Discover the Artists
Here you can discover your new favourite Tasmanian artists and how to connect with them online.
The goal for here is to make it really easy for artist members to have their profiles linked and shared to you, our treasured supporters.
Many artists here will also run workshops and classes, art retreats, participate in exhibitions, markets and fairs and have online shops.
Two of my favourite joys with shopping with artists is knowing that I get to bring home, or give as a gift, something delightfully original AND financially support and back a creative creature like myself.
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Showcasing Our Members
Here we joyfully show case our current members.
If you would like to join the Art Trails Tasmania family just pop over to the Member’s Hub and choose from one of the membership options.
Artist Profile Blogs
Our artists tell their story in their own words in their Artist Profile. You can find more Artist Profiles in the Blog.
Find Artists from Across Tasmania
Here you’ll find the Art Trails Tasmania current members who are artists from across the state. You’ll find artistic talents ranging from painters to illustrators, potters to woodworkers, writers to composers, musicans to performers, crafters to artisans, sculptors to stitchers and everything in between. Many creative folk have talents across various mediums because it gives them joy (it never makes sense to try to stuff someone into a narrow pigeon hole, no one fits them!).
To help you plan your explorations we look at Tasmania as nine regions:
North West
ArtsCape Wynyard
An artist-run initiative in Wynyard, operating on unceded Tommiginner land in Tasmania. We are incorporated volunteer-run, not-for-profit organisation that provides a space for local artists and groups to gather and meet.
Explore this supportive and enabling art group, ArtsCape Wynyard online to discover the latest program of events, including exhibitions and workshops, arts call outs and how to join this friendly artists co-op.
Be sure to follow ArtsCape Wynyard on Facebook and Instagram for all of their latest news!
Visit at:
45 Jackson Street
Wynyard, Tas 7325
Debra Williams
I am a crafter and creator: author, puppeteer and puppet maker, taking custom orders. I also create artwork from time to time for my projects.
Learn more about Clewer Puppets online and follow Debra on Facebook for Clewer Puppets and on Instagram.
Smithon
The Arty Duck
The Arty Duck is a welcoming community of artists and makers specialising in locally made arts and crafts with a shopfront open Monday to Saturday 10am to 4pm.
Come explore the Arty Duck website, discover their designers, and follow them on Facebook and Instagram for the latest news.
30 Smith Street
Smithton, TAS 7330
Amy Morrow
creARTive Workshops
I am a artist on the north west coast of Tasmania, and enjoy working with all mediums in art and express that working different styles of my art process. For me, my workshop is my art studio. I run weekly after school art workshops and paint and sip nights along with a growing range of other creative workshops.
You can follow creARTive Workshops on Facebook and Instagram for Amy’s latest workshop and event news.
59 Strahan Street
South Burnie, TAS 7320
Emma Pilgrim
Artwork by Emma
I am a watercolour artist, fascinated by the wildlife and scenery of Tasmania. I particularly enjoy capturing wildlife interacting with the environment in my work.
Explore and shop Emma’s delightful work on her Redbubble store and follow Emma on Facebook.
Havenview
Jeannine Binoth
Handloom weaver of fine copper wires.
Forest
West Coast
The Islands: Bruny, Flinders and King Islands
Bruny Island Bird Festival
The Bruny Island Bird Festival Website
The Bruny Island Bird Festival: Bringing together Science, Conservation, Community and Creativity to create three days of enjoyment and education about the birdlife of this wonderful island. Everyone is most welcome, birders and non-birders alike.
Discover the full festival calendar of creative workshops, the art exhibition, nature market day, sculpture art trail, festival program, Bird Beanie Competition and speakers series that makes up the Festival Program on the website as well as accommodation options. Here’s the list of Bruny Island birds.
Be sure to follow the Bruny Island Bird Festival on Facebook and Instagram too.
Sarah Stewart
Abstractionist working with acrylic and mixed media to create evocative and expressive contemporary artworks.
You can explore Sarah’s work on her online galleries and follow her on Instagram.
Bruny Island
Central North – including Launceston
Poatina Tree Art Gallery
Gordon Street
Poatina, TAS 7302
Poatina Tree Art Gallery is a community Gallery run by Poatina Arts. We are a small nurturing Gallery that provides exhibition opportunities to local artists and artists connected to our broader community.
Visit Poatina Arts online to discover all that this vibrant creative collective are doing, including a gallery space, glass studio, artist in residence program, rehearsal spaces, music studio rooms, and a ceramic studio. Be sure to join the newsletter and follow on Facebook and Twitter/X too for all the latest news.
