explore with my little ones. I have always painted but it was only since having my two children that I felt my inhibitions dissolve enough to show my work to others. Since then I have evolved my work predominantly working in the same style I have been working in since high school. My intuitive style of painting often includes bold colours and layers to reveal the story of my work through the use of pattern. I do this by applying a layer of paint over the colour in varying intensity and embellishing with intricate patterns. I often include strange little creatures and hidden layers in my paintings and my children always make their mark which i include in the finished painting. My abstract floral work uses the same energy and layering technique with more of a focus on the shapes and colours of gardens and blooms. The en masse pattern is both bold and pretty. I have recently begun some still life work which is a completely different focus, I enjoy this style of painting as I need to engage in a different way of thinking, looking at shape and shadow rather than using my intuition of colour and pattern. I find this beneficial and a bit of mental shift from my intuitive work when I am not in the flow of my practice. These paintings celebrate the every day and the household tabletop. I have stared using my abstract map paintings as a grounding for my still life work - intuitively using colour and shape to guide me with the still life work. When I am creating a commissioned work I like to draw upon the energy of the collector and include meaningful objects in the work such as special plates, books and shells to create a painting that is truly special. I am formally trained as a facialist and studied the practice of reiki energy healing which I still use today in my painting. When I am deep in the flow of my work I feel a deep connection to the land and infuse positive energy into every piece through use of colour and texture.
Amy Elizabeth
Amy an emerging artist who is inspired by the natural environment and the beauty found in nature. She loves to work abstractly in order to convey a feeling or mood and to enable the viewer to become a participant in the creative experience. She is a lover of colour, intuitive mark making and allowing the paint to do its thing in the form of drips, splatters and areas of thickly applied paint where the colours swirl and combine themselves in a more random, less controlled, fashion. She hopes her artworks bring joy and that participants find something surprising each time they stop to view the work.
Angharad Thompson Rees
Angharad Thompson Rees is a visual artist, illustrator, and author based on Sydney's Northern Beaches. Colour has always been her first language; bold, instinctive, unafraid of joy. Across her illustrated picture books, loose sketch work, and abstract painting, the same impulse runs through everything: a desire to make the invisible feel vivid. In her current abstract series, She Dreams in Every Colour, she turns inward, mapping the bright, shifting windows of emotion we move through within our lives. Each piece is a day held still: layered, exposed, and alive with colour.
Andrew Duffin
My work is watercolour and gouache impressionism, mostly landscapes and seascapes. Sometimes restrained, other times bold. It is an artform rehearsed over time, but the production is very spontaneous. I love the simplicity of line sketching. It is intriguing that through a few strokes the essence of character can be communicated so effortlessly. Like Picasso’s drawing of a dachshund. Beauty in simplicity. I see my style of watercolour as an extension of this, fundamentally discovering the heart of a place. My art reflects the joy of immersion in the environment. I love scenes where I can capture the mix of power and calmness. Every moment the sky changes, the shadows move, the colours change. I love to simply capture the essence of a place. My work distils a complex scene to find the heart and narrate the moment. At architecture school I studied still life, and life drawing along with technical drawing. It brought me a career but importantly a love for the creative process and delivering joy through a design. I have exhibited work in Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, and regional NSW. I have won awards and been recognised for striking watercolour compositions that breakdown complex scenes to depict the essence of place. Painted with confidence and restraint – a delightful mixture of sharp and soft focus. Bowral Art Gallery Judges comments
Anna Walsh
Anna Walsh is an emerging Australian artist and working from her home studio on the lands of the Yorta Yorta people in Moama, NSW. Anna’s artistic style can be described as a harmonious blend of traditional techniques and contemporary aesthetics. Choosing to move between detailed florals and free flowing abstracts, her work showcases detailed, hand-rendered designs that draw inspiration from the Australian landscape, particularly its unique flora. The use of warm, earthy tones reflects the natural environment, while the intricate patterns and textures highlight Anna’s background in textile design. This combination results in pieces that are both nostalgic and modern, offering viewers a fresh perspective on familiar natural elements. When Anna isn't painting she can be found with her husband and two sons, spending time in nature or volunteering at the local art gallery in Echuca.
