Charlene lives with her ceramic artist husband in the hills of Perth and they “feel blessed with the inspiration around us every day”.

She studied art at the Nash School of Art in Durban, South Africa and later took a sidestep into graphic design, advertising and publishing.

Having studied Feng Shui, Charlene is influenced by the strong energy vibration of colour and how different colours influence and affect the energy in us and our homes. She experiments with the different vibrations of colour combinations by testing with dowsing rods.

Charlene holds the strong belief that colour influences the energy around us.

SHOP CHARLENE

Ever since Fi can remember, she has always loved art- admiring it, creating it, teaching it and exhibiting it!

She vividly remembers standing at an easel in Kindergarten, painting a massive daisy with everyone standing around admiring it. The feeling of excitement painting this daisy, the reaction of others - and how much joy it gave - was the best feeling!!

Fi completed her Visual Arts degree and Diploma in Education and for 13 years she taught as a Visual Arts teacher.

In 2012 she launched Art Kids on the Hill - a studio space in Gooseberry Hill, where she runs art classes and workshops for children and adults.

SHOP FIONA

Sarah was born in England where she studied art for a couple of years before moving on to Fashion Design and Textiles.

After raising a family whilst working in various creative based jobs, she moved to Perth where she began working as an Interior Stylist and Visual Merchandiser.

Little did Sarah realise that picking up a sketchbook and pen to doodle (as a form of self-healing through a tough time) would not only lead her to developing her art business, but also provide the opportunity to share her love and knowledge of creating with others!

Much of her artwork depicts dreamy, surreal scenes, often centred around nature and ‘losing herself’ there! She is grateful everyday that she re-connected with her inner artist.

SHOP SARAH

Sue is an artist/designer located in the beautiful city of Albany on the south coast of West Australia. She has worked in the arts for over 30 years and completed a Fine Arts degree at Curtin University in Perth in 1988.

Sue designs and creates distinctive papercuts, woodcuts, jewellery, bowls and coasters. As well as handcutting large paper artworks she also uses the technology of lasercutting to cut and etch her designs in paper, perspex, and wood.

Her detailed and often complex images have a playful and figurative storytelling element with themes of community, environment, family and place.

Sue’s work is represented in many public and private collections and she has received numerous awards.

SHOP SUE

Kaye grew up in the Wheatbelt town of Merredin. After relocating to Perth in the early 1980’s she took her first art lessons, learning traditional drawing. Although working full time as a state public servant, Kaye continued taking lessons whenever time permitted.

In 2009, Kaye completed certificates in Fine Art and Contemporary Craft at C Y O’Connor TAFE and in 2010, began studies for a Diploma in Visual Art & Craft.

Inspired by early icons and images, ancient frescoes and mosaics, cave paintings and rock art, Kaye’s works have evolved to be bordering on abstract, yet representation is always present in them. The natural world is an endless source of subjects for Kaye, and folklore and mythology often feature in her works.

Influenced by Goya, Turner, Picasso and Australian artists Joy Hester, Arthur Boyd and Brett Whiteley, Kaye likes to work in mixed media on paper. She especially loves using liquid mediums, incorporating other materials such as pigment, gouache, collage and various pastels.

Kaye has held three solo exhibitions and received 67 awards. Her works have been acquired for collections in Australia and internationally.

SHOP KAYE

Willemina was born drawing!

Creativity clearly runs through her veins as she is an accomplished artist, art teacher, ESL teacher and singer.

Since 1979 she has held over 40 exhibitions (solo and joint) within Australia and overseas, receiving numerous awards.

Willemina teaches art to adults and children from her home studio in Southern River.

SHOP WILLEMINA

Michelle creates art in her home studio in Perth where she listens to music as she paints, dances around a bit and generally makes a mess on the floor.

A self-taught artist, her process is playful and constantly evolving. She builds up layers in her work by painting freely and spontaneously, often using her fingers to apply the paint and letting the colours run and move. Her favourite part of the process is creating all the random squiggles!

Michelle loves inspiring creativity in others and gets great satisfaction from facilitating art workshops for adults and children.

She divides her time between creating art, teaching art and spending time with her family and friends.

SHOP MICHELLE

Georgina is enthusiastic about colour and curious about texture. A self-taught artist, she employs an experimental nature using traditional and non-traditional mediums, acrylic paint, inks, and stencils.

She creates multi-layered canvases that are dynamic and engaging, rich with colour, and tempting to touch.

Most of her art is composed on the porch of her family home in the Perth Hills, surrounded by native wildlife (including her favourite local magpies and her staffordshire terrier, Jazz).

Otherwise, you will find her creating amongst her peers in the studio, where she spends time during the week with an affirming group of artistic women (Beauties & Brushes) under the instruction of art teacher, Fi Bryce-Fasolo (of Art Kids on the Hill), bouncing around collective ideas and sharing life experiences.

SHOP GEORGINA

Natasha Knott is a West Australian artist based in the Perth Hills. As a new mother she spends her time with her daughter, working as a High school Art and Design teacher and painting in her home studio nestled amongst the trees and local kangaroos.

Natasha completed her Bachelor of Fine Arts at Curtin University in 2012 with specialist knowledge in painting, drawing and photography. In 2018 she also completed her Diploma of Interior Design from Billy Blue College of Design which has further developed her decorative approach to painting and fascination with colour and colour theory.

Natasha’s work is inspired by the natural environments around her and places she has travelled. Whilst focusing on intensely painted birds and various wildlife, her works often integrate two dimensional backdrops with a playful approach with layering and thin washes to create a sense of perspective and the mystical.

SHOP NATASHA

Chris is a visual artist living in Perth, Western Australia. She paints mostly in oils on canvas, gouache on paper and acrylic and has been exhibiting for over 20 years.

Chris has attended numerous short courses and workshops as well as a Charles Sturt University summer school for 3 years but is predominantly self-taught.

Chris has been in many club exhibitions, 4 combined exhibitions with one other artist, 3 solo exhibitions and she currently paints with a plein air group (painting on site) in Perth and surrounds.

Her paintings are influenced by the colours of the semi- tropics of Brisbane where she grew up and her subjects vary from her love of observing people, the bush, and cityscapes, especially at night.

SHOP CHRISTINE