The Poatina Tree Art Gallery is an exhibiting venue for the 5th Annual Art Trails Tasmania Art Exhibition.
Sheffield Art Gallery
6 Pioneer Close
Sheffield, TAS 7306
The Sheffield Art Gallery exhibits and sells arts and crafts created by our diverse and talented group of local artisans. We provide a high quality gallery service open to the general public. We respond to the needs of the community by providing an exhibition space open to local artists and encourage all sectors of the community to participate.
Visit the Sheffield Art Gallery online , discover the exhibitions, workshops and special events. Be sure to follow on Facebook.
The Sheffield Art Gallery is an exhibiting venue for the 5th Annual Art Trails Tasmania Art Exhibition.
Launceston Art Society
The Launceston Art Society (LAS)
The Society encourages the development of art skills and knowledge and enables members to promote their work through exhibitions as well as encouraging skill development via workshops. Social interaction and networking is encouraged on the Wednesday studio open days.
Be sure follow on Facebook and to explore the Launceston Art Society website to learn about their workshops, exhibitions, becoming a member and their newsletter.
RSL Building Wellington Street
Launceston, Tas 7250
Evelyn Antonysen
Award winning painter, watercolour and all other media. Qualified teacher/art tutor with more than 30 years experience. Tasmanian born, exhibited internationally, painting Tasmania.
Studio gallery in Ulverstone welcomes visitors.
Visit Evelyn’s website and be sure to follow her on Facebook and Instagram for workshop, exhibition and art news.
Read Evelyn’s Artist Profile here.
Evelyn Antonysen Art Studio/Gallery
29 Heathcote St
Ulverstone, TAS 7315
June Hope
June Hope Textile Artist
I am an Ulverstone-based contemporary felt-maker specialising in visual and wearable art.
Explore June’s work on her website and follow June on Facebook and Instagram for a healthy dose of textile inspiration.
Read June’s Artist Profile: Discover How Nature Inspires June Hope’s Textile Art
Ulverstone
Jacqui Thomson
Mansell Fine Arts
Jacqui Thomson is a fine art oil painter living in Devonport lutruwita.
You can follow Mansell Fine Arts on Facebook and Instagram.
Dawn Murray
Dawn is a mixed media artist working mainly with resin, as well as painting with oil and cold wax. Inspiration comes from coast line, land and mountains around me. Finding colour and expression in an impressionist view.
You can shop with Dawn on BlueThumb. Follow Dawn on Facebook and Instagram for her latest news.
Devonport
Richard Klekociuk
Practicing artist and teacher for over 50 years. Based in Launceston.
You can follow Richard on Facebook and Instagram and shop with him on Redbubble.
Launceston
Helene Boyer
A glass artist and sculptor inspired by forms found in the marine and terrestrial environments of Tasmania, manipulating the potential of glass to exploit transparency, colour and light, to evoke emotion and to comment on vulnerability to climate and habitat change.
You can follow Helene on Instagram to stay up to date with her work. Read Helene’s Artist Profile here.
Invermay
Paul Kenny
South Esk Art Gallery in Longford
Longford
Lyndel Rawlings
I’m a learning artist, constantly trying new mediums, experimenting and playing.
Prospect Vale
Julie McDonald
Mixed media artist who explores the world through a kaleidoscope of colour that unveils dimensions and emotions for visual storytelling.
Deloraine
Sylvia Marris
I am a life long artist and have developed an intuitive mindful practice with a focus on colour, and I enjoy painting plants and birds from my garden and making fabric covered rope bowls.
You can find Sylvia in the Deloraine Creative Studios and follow her beautiful work on Facebook and Instagram.
Deloraine
Makers@TheCourthouse
1951 Main Road
Lilydale, TAS 7268
Operating from the old courthouse in Lilydale, Makers@TheCourthouse is a co-operative of artists and craftspeople, including woodworkers, ceramicists, knitters, jewellery makers, and sewers of clothing and accessories.
Our new gallery provides space for our artist and photography members.
Be sure to follow Makers at the Courthouse on Facebook and Instagram for all of their latest news on exhibitions, workshops, events, designs and treasures.
Lilydale
Makers @ the Courthouse is an exhibiting venue for the 5th Annual Art Trails Tasmania Art Exhibition.
