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Celebrating our birds through art

It’s National Bird Week in Australia! From 19-25 October 2026, Australians are invited to count the birds around them using the Aussie Bird Count app.

Art can be a powerful way to explore and reflect our connections to Australian birds. I share a few of my bird paintings below to help celebrate these relationships and special kin.

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How I created the intuitive painting, “You gave me the world”

I often get asked what my process involves, especially for my intuitive paintings where I don’t exactly know what will come of the work. With “You gave me the world” being published in the beautiful La Raíz Magazine’s 2022 issue, I thought I’d share how this painting came to be. There are lots of layers to this one!

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