Karen Chappelow has been sculpting and painting for more than 20 years, she has a drive for bucking the system and invites the viewer to view life through a different lens. Karen has collectors both nationally and internationally and has been part of online solo exhibitions with Humble House Gallery in Canberra and online group exhibitions in London. March 2022 will see Karen participating in exhibitions in New York, Madrid and Luxembourg. As well as the current exhibitions Karen has been busy creating commissions for new clients. Follow Instagram and Facebook for her new work.

Moore was born in Dundee, Scotland and emigrated to Australia in 1972. He has lived and worked in Perth, Eucla and Toodyay for the last 50 years. He has undertaken no formal studies in art and is entirely self taught, he has painted in various styles for the past 50 years and regards some of the old masters as his tutors. The greater part of the last 10 years has been spent in research and development of new ideas that will be placed into future works.

Millie Murfit is a photographer and potter, who grew up in Merredin and now resides in Toodyay, Western Australia. After studying screen arts at Curtin University for four years and working at a photography gallery in Perth, Millie now lives and works in an old horse stable turned home and studio on the outskirts of town, selling pottery under the name ‘Stable Hand Studio’. Millie’s work is predominantly an investigation into form through creating organic form vases, the shapes inspired by the natural Australian landscapes and rock formations.

I am a multi award winning practicing visual artist with an Honours Degree in Fine Art Printmaking from Grays School of Art, Robert Gordon’s University. Much of my artwork is about exploring the natural and home environment through the study of flora and fauna, depicting imagined and remembered landscapes and creating still life images. I work across mediums from printmaking to painting and often combining the two. I utilise watercolour for its unique properties, the way it dries and the behaviour of different pigments which can result in granulation or unexpected textures. I love relief printmaking for its tactile process and the flatness of the printed areas. Combining it with watercolour makes for a unique juxtaposition of mediums and broad aesthetic interest beyond the subject of the artwork.

Award winning artist Kat Ferguson, was born in the UK where she completed her art studies before emigrating to Australia in 2008. Taking this opportunity to fulfil her dream of becoming a full-time artist. Kat now practices from her studio in Morangup and her gallery in Guildford. For four years (2009-2013) she lived and work in an aboriginal community in the Kimberley region of WA. This experience fuelled her passion for colour and abstract creation. Her practice lies in creating large scale abstracts, painting emotively and gaining colour references from the world around her. “Although I have painted many genres throughout my career, such as life drawing and landscapes; it is abstract art that pushes my skill set the most and truely gives me the freedom of creativity I crave”. In 2017 Kat co-created a gallery space in Guildford where she sells her work and she has recently started to create individual jewellery pieces using her paint palettes. Part of her art practice is producing large scale public art murals. She has created murals for various organisations including shires, schools, businesses and private properties. Kat sees art as inherent in all things and champions artists and their importance of art in society.

Multi award winning artist Josephine Duval is a self-taught artist. Jo commenced painting and sculpting two years ago and has a passion for experimentation and different genres.

At the Ellenbrook-Swan Art Awards in 2021 Jo received the ’Highly Commended Painting' award and this year awarded ‘Highly Commended Painting’ from the City of Wanneroo Art Exhibition.

Her artwork is bold, textured and colourful that sparks discovery and imagination. Experimenting with a variety of materials, techniques and tools. With an assortment of media including oil, gold leaf, acrylic, encaustic wax, charcoal, metal and lead. Using whatever media is on hand to produce the desired effect.

Jo’s art studio in Chittering inspires her dream landscapes and the natural found objects from the bushland that surrounds her property are integrated into her sculptures.

I have been painting for about 6 years. I really enjoy it when you start laying paint on the canvas then all of a sudden, trees, rocks and rivers start to come alive. What a buzz! They tell me; the more I do, the better I’ll get so now I’m retired, I will spend a lot more time in front of a canvas. I like painting trees, rocks and rivers.

Katie Sharples was raised on the family farm in Grass Valley and moved to Perth to pursue her passion for Art. She studied Visual Art at Curtin University and then completed a Bachelor of Education at ECU. Katie has taught Art to Primary and Secondary students, with one of the highlights including her involvement in the Gifted and Talented Education (GATE) program at Kalamunda SHS.

Katie currently lives in Toodyay and has been involved in many independent group exhibitions. She has been selected to showcase her work twice in the Fremantle Print Award and also was the winner of the Printmakers Association of WA (PAWA) Awards.

Katie’s work explores themes of masculinity and fragility through imagery and use of materials, farming culture and the Australian landscape. “I want to bring an awareness of the people who work and live off the land, and the issues they face. There is always a message in my work, which seeks to provoke an emotional response in the viewer that builds on their own personal understanding of life in the bush.”