Carmen Hui
Carmen Hui is a Sydney-based artist whose work explores memory, nostalgia, and the emotional connection we hold with everyday objects. Working primarily in coloured pencil, she creates detailed still life drawings that transform familiar items into quiet portraits of personal and collective memory. Vintage packaging, household keepsakes, native flora, and treasured possessions often become the focus of her work, chosen for the stories and feelings they carry. Her practice is centred on the idea that ordinary objects can hold extraordinary meaning. A worn tin, a favourite cup, or a childhood treat can become a vessel for comfort, identity, and remembrance. Through slow, careful mark-making, Carmen invites viewers to pause and reflect on the small things that shape a life. Drawing from her experiences growing up in Australia, her work often blends nostalgia with a contemporary sensitivity, celebrating both the beauty of objects and the memories attached to them. Her artworks have found homes across Australia and beyond, resonating with collectors who are drawn to sentiment, storytelling, and the quiet poetry of everyday life.
Christina Jane
A mamma, cafe owner and artist. When I was a kid I use to sit at the dinning table with a mountain of colouring in books and pencils. I would sit there for hours creating my master pieces. I would be ever so careful to not colour outside the lines. I would colour with so much care and love. Once I finished I would insist it was the best one yet and it had to be kept or best yet go on the fridge. Now i create abstract art and rainbow landscapes using different mediums. Acrylic, watercolour, oil pastel on wood. Pools of pigments that are pushed and pulled, scrapped and smeared, grabbing inspiration from nature, my inner child imagination with unique colours and textures. I don’t fit into a particular mould. What I do know is that art is for everyone and we should all have a little more art in our lives. Self expression is a wonderful tool to process the world around us. Creating art that brings someone joy, a story that someone can relate to, is truly a wonderful feeling. To find people their perfect art pieces and connect through story telling is a wonderful process like nothing else.
Claire Cassidy
Claire Cassidy, working under the name Studio Flos, is a queer artist based on Gadigal Land. Through her practice, Claire pushes the boundaries of collage, transforming hand-cut heavy white paper into richly layered fine art. Each element is meticulously shaped, painted and assembled, building depth through texture and shadow. The result is a work that feels both delicate and grounded, unexpected and unique. Claire builds dream-like scenes piece by piece, carefully considering colour and shadow. Sometimes powerful, sometimes tender, her work embraces complexity, beauty and resilience, while still holding onto a sense of play and mischief. Each work is an opportunity for the viewer to pause, wonder, connect and smile. Claire is heavily inspired by the discovery of her grandmother’s delicate scherenschnitte — traditional paper cut crafts saved from when she was a child. Claire became fascinated with the art of paper cutting, which she has evolved into a fresh, playful style that brings a modern twist to the traditional craft. She is also inspired by folk art, mythology, sapphic yearning and the moon. Claire enjoys creating fine art as well as illustrations, murals and installations, If you have a collaboration in mind please reach out! Claire has exhibited widely and has created commissions and content for Australian Design Centre, Inner West Council, Frankie Magazine, Peppermint Magazine, Made590 and Officeworks, among others. Originally from London, Claire has called Australia home since 2012 and now creates from her Marrickville studio.
Daniela Minns
Daniela Minns is a Sydney based abstract painter and ceramicist. Creativity has always been at the heart of every pursuit Daniela has had professionally (first as a writer & stylist in magazines, then as an e-commerce entrepreneur and fashion buyer) so it was a natural shift when, after having her three children, she picked up a paintbrush over a decade ago. “My works are primarily abstract because I love to interpret what I see, feel and think onto the canvas in a way that only I see it. Abstraction speaks to my soul in the same way because it is loose, wild and free and is not bound by reality”. Daniela has exhibited in Australia since 2016, in many group shows and two joint shows with her father, artist Gary Gregg. She was a finalist in the Little things art prize at Saint Cloche gallery (2022), the Palette Project art prize at Gallery Alchemy and the Inverell Contemporary (2025). She exhibited in Amsterdam during her time living there (2017-19) and has work held in private collections in both Australia and internationally.
