Featured Artists
The Canberra Art Fair brings artists from Canberra, the Region, and across the country to the vibrant Canberra art community. Here are some of the talented people who will be exhibiting at #CAF26
The Bunker Arts Group
Situated in Queanbeyan, on Ngambri / Ngunnawal land, the Bunker Arts Studio is the Bunker Studio Artists' base. The studio facilitates visual art activities—primarily developing an individual's visual poetry at Monday and Thursday art sessions. The Bunker Studio Artists have exhibited as a group at Belconnen Arts Centre, The Queanbeyan Hive (on several occasions) and a group show at Sydney's TAP Gallery this November. Bunker Studio Artists have achieved several art awards.
The Bunker also hosts concerts on the last Saturday evening of the month in Summer and the last Sunday of the Month in Winter.
The Bunker Studio Artists enjoyed a very successful Canberra Art Fair (CAF) last year and are looking forward to CAF26. Original paintings exploring aspects of landscapes, the figure, urbanscapes, environmental concerns, and abstracts will be on show from artists Shaun Myles, Stephen Quinn, Lea Pali, Dee Hopkins, Phill Hopkins, David Chatto, Trevor Lewis, and Dennis Mortimer.
Kerry Nobbs
Kerry grew up in the Tweed/Gold Coast regions. He is a self taught artist who painted many regional murals in the early years. Kerry has been painting professionally since 1984, using oils to capture the Australian landscape. He prefers to paint rugged mountain ranges and remote coastlines across our wonderful continent. Light and atmosphere are an important feature within his works. Kerry has won many awards in his career, and his paintings feature in collections, world wide.
Fiona Kain
Fiona Kain is a painter working in large-scale monochromatic acrylic, exploring identity, the garment as surrogate for the body, and social inscription. She holds a Master of Design, a Postgraduate Diploma in Fine Art, and a Bachelor of Fine Arts, alongside a background in motion graphics. Fiona's practice is driven by a deep curiosity about self identity and how it's shaped, performed and read by others. Clothing recurs throughout her work as a stand-in for the body itself, carrying the weight, memory and inscription of the person who wore it, even once they're absent from the frame. Her approach is considered and precise, with a strong illustrative sensibility, and working largely in monochrome allows her to focus attention on form, line and the presence of the painted surface. This exploration of identity has taken different forms across her practice, from a kawaii-influenced series examining the tension between cuteness, performance and selfhood, through to a body of work drawing on the legacies of female performance artists like Ana Mendieta and Marina Abramović, particularly Abramović's Rhythm 0, interrogating how the body is viewed, handled and inscribed upon by others. Her most recent series, Difficult, extends this inquiry, responding to a moment of public language around a woman's public persona, using garments left bare and marked as a quiet, physical rebuttal. Fiona works from the NSW South Coast, where she maintains her studio practice alongside a parallel career in automotive illustration.
Kathy Nelson - Eclectic Art
Kathy excelled in art from an early stage, achieving a NSW HSC prize for art. From there, Kathy consolidated her artistic skills while undertaking art training at Alexander Mackie College, which is now known as UNSW School of Art & Design. Her artistic style has been influenced by living in Europe and North America, and travelling through Asia, especially to Japan. Additionally, her love of nature, especially for birds, constantly inspires her. While living in the United Kingdom, Kathy displayed and sold artwork, along with occasional requests for commissioned artwork. Family commitments created a hiatus in her artistic endeavours. Now, with her children making their own way through life, she has returned to her passion for art. To date Kathy has attended local markets and made sales through personal contacts.
Her work is eclectic by name and eclectic in style. Not one medium nor one idea defines her style. She loves trying out different styles and utilising different mediums to showcase these styles. Kathy has a particular love of detailed pencil drawing, loves soft pastel work, inks, watercolour and acrylic canvas paintings. She has used these various mediums to bring vibrant colours together and is particularly immersed in the way colours of soft pastel drawings and acrylic colours can be blended. By using these techniques and often using them together in a single work, she has concentrated on bird and animal close ups. Japanese art also holds a fascination for Kathy. The beautiful patterns, colours and simplicity of Japanese design capture her interest from which she has undertaken some Japanese inspired works.