Paula Speight
I’m a ceramic artist based at Port Sorell on NW Coast of Tasmania; I have completed Certificate III in Visual Arts at TAFE focussing on ceramics and printmaking.
There are endless opportunities for learning with clay which I enjoy immensely, working with varied clays from smooth porcelain to heavily grogged rough clays.
I’m inspired by our coastal environment here on the north west and east coast of Tasmania where I spend a great deal of time which is represented in the pieces I create.
Be sure to explore Paula’s Portsy Clay work on her website and join her newsletter for the latest news on workshops and events. Paula’s workshops sell out quickly once they are announced in her newsletter.
Follow Portsy Clay on Facebook and Instagram for a constant stream of inspiration, exhibition news and behind the scenes insights.
Marilyn Nicholls
Predominantly working with textiles, felting and hand stitching. Incorporating photographic images with fabric and stitching.
Westbury
Wendy Calder
Creative in fine arts mixed media. I enjoy the shadow light play, monochromatic graphite charcoal mixed media and print making.
Hand made natural dyes images and fabrics. Soft furnishings items simple sewing techniques and exploration. Yarns and colour creating useful items wearable and functional art. Nature flora and fauna images and subjects help retain my focus.
Enjoy sharing the fun of the adventure in learning techniques.
Dunorlan
Lynne Bryer
Inspired by humanity, and our environment, both created and natural. Enjoy exploring a variety of mediums.
Latrobe
R. Ann Hodgkinson
I prefer to use graphite and watercolour for creating works that are inspired by botanical and natural science subjects.
Forth
Laurinda Brooker
My work often has a focus on mushrooms, whether scientifically accurate or something more magical.
Explore Laurinda’s beautiful work online her shop and follow her on Instagram.
Prospect
Gerry Jensen
I love painting and have been since the age of 14 (way way back) and have won numerous awards and enjoy teaching others the love of art.
Kingsmeadows
Suellen Bayly
Exploring the world of digital art. Enjoying sculpting with clay. Dabbling in abstract paintings.
Clarence Point
Catherine Phillips
Catherine Phillips is an artist and art teacher. She has completed a Master of Fine Art and a Master of Teaching. Her preferred medium is oil paint, and subject matter, landscapes.
Be sure to follow Catherine on her artistic journey on Instagram and discover which exhibitions Catherine is exhibiting in.
Launceston
Nicole Jensen
Beginner abstract painter, using acrylic and gouache.
Prospect
Blue Tree Gallery
Blue Tree Gallery are dedicated to promoting mental well-being. Discover all your Tasmanian-made local souvenirs conveniently in one place. Our founder, Aimee, is a passionate artist who seeks to capture human emotion and provide a safe space within this gorgeous little art gallery amongst the ferns.
1420 Cradle Mountain Rd
Moina 7310
Explore the Blue Tree Gallery website and follow on Facebook and Instagram for all the updates. You can also discover the founder Aimee Rowland on Instagram.
Marilyn Theisel
Mixed media artist, working in Coloured pencils, watercolours, acrylics and textiles.
Newnham
Gulcan Kilinc
I studied Bachelor of Contemporary Arts.
Be sure to follow Gulcan on Instagram for her latest works and news.
Newnham
Dean Greeno
My arts practice centres primarily on sculpture, it draws heavily upon my pakana cultural connections to Country and the traditional practices that spiritually connect me to my artwork. These connections began early when my great grandfather took me into the bush and swamps of the East coast of Flinders Island to show me traditional hunting and crafting techniques.
This background is combined with the stoicism derived from the journey of my ancestors and people who have continued to practice the oldest living culture from precolonial to current times despite the many horrific challenges they faced on that pathway not excluding war, assimilation and cultural theft. An important aspect of the future pathway within my work is the effects of climate change on traditional Tasmanian Aboriginal resources and recognising how these effects are being felt not only by the pakana and palawa people themselves but Sky, Land and Sea Country.
I have help support the creation of a handful of films and documentaries, further to this I have enjoyed guiding and exploring informed talks, fire pit yarns and sharing knowledge walks through the Cataract Gorge in Launceston or on the beaches of Flinders Island, each presentation focused in part on highlighting the immediacy of healing and caring for Sea Country.
Explore Dean’s website to discover is work and connection to country.
Launceston
Sandra Henderson
I use acrylics and texture paste on canvas to produce highly textured and colourful works – inspired by the beauty of Tasmania’s flora and fauna.
Trevallyn
Michaela Boon
Frog Hollow Tasmania is located indoors at Evandale Market every Sunday or by appointment.