Elizabeth Sullivan
Elizabeth is a stitch artist residing in Sydney, Australia. She has cultivated a distinctive style that merges mixed media with embroidery. Over recent years, she has honed her focus on stitch art, creating unique, distinctive stitched "paintings" rich in texture, depth, and intricate detail. Nature serves as Elizabeth's well of inspiration. Through an intuitive process, she translates elements of the natural world into her artworks, blending abstract impressions with touches of semi-realism. Her innovative approach offers a textured exploration of nature’s beauty, bringing a unique perspective to the realm of stitch art.
Elle France
Elle France is an Australian artist based in Perth, known for her impressionistic still lifes and botanical works. With a background in fine arts and art education, her practice centres on colour, light, and the emotional resonance of familiar objects. Elle’s work has been exhibited in solo and group shows across Australia, including Wild Canary Art, Oxford Street Gallery, and Melville Open Studios. She is the 2024 Wylie Art Awards Oil Painting Winner and a finalist in the Sydney Road Gallery Emerging Artist Award. Her pieces are held in private collections throughout Australia.
Eva Baer
Eva Baer is a Sydney-based visual artist working predominantly with oil paints. Her practice spans portraiture and figure studies, but in recent years she has developed a deep interest in the beauty of the everyday. This has led to a growing body of still life works that thoughtfully experiment with colour and celebrate the quiet existence of domestic spaces and familiar interior scenes.
Eva Baer’s works celebrate the quiet moments that punctuate the busy rhythm of modern life through the arranging and documenting of everyday scenes. her still lifes have sparked an endeavour in finding beauty in the lull and capturing the visual indulgences forgotten in the movement of our busy lives.
Heidi Maunder
Heidi Maunder is a Sydney based emerging artist whose abstracted landscapes draw on memory, travel and lived experience of the Australian environment. Her practice engages with land and native flora, using intuitive colour, texture and light to evoke atmosphere and emotional resonance. Influenced by motherhood and her upbringing on acreage in Western Australia, Heidi's work reflects an enduring connection to nature and a desire for escapism. Her paintings move toward the ethereal, prioritising luminosity and spatial depth to create immersive, dreamlike spaces. Working in acrylic and oil stick, Heidi's practice continues to evolve through experimentation and material exploration. Her work is held in local and international collections, and she has exhibited widely in group exhibitions, solo and art prizes.
Ivvy Derman
Ivvy Derman is a Melbourne-based contemporary artist known for her bold abstract and still life works, combining vibrant colours and textured mixed media. A Bluethumb Rising Star in 2024, her art has been featured on Channel 7's Dream Home, in Inside Out magazine, The Age, and The Interiors Addict. She has collaborated with The Card Network and exhibited with Bluethumb Gallery at the Affordable Art Fair, Melbourne. With a background in digital advertising, Ivvy brings a strong visual sensibility to her art, and has supplied interior designers with works for renovation projects. More of Ivvy’s works can be found on www.ivvydermanart.com
Jaimee Paul
New Zealand born, Sydney based, Jaimee Paul, paints ‘Art For Purpose’, which portrays the beauty of nature’s Beings and celebrates what’s worth protecting through her realistic black and white watercolour portraits. Jaimee Paul’s life has always revolved around two things: art and animals. She creates work from her Brookvale studio where her Art For Purpose takes on a life of its own, from lions to larger than life rhino’s, koalas, kangaroos, right down to even the tiniest honeybee. As a passionate activist for animals, the ocean, and the natural environment, she uses her work to raise funds and aims to foster a conversation of custodianship from her viewers. Jaimee Paul is the Founder of NinetyFive Percent an Art for Oceans charity exhibition, as well as a co-founder of Brookvale Arts District, Sydney Road Gallery and La Crème Creative Inc. a Not For Profit creative co-working space on Sydney’s Northern Beaches. Most recently Jaimee appeared on Episode One of ABC IViews Portrait Artist Of The Year Australia 2026.