All in all, using various art techniques, mediums and passions, Kathy’s work comes under the name Eclectic Art.
Hannah Goggs - Moody Rabbit
Hannah Goggs (AKA Moody Rabbit) is a self-taught mixed media artist who is attracted to anything
related to flora and fauna. She is inspired by the worlds natural unique beauty.
Hannah loves plants, gardening and especially birds. Having completed a horticulture course this has expanded her knowledge and admiration for unique plants. Being a twitcher also helps her art
develop as she discovers new species. Creating art specifically for an area of interest sparks her
imagination including unique places overseas.
Hannah creates mostly through mood and feeling, pink being one of the major tones used in most of her work. “We are moved by paintings that we can connect to, they need to tell a story and relate to us in some way. That is how I approach each new painting”.
Hannah also has a business mind and loves the challenges that comes with personal growth.
“As an artist we adapt, change and explore new avenues. I am constantly evolving and enjoy waking up every day knowing that I get to create the world around me”.
Currently Hannah lives in Queensland where she is influenced by a range of new birds and plants.
Hannah also loves to travel and is looking to expand into Victoria and New Zealand.
You can find Hannah's work amongst many galleries Australia wide including overseas.
Angharad Dean
Angharad Dean is an Australian landscape artist working in mixed media to explore connections with the kosmos and to visually capture the flow of time. She has been developing and evolving her artistic practice for over 20 years. Since 2021 she has been employed as Artist in Residence at the University of Tübingen in Germany. She has also retained her connection to, and her 'place' in Canberra, including her studio, and spends part of each year working from her Australian home.
Living each year on 2 continents Angharad has learned to truly appreciate how climate and environment affects and connects every living thing. She studies closely the changing patterns of nature and makes art that captures the beauty of our earth. By struggling with cultural differences and language barriers and the resulting isolation, the importance of emotional connection is now also central to her practice. Angharad uses flexible materials: print making, painting, drawing, collage and textiles including 3 dimensional structures made from thread, to illustrate connection and flow, both physical and emotional.
Sarah Beetson
Sarah Beetson’s art practice has shifted in recent years from a focus on illustration to a focus on nature. In 2021, Sarah Beetson produced In Bloom, a triptych of large-scale paintings depicting Australian native flowers, conceived during pregnancy and completed throughout early motherhood. The works reflect the physical and psychological dimensions of matrescence, with the process of painting unfolding slowly—leaf by leaf, petal by petal—often while her newborn rested in a pouch between artist and canvas. The three paintings were acquired prior to their exhibition at 19 Karen Gallery, underscoring the resonance of this body of work. Since this pivotal moment, Beetson has continued to explore floral imagery almost exclusively, using the form as a subject through which to examine identity, transformation, and care. For the artist, the repetitive, attentive act of drawing and painting flowers functions both as an aesthetic inquiry and a meditative practice, supporting her navigation of the mental and emotional shifts that accompany parenthood. She has also used the subject as a means to explore identity and connection to country. This thematic transition began with FLOWERS ON YUGAMBEH COUNTRY, a body of work about native flora responding to Australia’s The Voice referendum and acknowledging the traditional indigenous owners of the land she lives upon. Her series “The Interloper” Featured Australian native flowers with transplanted British species, exploring her own identity as a dual citizen. Sarah has looked at native species from Australia, New Zealand and Japan, and is currently working on a series inspired by the conservation of our coral reefs.
Umair Ahmad - Umair Arts
Umair Ahmad is an emerging painter based in Canberra, whose visual arts practice is rooted in a lifelong engagement with drawing and painting, inherited from his grandfather's handcrafted paper flowers and refined through over two decades of creative work. Working across watercolour, acrylic, oil and pyrography, Ahmad currently focuses on watercolour as his primary medium, finding in its fluidity a natural extension of his voice. His recent exhibitions include solo showcases in Canberra (2021), including a notable calligraphic presentation of more than 70 works, as well as group exhibitions in Sydney and Canberra (2021–2023), with select sales contributing to Pakistan flood relief efforts. Beyond the gallery circuit, Ahmad has transformed his own garage into a functioning private exhibition space. With over 20 years of professional experience in graphic, UX and UI design, he now pursues art as a full-time vocation, committed to exhibiting, selling and evolving his creative practice.
