DIY Dragonfly

DIY Dragonfly

You know I do love a dragonfly or two. Their little, elegant wings add movement to a garden and a ‘special something’ to a flower painting. My stylised dragonflies are simply five lines – a slightly curved body (place and pull your brush), then two...
Paint Mojo hits Toowoomba

Paint Mojo hits Toowoomba

Tracy Verdugo is coming to teach her Paint Mojo Workshop in my Shiny Happy Art studio here in Toowoomba! (I’m seriously excited and it’s hard not to put ten exclamation marks at the end of that sentence!). I flew to Melbourne in August 2012 to do this...
Flower Shower (curtain!)

Flower Shower (curtain!)

When I was 11 I made a Get Well card for a friend who was super impressed because I’d put her name on the card in rub-on Letraset letters. So the fact that you (and I) can now get my art on SHOWER CURTAINS is sort of blowing my mind. They’re $68 each +...
Evolution of a painting

Evolution of a painting

I love watching artists paint. I think it’s magical. The way they see things inside their heads and then choose colours and brushes to bring that vision to life. Just last week I managed to spend some time alone in my studio painting these flowers in delicious,...