Jo Horsley
Jo is a self-taught artist, children’s book author, and illustrator living in Sydney. Her work is instantly recognisable for its vibrant, joyful energy, with bold acrylic pieces that bring minimalist tropical scenes to life through rich colour and simplicity. Jo has a deep love for the beauty of everyday Australian coastal life. She creates calming beach scenes inspired by Australia’s iconic ocean pools and nostalgic beach shacks, celebrating a slower, simpler way of living. Jo has exhibited at a art fairs around the country and at various group shows in Sydney.
Jo Tilker
My art brings together my passion for food and for hosting. Some of the best memories are made around a shared table. My paintings call to mind occasions like an entertaining afternoon with friends, a special milestone, or a relaxed evening at home. They are a celebration of these collective moments as well as the joy of eating and drinking well. Loosely inspired by impressionist still life paintings, I use instead bold pops of colour, patterns and subject matter with a distinctively Australian twist.
Joya Jeong
Joya Jeong is a Sydney-based artist painting colourful tablescapes in acrylic on canvas. She is inspired by the idea that some of life’s most meaningful moments happen around shared food and drinks. While working as a software engineer, Joya began painting as a creative outlet, something that quickly grew into a dedicated practice and an engaged online following. She has been commissioned to paint personal moments such as wedding meals, and is drawn to the process of turning memories into lasting, visual keepsakes. Through her work, she hopes to make collecting original art feel more approachable, particularly for younger audiences.
Juliet Justice
Juliet Justice is an emerging abstract artist whose practice is informed by her background in floral design in London. Her work explores rich colour palettes, organic firms, and layered textures inspired by the natural world. Juliet has exhibited in a range of group shows across Sydney and the Central Coast, and held her first solo exhibition in 2025 at Heart Gallery, Copacabana Beach. She has studied at the National Art School and Willoughby Art Centre, and recently completed an intensive week long abstract art course in Zakynthos, Greece.
Katie Mooney-Sheppard
Katie Mooney-Sheppard is an Irish-Australian artist, born in Mt. Isa, Queensland in 1988. She graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Art (Honours) from the National College of Art & Design in Dublin, Ireland in 2012. Her practice has evolved from photography and installation to a current focus on handbuilt stoneware ceramics. She also creates functional and decorative ceramic homewares under the name Grand Soft Day.
Her practice is rooted in the everyday, the familiar, and the human desire to capture, memorialise or impose order on life’s impermanence. Like with her earlier photographic practice, she uses ceramics as a tool in this pursuit, attempting to capture elements like light, shade, movement, memory and form, and transform them into lasting tactile objects. Her current work represents the futility of this desire and the uncanny, stilted, dreamlike or surreal images and forms that can result from our attempts to bring permanence to the impermanent.
Her handbuilt stoneware ceramics often include fragments of conversations, memories or feelings hand painted or carved onto raw surfaces. Botanical silhouettes and forms cut from slabs may adorn them, or be revealed using methods of glaze resist. Textured slabs and pinched clay act as a direct record of the artist’s hand and labour, and the firing process lends them a permanence far beyond most artistic mediums.
Kim Saunders
Kim is a Tasmanian based artist working in acrylic on canvas, with layered details of hand stitching and gold leaf. Her practice explores the emotional language of colour through abstracted blooms and shell forms, creating work that invites stillness and connection.
Kristine Ballard
I am a Sydney-based artist working with expressive paint and sumptuous colour in a style I have been developing that I call ‘Fragmatism’. In this process, I deconstruct form and reconstruct colour to create reimagined spaces. It’s my invitation for viewers to reconnect with and reclaim colour back into their own lives. My passion for colour and painting has taken me across continents, including residencies in New York, Venice, and France. Grateful for these international experiences, I am always returning to the unique quality of our Australian light. It remains central to my practice, shaping the radiance, clarity, and intensity of my palette.