Yasmin Idriss
Yasmin is an artist and photographer in Canberra. Yasmin won the Canberra Museum & Gallery Photography Award in the CAPO Art grants 2023, and she was a finalist in the prestigious Bowness Photography prize 2024 held by the Museum of Australian Photography, Melbourne. When Yasmin is not working at the framing shop or playing with framing rubble, you can find her taking photos of flowers and nature, taking portraits or working on a documentary project. She also loves painting, printmaking and creating sculptures from steel or found objects.
Yasmin coined the term "Yazelation" to describe these unique tessellation-inspired designs that she began creating in 2022. These YazElations embody her dedication to sustainability and her belief in the transformative power of art. They are the result of thoughtfully repurposing framing offcuts into intricate and visually striking pieces that reflect the beauty found in everyday rubble. Through this series, she aims to raise awareness about environmental conservation and the creative possibilities of recycling industrial waste.
Simon Ray
Simon Ray is a photographer specialising in landscape, travel and music photography, living on Ngunnawal country.
"Photography for me is about capturing the beauty of the landscape around us and reminding people just how precious this world is. I specialise in landscape and urban photography, and I do love to capture musicians at live events."
Alyson Hayes - Alyson Ceramics
Alyson is a Sydney based ceramic artist whose light sculptures illuminate the delicate patterns and textures in nature. After completing a Design degree at the College of Fine Arts (now UNSW Art and Design), Alyson worked with Angela Mellor whose paper clay technique was instrumental to the evolution of her work. Alyson uses a combination of slip casting and hand built techniques with Bone China. Thinly cast forms are translucent when lit, a process which allows her to make multiples while ensuring each piece is unique. Alyson hopes that through remembering humanity's deep connection with nature we will honor our responsibility to it.
Luca Siliquini
I am an Italian artist who was born and studied in Rome and now lives in Canberra. I commenced my formal studies in visual arts, specialising in social photography and subsequently chose to study social sciences. My artwork is rooted in observation - of myself, of others, and of the world around me. My creative process is deeply introspective, driven by dreams, imagination, and a profound exploration of the psychological dimensions of human existence. My paintings are visual translations of my inner responses to personal experiences and the relentless stream of global events. Through bold lines, symbolic forms, and geometric structures, I attempt to capture the tension between external realities and internal reflections. Colour and texture play a vital role, serving not only as aesthetic choices but as emotional and psychological markers on the canvas. Oil colour is abundant in my paintings and the use of the impasto technique, to create thick texture and consistency, is a constant feature of my self-expression. Additionally I paint with watercolours, which allows me to show my 'soft side' of symbolism as I experiment with blending to highlight places and moments of special significance. In the last few years I have exhibited my work both in Australia and overseas and was selected as a finalist for the Alice Art Prize 2026 with my artwork “Di notte” displayed in Alice Springs.
Josephine Townsend Ceramics
Josephine Townsend is a ceramic artist working from her home studio in Canberra. She has a busy retail practice, with a number of stockists in and around Canberra, regular markets, and sales from her studio. She also exhibits regularly, enabling her to explore more complex ideas, forms and surface designs, such as her coloured inlaid porcelain (nerikomi) work. Her nerikomi work is all about colour, pattern and expressing the precious qualities of porcelain; the delicacy, the luminous translucence and the pure colour response.
Josephine is an active member of the Canberra ceramics community. She teaches term classes and workshops at Canberra Potters, as well as supporting new makers, through market ready courses and mentoring. She has been working with clay since the late nineties. Her full time art practice began in 2016, after finishing careers in teaching and the public service.
Lana-Leigh Lombard
"My journey in the world of art is deeply rooted in my personal experiences and driven by a passion for painting that has been a part of me since childhood. Apparently I was drawing and painting before I could walk or talk. Growing up on a farm in Zimbabwe, I was immersed in a vibrant natural landscape that has profoundly influenced me throughout my life by instilling a deep love of nature. A Bachelor of Fine Arts at Rhodes University in South Africa provided me with a formal education in traditional fine art techniques, particularly drawing and oil painting.
