Picture yourself on a bed of clover sipping chamomile tea from a mason jar. As the morning breeze touches your face, you slip into a daydream and enter an enchanted world of warmth, joy, and love.
That is the world freelance illustrator Katie Daisy lives in!
Her beautiful artwork is both bright and inspiring. Katie takes quotes, saying etc and turns them into masterpieces.
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An artist and illustrator creating his own brand of handmade merchandise based on his illustrations of landmark buildings and surroundings.
Yes I have drawn, painted and crafted from an early age. I’ve always had a pad and a pencil in my bag doing little scribbles and writing down ideas.
I absolutely love paint and painting! I don’t care if its just redecorating a wall or creating a intricate art work. I just enjoy the instant result of the transformation.
I’m inspired mainly by nature and architecture. Basically the things I see around me in every day life. I live in the beautiful city of Brighton so its easy to be inspired by the amazing local architecture.
I am lucky enough to be a full time artist again now. I used to teach. Firstly part-time then full time at a London University then I went to Spain for 8 years but I have now been back working full time as an artist for 2 years.
The hardest thing at the moment is working in the current economy as the majority of my work is seen by the consumer as a luxury item so people are less inclined to buy and spend as much as in previous years. I have to work twice as hard and long hours to achieve my goals. The best part …. that’s easy! I wake up happy every day because I love what I do and am living my dream!
I think that having your work recognised and appreciated is always important. I’ve had several one-man shows which have been amazing and I recently completed a mural and the image of that has gone viral and has been seen and shared by thousands of people which is wonderful!
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I sell my work in shops and galleries and in local art and craft markets. I also just got a regular spot at Covent Garden Apple Market on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.
You can also find my work on Folksy and Etsy and will soon be joining notonthehighstreet.com.
My own website is www.adamregester.com and I promote mainly via Facebook and Twitter @artyadders
All I can say is that to be successful you have to believe in what you do, work hard, listen to what customers say and never give up !!!
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Marie Larkin has a Bachelor of Art Education and has been a visual artist and art teacher since 1980. She gained national recognition and success in the 1990’s as an embroiderer with a number of group and solo shows and two touring exhibitions through regional galleries in Tasmania, Victoria and New South Wales.
Her work was featured in Textile Fibre Forum, The Land newspaper and Masters of their Craft, a coffee table book by art historian, Norris Iannou. She has won The Dame Nancy Buttfield Embroidery Prize and The Namoi Valley Cotton Fibre Acquisitive Award. Through the exhibition tour of Revealing Threads she was the recipient of a $10,000 Australia Council Grant that allowed her to travel to give workshops.
Marie now works in painting and drawing and produces her artwork from a loft studio in her home near Tamworth, NSW. In recent years she has exhibited widely in both group and solo shows in Sydney, Melbourne and the Gold Coast. Her artwork has been featured in a variety of publications such as New England Country Living, Catapult Magazine and DPI Taiwan.
Marie’s artwork could be described as Pop Surrealism with it’s quirky whimsicality.
“I think the narrative is an important quality in art. I want the story, an alternate reality that only exists in my imagination. The works all involve a female character. I like to create a world to escape to and I love nothing better than painting my female characters set in their little worlds. I have a naturally illustrative style and a great love of detail and embellishment coupled with a desire to render convincingly. The eyes are enormously important. They are the clue to the emotional content and as I have gradually developed the female characters, the girls have become more expressive.”
Sandra McMahon, Director of the Tamworth Regional Gallery said this about Marie’s artworks, ‘I find I am constantly drawn to them and find new things in them all the time. The female characters…have very different personalities …the eyes make the characters individual and colour is really important in the works, it sets the tone and the scene… The attention to detail is really quite important in each of the works, there is an incredible amount of detail… These works are so beautifully crafted and technically competent, they are very finely executed….they are extraordinary.’
Marie will be exhibiting this year with Espionage Gallery in Adelaide, Auguste Clowne in Melbourne and finishing the year with a solo show at the Tamworth Regional Gallery.
Marie’s artwork and merchandise can be viewed and purchased from her website.
I’m an artist and surface designer and mother of two gorgeous young boys. I live in Brunswick, Melbourne.
I paint, draw, collage, stitch, make patterns with paintings and drawings, knit, and crochet.
Zen moments when the coffee is just right {even though i am giving up coffee!}, the feeling when my work starts making itself and time disappears, moments of connection and contentment with my kids.
To paint large scale in a warm and light-filled studio and to travel with my kids.
www.belindakemp.com
www.gretchenmist.blogspot.com
www.gretchenmist.etsy.com
Offline you can find me in Brunswick for the most part, at cafes, walking by the creek, at home at one of 2 desks.
Rachael Smith is an illustrator from Brisbane and is the creator of the whimsical world of Penelope and Pip.
Her drawings combine rich colour palettes with quirky characters. Each illustration has a story which makes them just like little one page picture books.
Rachael’s favourite mediums are ink and her trusty wacom graphics tablet. She works in Illustrator and Photoshop to create her drawings.
When she’s not dreaming up stories to draw, Rachael can be found crafting all sorts of lovely DIYs and currently writes craft columns for Frankie Magazine and Poppytalk.
You can follow her adventures in making on her blog which she updates daily with all things crafty and her design and art finds.
www.penelopeandpip.com
www.facebook.com/
www.twitter.com/PenelopeandPip
www.pinterest.com/
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Ali J is a whimsical dreamer living near the beach in Perth, Australia. She is an artist/illustrator that creates artworks to inspire the imagination to come to life. Primarily she creates portraits in which her characters are modern, fashionable and often feature red rosy cheeks. They have their own unique personalities and stories to tell.
Her primary technique is collaging vintage book pages onto canvas or board and then painting an image/scene on top of them with very little planning or sketching. She prefers to use her imagination to add in elements as she creates using one reference image as her starting point. Her colour palette is strong with the use of bold modern colours and she loves to incorporate texture and mixed media.
She started creating in 2007 when she was unable to get into the police force, and has since established herself as an important part of the illustration community. She has had three solo art exhibitions and created many illustrations for clients including numerous magazines, clothing companies, Sony/BMG and Oxford University Press. Her most recent client project to be released was a recipe book for The Women’s Weekly titled “Baking Day”. Her biggest project to date was converting a vintage 1974 caravan into her art studio, in which she now busily resides working on a large series of paintings for a solo exhibition in the near future.
Ali J is available for commissions, and has transformed many of her artworks into products so that everyone can appreciate and enjoy them. You can visit her on her website at http://www.alijart.com.au Instagram @alijart or contact her via e-mail at alij@alijart.com.au
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