My work explores themes of tenacity and splendour within both the natural world and the human condition. Through still lifes, interiors, and landscapes, I seek to elevate the everyday and often overlooked, using optical colour relationships to generate depth, movement, and emotional resonance. At the core of my practice is a belief in the transformative capacity of colour to influence perception and wellbeing. Across international exhibitions, residencies, art prizes, and commercial collaborations, my practice is guided by a commitment to help the world move “bright beyond beige.”I see colour as a force of resilience, beauty, and renewal.
Lara Allport
Lara Allport is an Australian artist, illustrator, and creative director whose work explores the intersection of nature, symbolism, femininity, and storytelling. Drawing inspiration from Australian flora and fauna. Represented by Northern Beaches Gallery, Lara has exhibited nationally and internationally, with works shown in London, Miami, Detroit, Abu Dhabi, and Dubai. She has been a finalist in the Northern Beaches Gallery Art Prize and the Paddington, Mosman, and Warringah Art Prizes. Known for creating immersive visual worlds that reward repeated viewing, Lara’s practice reflects a fascination with the intelligence of nature, the transience of time, memory, fertility, and our emotional connection to the natural world. Her artworks often conceal subtle references and symbols, inviting audiences to discover new meanings with every encounter. Beyond her fine art practice, Lara is deeply involved in Australia’s creative and cultural landscape. She is an advocate for artistic growth and community initiatives within Brookvale Arts District (BAD), and is the founder of The Drawing Arm and The National Grid. Her multidisciplinary background in branding, illustration, and art direction informs her distinctive aesthetic language and refined sense of composition. Recently appointed Art Director of Art & Style Magazine, Lara continues to champion contemporary creativity while expanding her own artistic practice into luxury lifestyle and resort design through her upcoming label, @allport_resort.
Kuan Chen
Kuan Chen is a potter based in Sydney. He began his journey in 2022. He works mainly with stoneware and porcelain by using a combination of wheel-throwing and hand-building. Inspired by styles such as Art Nouveau and Ukiyo-e, his pieces explore the transmutative relationship between elemental nature and clay forms.
Lee Jade
Lee Jade is a self-taught Australian artist based on the Sunshine Coast, QLD, whose work is rooted in boldness, movement, and genuine human connection. Growing up as one of three girls in a creative family, making art was simply part of life, a language she has spoken ever since. What began as a joyful pastime has grown into ByLeeJade, a body of work that invites others into her creative world. Lee paints the things that stir something in us; the raw intensity of the boxing ring, the majesty of horses, and the quiet, powerful bond between people and the animals they love. Working in acrylic on canvas with a dry-brush technique and a bold, limited palette, her pieces are high contrast and deeply emotive, made with nothing but passion and joy.
Maria Paterson
Australian artist Maria Paterson is inspired by the subtle relationships between nature, subconscious memories, and human perception. A long time practitioner in the Northern Rivers of nsw, Maria’s highly experimental approach to mixed media drawing and painting has received numerous commendations, including The Border Art Prize (2010), and the FID International Drawing Competition (2018). In 2002, Maria completed a Diploma of Education which allowed her to share her advanced skills at secondary schools and community colleges. She has actively participated in group exhibitions for over four decades, and more recently, she has enhanced her career with four solo exhibitions, with many of her works being acquired for local and international collections.
Marianne Le Cheaf
I am a visual artist dedicated to exploring the intersection of internal emotion and the physical world through bold, textured color. My practice is grounded in the use of heavy-bodied acrylics on deep-edge birch panels, a choice that allows me to build tactile surfaces that feel both substantial and permanent. Through the magpie talisman, I explore the weight of family, the gravity of obligation, and the distinct, often complex feelings that define my experience of motherhood. My style sits at the edge of surrealism, infused with a hint of expressionism to convey energy and movement. I discuss the tension between beauty and the demands of motherhood. It is a meditation on the obligation we feel to remain present while experiencing the quiet, persistent urge to drift, a visual exploration of the stillness found in the center of life’s most chaotic and beautiful responsibilities.