These foundational skills continue to inform and shape my artistic expression, even as I explore contemporary trends and materials. Immigrating to Australia over 20 years ago opened up new avenues for artistic exploration. Moving to a completely new environment inspired me to incorporate the experiences and landscapes of my adopted home into my work and whilst still deeply rooted in nature, the subject matter I am drawn to now incorporates both my love of myth, fantasy and the natural world. My work carries these themes across ink drawings, watercolour, acrylic and oil painting. "
Stephen Smith
I'm a visual artist based in Sydney, Australia. My artist journey began with an early passion for painting before following a career in television and film where I've created soundtracks for many of Australia's best known television shows. In recent years I've returned to my original love of painting as a full-time artist. I paint streets, landscapes, portraits and other things that capture me. I’m drawn to the often overlooked moments of emptiness or disquiet within urban environments and aim to evoke some response or humour through much of my work. I also like to explore at the imbalance, or sometimes tension, between the constructed and natural worlds. Through my post production studios I’ve been fortunate to collaborate with some of the world’s most talented producers, directors, writers and actors on many award winning productions. These collaborations have helped inform my thinking as an artist. While the mediums are different, my goal remains the same: to connect with my audience on an emotional level, drawing them into a scene that resonates on either the screen or a canvas.
Norman Haskell - GranDada Photos
I create ‘composite' photos which typically combine and/or manipulate one or more photographs of apparently unrelated content and can include common objects and sights such as urban waste, plastic and other litter, bins, curbside throwouts etc. I use whatever tools and techniques available to me - such as AI, chance effects, visual parody and irony - to efficiently realise my ideas and reflect lifelong passions, influences and concerns about human impact on the natural environment in novel and individual ways. I may also draw on a wide range of significant artworks and movements from the twentieth century and before for new images on canvas and photographic media
Jo Layt - Quilluxe Creations
Jo Is a Canberra based quilling artist with over 10 years’ experience, weaving paper strips into intricate designs and forms. For those who don’t know, quilling is the art of rolling and shaping narrow paper strips into delicate, 3D designs.
Though her business Quilluxe Creations, Jo creates everything from greeting cards and unique giftware to framed art. You can find her work at Trove Canberra, a local cooperative of artists and makers with a gorgeous shop in Dickson.
Hossei Abedi
Hossei is an independent photographer from Iran, born in 1986. His artistic practice is largely self-directed and developed outside formal support structures. His work is the result of travel, observation, and the documentation of places whose natural and cultural identities are undergoing change.
He continues his work at a time when many independent artists in Iran face economic challenges and the consequences of recent instability and conflict in the region. Maintaining an artistic practice under such circumstances requires persistence and long-term commitment. The purchase of his work not only helps bring these images to a wider audience, but also directly supports the continuation of his photographic projects and professional practice.
Ali Clinch
Ali Clinch is an award-winning multidisciplinary artist whose practice spans visual art, theatre and community storytelling. Based in Queanbeyan on Ngunnawal Country, she creates acrylic landscapes, watercolour portraits and participatory arts experiences that celebrate the people, places and everyday stories that shape our communities. With almost two decades of professional practice, Ali has built a reputation for creating work that brings people together. Her projects invite audiences to do more than observe: they encourage people to participate, share stories and discover the connections that exist between one another and the places they call home. Working across galleries, theatres, schools and community spaces, Ali believes that making art is a powerful way to foster belonging. Whether painting a portrait, directing a performance or leading a community creative project, she creates opportunities for people to connect through the shared experience of making, reflecting and celebrating together.
