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23 Aug

Untitled - 2024

This piece takes inspiration from Botticelli’s ‘Three Graces’. My folio board theme for this year is ‘Beauty and Corruption’ and revolves around the subject of Pretty Privilege. I wanted to represent women who would be considered conventionally attractive throughout the ages. In my painting, I depicted Margot Robbie, Cleopatra, and The Virgin Mary in a […]

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18 Aug

Taronga budgies - 2024

Two budgies on a wooden perch with a green leafy background, acrylics painted on canvas.

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18 Aug

Garbage Gobbler - 2024

Garbage Gobbler was made from clay, sculpted into the correct shape, then glazed with shiny red, white and black paint. He was then put into a kiln to fully harden. Garbage Gobbler loves chomping on pencils that are unknowingly put into him…and it’s no mystery where they end up.

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18 Aug

Sunset Seahorse - 2024

Sunset Seahorse is a watercolour done in two sections. The first section is the background, painted with the cool colours of the ocean and sprinkled with salt to give it some texture. The second section is the seahorse itself, painted with the warm colours of the sunset, to make it stand out against the ocean. […]

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18 Aug

Bulbasaur - 2024

Bulbasaur is a pencil sketch of one of my favourite Pokémon characters. He is a 4-legged dinosaur-type creature with a flower bulb growing on his back. He has a variety of plant related weapons, for example a vine whip. I spent a long time getting the details, shading and proportions accurate.

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18 Aug

Time of New Growth - 2024

This statue symbolizes new growth and beginnings. Persephone, the Greek goddess of Spring, embodies this concept.

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18 Aug

Milford Sound - 2024

A whimsical Gouache and Ink portrayal of Milford Sound

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13 Aug

At The Dead Sea - 2024

I created this artwork of my aunty, after she visited New Zealand for the first time last year (2023). Meeting her and hearing all the memories she shared with my siblings and parents made me envious of how little memories she and I shared. When she returned to the Middle East I found a photo […]

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13 Aug

Cute Bunny - 2024

Watercolor of a cute bunny with flower on her / his head

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13 Aug

The tree - 2024

Landscape Watercolor

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