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Mark Rowden
I’m a Sydney-based artist and printmaker, and my practice is a big part of my everyday life. I work mainly in hand-coloured linocut, using a hands-on process of carving, printing, and painting each piece to build texture and depth. My work sits between nature and the figure. Some pieces focus on the landscape—native plants, bush settings, and the changing light of the Australian environment. Others are more figurative, often centred on women, exploring mood, strength, and quiet moments. Across both, I’m interested in feeling as much as image. Whether it’s a landscape or a figure, I try to create work that holds a sense of presence—something calm, personal, and grounded in real experience. Living and working in Sydney continues to shape what I make, with both the natural environment and the people around me feeding into the work.
Olga Zwarts
Loop LAB is a design studio that combines playful designs with textiles, creating cozy pieces of art for your walls. All of the art work is hand tufted with 100% New Zealand wool and then gallery wrapped over a frame to create an inviting 3D effect you just want to reach out and touch.
Creativity is a force that strives to be self-expressed into the physical world. In this artwork I have explored my design using wool as a medium to carry out my ideas. The texture of the wool adds another dimension, on top of the visual appreciation, that you can experience through touch. The combination of a playful design and the softness of the material would compel the viewer to reach out and touch it, and the best part - they can! My latest flower collection explores vibrant colour pallets and an addition of a fringe that extends the design outside of the frame giving it an extra layer of interest.
Rachael Vogelzang
Rachael Vogelzang is an emerging Newcastle-based artist whose practice explores the interconnectedness of self, nature, and the unseen energies that shape our lives. She works primarily with marbling, using water as both medium and metaphor to investigate memory, movement, intuition, and transformation. Her vivid, layered compositions invite deeper states of connection and reflection, echoing the quiet yet powerful forces of water, energy, and light. Rachael holds a Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Newcastle and a Diploma of Education from Southern Cross University. She has exhibited in 2 competitive entry group shows at Newcastle Art Space; Including Botanicals (2025) and Summer Salt & the Clay Room (2024) She also exhibited in 2 group shows at the Owen’s Collective including Playground (November 2025) Azimuth (2025) Her work was also selected to exhibit in the Summer Salon group exhibition at Straitjacket Gallery, in Newcastle (December 2025) Rachael's debut solo exhibition, Elixir: The Sacred Essence of Life, opened at The Owens Collective in December 2024. This year Rachael had a solo show ‘Fluid States’ at Neo Gallery (March 2026) and her work is also currently on show in a collaborative exhibition with her sister and father in ‘Naturally Connected’ at Spiral Gallery in Bega, (April-May 2026)
Sasha Krautman
Sasha’s work flows between abstraction and detail. She combines two or more images into a grid, where each square looks like a tiny abstraction, but together they compose two distinct melodies that sing in harmony with each other. It engages our brain and eyes in an exciting play of shifting between two scenes—first viewing them separately, then noticing similarities and crossovers, and finally seeing how they merge into one another. Sasha finds the most joy in exploring visual freedom within the strict structure of geometric forms, a framework that allows her body of work to remain cohesive regardless of the subjects she chooses.
Having developed her own drawing technique, Sasha works exclusively with coloured pencils. Mounting paper to wooden panels, she hand-frames each piece with vintage leather, adding a distinctive finish without using conventional framing. This handmade approach—from the meticulous pencil work to the leather finishing—reinforces her commitment to slow, tactile creation, inviting viewers to pause and engage with art that rewards patient, careful observation.
Stephanie Cook
Stephanie is a contemporary and abstract artist living on the outskirts of the Inner West of Sydney. It is her love of nature, from plants and animals to sea and landscapes that directs and inspires her work and reminds her of our divine connection with God. Stephanie combines simple shapes and patterns with vibrant colours to create bright and bold paintings, working mostly with acrylics but also loves mixing mediums and adding texture. Stephanie wants to share her passion of art with the world, hopefully inspiring in others what nature does for herself, to create.