Sukhvinder Saggu - Saggu Artist
Sukhvinder has been living in Canberra for over 20 years. He has drawn and painted objects, nature, figures, and faces for more than 45 years. Received many prestigious awards, prizes, and honors in Australia, India, and the USA, his artwork has been featured in many publications including the International Artist, American Art Collector, Best of Drawing, Splash (book), and Watercolour Artist Magazines. Sukhvinder paints everyday simple objects with vibrant colors and textures in multiple mediums but prefers oil mediums and his style is realism to hyper-realism. Sukhvinder was a finalist a number of competitions by the International Artist magazine of the USA, in the Abstract/Experimental Art and portrait and Figure categories. Winner 11th Annual “Strokes of Genius” drawing art competition by The Best of Drawing magazine of USA and art published in the magazine in the Winter 2020 issue. Winner of “SPLASH 18” watercolor book-zine art competition by North Light Publishers; “Yellow Turban” artwork published in the book SPLASH 18 in July 2017
Lucy Tedder
Lucy Tedder is a Canberra based artist specialising in painting and works on paper. Her typical themes include the urban landscape, still life and other scenes of the everyday which she brings to life in hyper-colour.
Margaret Hadfield
Margaret Hadfield-Zorgdrager has been working as a professional artist in the Canberra/Queanbeyan region for 30 yrs. Margaret paints in all mediums and her major works have featured in numerous art awards including Paddington Art Prize, Portia Geach Art Prize, Gallipoli Art Prize and Fishers Ghost Art Prize.
Margaret won the 2006 Inaugural Gallipoli Art Prize and 6 of her military themed works have been exhibited by the Australian Government in the Netherlands, Turkey and France. The Gallipoli Series which are around 24 pieces have been exhibited in Griffith Regional Gallery, The Q Queanbeyan , Singleton Library and Corowa Civic Gallery.
Margaret's portraits include -Singer Helen Reddy, Australian of the year Professor Fiona Wood, basketballer Lauren Jackson, Elder Matilda House, Natasha Stott-Despoja and Geraldine Cox - all painted from life.
Anthea Kerrison - Solid Rocks Jewellery Designs
The idea behind Solid Rocks is budget-friendly jewellery that is still showcasing real stones: semi-precious gemstones, rocks, pearls, shell, real things not resin costume jewellery. And affordable.
Each piece is carefully designed, as that is why I do it, for the enjoyment of playing with interesting stones and pearls, and seeing what happens with each parcel of objects.
Most of the pearls and rocks come from the big gem fair in Salt Lake City, Utah, every winter.
I buy the other ingredients mostly from local Australian suppliers, and anything I can't find locally gets ordered from China.
I sell at very select markets around the ACT Region also.
Lily Troupe - Heavenly Palettes by Lily
My paintings are bold, intuitive, and rooted in a prophetic creative process. I work primarily with acrylics on large canvases, using strong vertical movement, colour, and scale to express themes of strength, endurance, and spiritual authority. Each piece is created through a fast, focused process where intuition leads. I allow the painting to emerge rather than forcing a fixed outcome, leaving evidence of movement, layering, and decision-making visible. This approach reflects my belief that truth is often revealed through action, not over-refinement.
My work is deeply connected to ideas of identity, resilience, and spiritual presence. Rather than telling a story, the paintings are designed to create an atmosphere; one that invites reflection, stillness, and inner recognition. I see painting as both a creative and revelatory act. The goal is not perfection, but honesty: to make work that carries weight, presence, and clarity, and that allows viewers to encounter strength within themselves as they engage with the piece.
Kiran Mehta
Kiran's art embodies a tapestry of colours, emotions, and resilience. Kiran's art exudes a contemporary impressionistic flair, drawing inspiration from the breathtaking vistas of Australia's landscapes. Infused with texture, organic marks, and poignant affirmations, each piece is a testament to her reverence for nature's beauty. Through luminous colours and expressive brushstrokes, Kiran invites viewers on a spiritual journey, enveloping them in the same joy and warmth she experiences in each stroke of the brush.
Utilising a myriad of mediums, including acrylics, oil pastels, charcoal, and inks, Kiran's creative process is a symphony of intuition and exploration. With each canvas, she embarks on a playful dance of colours, alternating between mark making and acrylics until the final image emerges, a testament to her unwavering spirit and boundless creativity.
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Robert Vine
Robert Vine is an accomplished Landscape Photographer with over 20 years experience exploring and creating art with cameras. His images bring the beauty of the natural environment into many homes across Australia and have been displayed prominently in government buildings, including the office of the Chief of the Air Force. 90 images from his service in Afghanistan are a part of the National Collection of the Australian War Memorial.
“Landscape photography is possibly the most difficult form of art, you have control of so few variables and to capture a scene you might need to go to some unforgiving locations at strange times of the day and brave awful weather conditions. And after all that you might not be able to create a good image.”
Ruth Dodd
Ruth studied interior design at the National Art School East Sydney then practiced as an interior designer before moving into the field of cartography at the Division of National Mapping, now Geoscience Australia. She was awarded the Public Service Medal in 2002 Queen's Birthday Honours List for, ‘her contribution to major national mapping and atlas programs’. On retirement Ruth and her husband moved to a 9.5 ha lot in the Yass Valley in the NSW Southern Highlands.
"My work has been influenced by the dry sclerophyll forests, the natural and agricultural grasslands. Our acreage is a source of wonder with a large number of birds and animals which provide many hours of enjoyment and inspiration. My genre is representational art and I work from close observation of a subject and use colour to dramatise what I see and feel to be its essential elements."
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Jennifer Adams - Popcorn Art
I am a local Canberra artist and I have been exhibiting in Canberra as part of a group (the Tin Shed Art Group) for more than 12 years in galleries such as M16, ANCA and Belconnen Arts Centre. I recently held a solo exhibition at the Generator Gallery at the Belconnen Arts Centre - my first solo in over 10 years! I love painting with bright colours and not following any rules - just in a spirit of creativity.
In early 2025 I decided to sell Giclee prints of my artwork as well as originals, and hence my business Popcorn Art was established. I am currently starting to run workshops in Canberra as well.
Michelle Turner
I am pleased to share my journey in the artistic field. My passion for drawing began in high school, where I focused on graphic and vibrant fantasy art.
My art is characterised by intricate detail and vivid colours. I also take great interest in depicting animals, landscapes, and plants. Capturing expression in animals and rendering fine detail in all subjects is central to my practice.
Following a 26-year hiatus during which I worked as a Registered Nurse both as a civilian and with the Air Force, I returned to art after medically retiring from the Air Force. This transition allowed me to embrace the therapeutic benefits of creative pursuits, fostering relaxation, improved mood, and enhanced concentration within what I describe as the “art zone.”
Beyond my artistic endeavours, I work part-time as a Thermomix consultant due to my enthusiasm for cooking. I am also passionate about walking, dancing, gardening, reading, paddling, yoga, and gym workouts—all of which contribute to my motivation and well-being.
Academically, I hold a Graduate Diploma in Emergency Nursing, Graduate Certificates in Occupational Health and Safety and Renal Nursing, and a Bachelor of Nursing. My formal art studies span five and a half years in Washington DC and Australia, and I have experience teaching ink house drawing classes.
Catherin Bennett
Catherin Bennett is a Sydney-based multidisciplinary artist whose practice explores the unconscious through surreal, symbolic, and evolving forms. Drawing on surrealist traditions, dream imagery, esoteric knowledge, and Rorschach-inspired processes, her works emerge through intuition, chance, and material transformation. Forms shift between recognition and ambiguity, inviting personal interpretation and sustained engagement. Working across figurative, abstract, and mixed-media approaches, Bennett creates works that blur the boundaries between the seen and unseen. She is the founder of CX2Art, an artist-led contemporary gallery supporting international female artists and diverse contemporary perspectives. Beyond her studio practice, Catherin shares her artistic knowledge through creative workshops and private classes across Sydney.
Liz Hanna
The greatest joy derived from painting for Liz is the freedom to express. This is followed closely by the luxury of being mentally, if not also physically, immersed in nature.
When local and global politics clouds the mind, focussing on the beauty of nature – to the exclusion of all other thoughts, is supremely therapeutic to the troubled soul, for her as the artist, and hopefully for you as the viewer.
As a climate scientist, existential grief provided Liz the powerful motivation to shift attention from gloom to glorious nature, in all her majesty. Respecting the profound complexity of ecosystems, perfected though eons of evolution, Liz strives to paint representative art, in the firm belief that we humans cannot improve upon exquisite nature, and its wonderous diversity so superbly adapted to each niche. At best, we can express the emotional impact that nature’s vistas provide us.