Stephanie Creigh
Tamworth-based artist, Stephanie Creigh, creates unique and colourful landscape paintings. Creating contemporary Australian landscape artworks from home, inspired by home.
Following the success of the Art Express 2022 Exhibition and touring the Art Gallery of New South Wales, as well as the Tweed Regional Gallery and Margaret Olley Centre; the 22 year old, self-taught artist has developed a distinct modern and fun style. She is currently represented by Aspire Gallery in Brisbane and has worked alongside on artworks for all three of the Australian Affordable Art Fairs in 2025 and 2026.
With contributing features of mark-making, building acrylic paint using impasto mediums and applying light on dark and dark on light; Stephanie symbolises Australia’s varied landscape and emotional connection to the land is supported by her art-making.
Tash Tribe
Tash Tribe is an emerging ceramicist who graduated with an Advanced Diploma in Visual Arts (Ceramics) from Northern Beaches TAFE in 2024. Drawn to the raw honesty of natural materials, Tash shapes beauty from the basic fabric of the Earth. Primal, immediate, and personal, her work explores a sensory connection to the natural world. Her background in fashion art direction and graphic design informs her anthropomorphic forms and interest in mark making, symbols and tactile surface textures. Tash was selected for a prestigious Bundanon Artist Residency in March 2025, she has been a finalist for the Saint Cloche Little Things Art Prize in 2022 and 2023, and her work has been shown in numerous group exhibitions, most recently at the 2025 Sydney Ceramic Markets exhibition stand. Her work is available at the Australian Design Centre and Craft Victoria and has also appeared in BELLE and House & Garden magazines.
Tori Rose
Tori is a contemporary abstract Australian artist living on a farm in the remote rural town of Lake Cargelligo, NSW. She is deeply inspired by the landscapes, colours and resilience of mother nature and humanity and is drawn to creating intuitive pieces that highlight the joy and unique beauty of her surroundings through an abstract expressionist lens. Tori loves creating intuitive pieces that are raw, energetic and full of life. Her art is joyfully inspired by many Australian artists, layering acrylics with pastels and other mediums. Tori also draws inspiration from uninhibited childlike creativity and aims to bring happiness to her audience through her works. In March 2025 Tori and her husband Darcy welcomed their first baby into the world. Her journey of pregnancy and motherhood have deeply shaped her artistic path, adding a deeper level of feeling and femininity to her work.
Victor Shergill
Victor Shergill is a Sydney-based painter and animation professional, primarily painting en plein air landscapes outdoors on location. Victor’s rarer studio pieces depart from his usual landscapes to focus on abstract representations of gum trees and the Australian bush. His work is held in private collections across the world.
Wendy Joyce
My name is Wendy Joyce a wheatbelt artist based east of the farming town of York, Australia. My journey to professional artist was a rather long one, Whilst I paid my way through university painting horses as a young woman I didn’t start art as a full time occupation until the Covid shutdowns of 2021. I have spent much of my life around water both teaching children and coaching competitive swimming. I am fascinated by the effects of light on water and the interplay between these elements . I am influenced by the impressionists and love to capture quiet moments of life. My ever evolving style finds a balance between realism and capturing the essence and meaning in a moment of time. I am greatful for the daily painting that structures my days and brings me a lot of joy which hopefully communicates Itself through my paintings! I have been a winner and a finalist in several local and national art awards and judged at local art shows. I exhibit my work locally as well as on Bluethumb, and through Aspire Gallery in Brisbane. My work will also be available at all three of the Affordable Art Fairs in 2026.
Wiseman Windows
My name is Justin Wiseman, born and raised in Sydney. I’ve always been drawn to horticulture and completed a course in the field a few years ago. That connection to plants and nature flows directly into my work, where I try to capture their beauty in glass form.