Her early clinical career also engendered a deep respect for physiology, the human form and face, which preoccupied her early art practice.
Preferring the depth of colour and flexibility, Liz primarily paints in oil, occasionally using acrylics or charcoal when travelling.
Anne Tassie
Anne Tassie comes from a science and arts background, with a strong interest in the environment.
Anne has worked in the field of plant science for many years and is a Visual Arts graduate of Adelaide Central School of Art (1997) and UniSA (2006).
Her work is a personal response to the environment and is inspired by walking through and making simple observations in a diverse range of landscapes.
Patterns in the landscape, geological and evolutionary time provide inspiration.
Caroline Jeppesen
Caroline Jeppesen is a Canberra-based artist and art teacher. Caroline works mainly in oils, but teaches a range of mediums.
"I love that I can share my passion with others. Now more than ever, people are wanting to spend time on activities that nourish their mind and tap into a creative side. Art is a truly human endeavour, it brings people together, encourages connection, and brings joy. In my own work, I find great calm in reflecting the beauty of our world: the magic of a sunset or a delicate flower."
Ludmilla Braguina - LIGHT Studio
Ludmilla is an emerging Canberra-based artist specialising in the creation of interior textile acrylic paintings for homes, offices and public spaces.
Born in Chisinau, she travelled the world as a dancer, introducing the colourful culture of Moldova to people from all walks of life. After completion of several courses at the School of Interior Artists and the International School of Modern Creative Art, Ludmilla concentrated on the creation of colourful canvases using the mixed media techniques of textile acrylic and liquid acrylic painting.
The creative painting process brings Ludmilla a great deal of joy. Her inner intention is to spread the energy of colourful mystical positivity through the environment where the paintings will be presented.
Tanya Lovric
Tanya Lovric is a Canberra based Artist whose work explores primarily Australian landscapes in various mediums but mainly in acrylics. Lovric’s art is characterised by a tactile impasto texture and her subject matter is based around growing up surrounded by the diverse Australian landscapes.
Lovric is a self taught artist who discovered a passion for painting later in life and has embraced this new learning journey with heartfelt joy and enthusiasm.
Her work is a translation of images that capture stunning Australian 3D panoramas onto a 2D canvas. She is passionately evolving and developing a characteristic style utilising a myriad of tools not often used by painters and by playing with a variety of painting mediums.
Lovric has exhibited and sold works in the Sydney Royal Easter Show (Arts and Craft Exhibition) and at the Radford Art Show. Her work has been exhibited in 24/7 Art Exhibitions and can regularly be viewed on display at the ‘Artist’s Shed’ located in Fyshwick, Canberra.
Heads 'n' Spaces - Art By Clare
I have been creating my doodle art since 2018, due to my brain trying to calm down. By 2022 I had a full breakdown and it's now know as My Whacky Weekend with ACT Mental health Unit". By 2023 my persistent friend finally wore me down after two years of "You should sell your art" and I went for it and booked my first market stall at the Old Bus Depot Market, Kingston. That's just over two years ago; taking me till August 2023 to become a permanent stall holder. So there you will find me, every Sunday, showing my mental health art. Talking about my process. But most importantly, talking to people about mental health. I'm not qualified professionally to help. The way I help is telling people of my experience, and letting themselves have that moment to let themselves have their moment. I do guide people in how to approach their doctors, for help, that's if they talk to me about it. So it's not all about the art. But the art helps me. It stops the "Hum in the Drum"
Dee Hopkins
Dee is a graduate of CIT’s Diploma of Visual Arts. She is a contemporary, experimental artist with a keen interest in abstract and impressionism. She works from her art studio – Allambee Art Studio and Little Gallery in Jerrabomberra. In her workshop, Discover the magic of Gel Printing, she will give an introduction to gel plate, how to apply stencils, organic materials, registration tricks and more to create stunning multi layered artwork. Each participant will create at least one work to bring home and frame.
Caroline Reid
Caroline Reid is a contemporary landscape artist who lives and works in Canberra, Australia, a rugged semi-alpine area hemmed in by mountain ranges to the west and east, Ngunnawal and Ngambri country, and the Snowy Mountains to the south, Walgalu country.
“My love of the semi-alpine region surrounding my home, where I ramble with my three dogs - painting out of doors when the weather permits - infuses my paintings with respect, wonder and reverence for Mother Earth. I paint to bring the feelings, sensations and memories of cherished natural places into my collectors’ homes. I paint my world with child-like joy and hope collectors feel that in their hearts when they view my paintings.”
Cassie Carter
Cassie Carter is an artist & art teacher based in Bungendore, NSW. Inspired by the beauty of the nature & wildlife we are surrounded by & its many colours. She has a colourful, loose, art style that is highly driven & directed by the blending of colours and texture created during the painting process.
Now in her second year of teaching art classes in Bungendore and extended into hosting art events & parties, this all began with a passion to create an art space for kids and adults to immerse themselves in. Weekly classes where there is a time of the week with no rules and unlimited creative opportunity, and events where creatives (or non-creatives) can gather, have fun & create with no expectations. I am passionate about everyone learning that "you don't have to be good at art for it to be good for you" & that in art, there is never a right or wrong, just a whole lot of heart & fun.
Lakshmi Aru - Banana Island Escape
Lakshmi Aru is a contemporary , expressionist artist. Over 26 years, she has accumulated
different techniques and skills which she incorporates into her work. She is greatly inspired by
elements of nature, the environment, her love for travel and the landscapes, fauna and flora of
Australia and Malaysia as her life has oscillated between the two countries. Her work serves as a physical sanctuary for the modern soul operating under a lifelong philosophy of spiritual resilience and deep reflection. Her recent collection focuses on islandic life as her journey has taken her to several islands across Asia and beaches of Malaysia and Australia.
Her artistic journey spans over 26 years of quiet creation , culminating in a private archive of a
large collection of original paintings.
She is based in Kuala lumpur/Sydney. Living between the two countries she leads an unusual
life due to her family circumstances . She travels frequently and has lived between the two
countries for the last 40 years . This has enabled her to seamlessly incorporate her love for both
countries in her art works.
Some of her art participation in Australia include the Hungry for Art exhibition 2015 in
Meadowbank Tafe, Sydney, Australia 2015 and the Korean Australia Art Foundation (KAAF)
2015 . (under her maiden name Lakshmi Muthupalaniyappan) She also has participated in
numerous group exhibitions in Kuala Lumpur and some solo exhibitions.
Lakshmi's works are available as original high quality glicee prints on high quality paper and as
original canvases.
Julia Norton
Julia is a landscape painter living and working in Sydney. American Born, she worked in Fashion Design in NYC before moving to Willoughby in 2012.
She explores the complex emotional landscape of mothering her children into adulthood. The passing of clouds serves as a powerful metaphor for this transition of dependence to independence. The clouds represent the uncertainty and unpredictability of this transition; they shift and change reflecting feelings of joy, nostalgia, fear, and hope that accompany this letting go.
Linda Jakab
Linda Jakab is a teacher and artist living in Canberra. Her journey as a ceramic artist began in 2005 at Good Dirt studios in Athens GA. Since this time she has been continually entranced by the science and craft of working with Clay. Her work demonstrates an engagement in a wide range of techniques, clay types and varieties of decoration. Her most prominent work reflects her interest in Australian flora and fauna depicted on the surface of tableware using the sgraffito technique.
Marko Jovas
Marko Jovas - Architect and Artist. Born in Cacak, Serbia in 1971. Serbian and Australian citizen. Graduated at the University of Architecture in Belgrade in 1999. He has been painting since 1995. He belongs to the artists who "still paints".
His paintings stick slightly to the side, from the current trends of our time. Security and clarity of his language, among other things, comes from fidelity to human form and figuration. Precise language, the classical technique of oil on board or canvas, layered, multi tone in the dim light of the old gold, Marko creates scenes of tranquillity and serenity. Lives and works in Sydney, Australia.