My passion for creating artwork and paintings is intertwined with my love of all things in nature. Growing up in beautiful national parks and historic homes, I celebrate colour, form, and texture and meditate on the relationship between light, shadow, and atmosphere.
I work primarily in mixed media on canvas and paper, using a combination of inks and delicate lines to create interest, depth and detail in my work. I invite the viewer to step into the piece and seek out their own interpretation.
Follow Michaela on Facebook and Instagram for all her lovely work.
Perth
Riitta Boevink
I am an ” art lover”. Have special interest in textile art.
Port Sorell
Lynda Young
I’m a botanical artist who has branched out into animal watercolour and pastel pencil portraits. I have recently published a NF children’s picture book featuring 12 native animals and their diets. I sell prints of these and take pet portrait commissions.
Follow Lynda on Facebook and shop for her truly beautiful artworks on a range of goodies on Redbubble.
Read Lynda’s Artist Profile here.
Kayena
Evie Wood
Laurawood Studio
Naive/expressionist artist in many mediums. A lover of colour and texture. Whimsical and sometimes eccentric works. Lately collage has been a favourite genre to work with.
West Launceston
Yvette Hallam
Mosaic artist and teacher with a passion for community work and helping people discover their creativity. I love working with stained glass, however I also like to incorporate smalti and natural elements into my work.
Be inspired by Yvette as you follow her on Redbubble, Facebook and Instagram.
Mayfield
Cindy Thompson
I am a contemporary textile artist who loves to work with fabric, fibres, threads and I complete most of my works using free motion machine embroidery. I also enjoy traditional hand embroidery.
Follow Cindy on Facebook and Instagram to discover upcoming events and beautiful works.
Read Cindy’s Artist Profile here.
Barrington (near Sheffield)
Anita Parker
Hi , I am a self taught acrylic painter. I reside in the beautiful Tamar Valley. This river is my inspiration for my landscapes. My style is impressionistic.
Follow Anita on Facebook and Instagram to keep up to date with her work and news. You can shop with Anita on her website.
Deviot
Nigel Lazenby
Please visit my website and read my artist statement or view my imagery. This will give you an idea about me and my work.
Be sure to explore Nigel’s website and the gallery of his works.
Evandale
George Town Art and Artisans
Shop 3, 81 Macquarie Street
George Town Tas 7253
George Town Art and Artisans is a gallery/retail space for artists, artisans and craft people from the municipality of George Town to collaborate, exhibit and sell their creations.
Be sure to follow on Facebook and Instagram this vibrant and creative group for the latest in events, workshops, exhibitions and designs.
George Town
Vince Brophy
Photographer and artist, Vince specialises in photographs works. His web site also has accompany music attached to his photographs.
Explore Vince’s work on his website and follow this talented photographer and musican on Facebook and Instagram for his exhibition and events news.
Read Vince’s Artist Profile here.
Low Head
Steve Myers
I have surfed and lived by the ocean my whole life and I am inspired by the natural beauty and ruggedness of the West coast of Tasmania, Australia. My art reflects the dynamic relationship between the remoteness and solitude one feels here on the west coast.
Explore Steve’s work on his website, and follow him on Facebook and Instagram. Be sure to snaffle some of his work via his Bluethumb store.
George Town
Katherine Tyson
The history of art, the landscape, birds and animals are the sources of inspiration for my oil paintings on canvas.
Join Katherine on Facebook for her latest news.
Port Sorell
Carla Coogan
Textiles
George Town
Devone Jones
My love at the moment is working in inks. Both acrylic and Alcohol inks. From home I am both a watercolourist, and do mess around with mixed media.
Penguin
Marilyn Patton
Marilyn J. Patton
I am an oil painter and a print maker and have been engaged in art making since my retirement and relocation to Tasmania. I create at home as well as in my Studio in the Deloraine Creative Studios. I enjoy painting portraits, landscapes, still life, and narrative works. My printmaking includes linocuts, drypoint, serigraph, and monoprints.
Visit Marilyn’s Facebook and Instagram and be sure to follow her latest news and works.
Penguin
Aukje Boonstra
Transformed discarded clothing into Sustainable Couture. Handstitching Eco Dyeing are my areas of expertise.
Explore Aukje’s website and follow on Facebook and Instagram to find out about upcoming workshops and events.
Read Aukje’s Artist Profile here.
Ulverstone
Central Tablelands
Lee-Anne Peters
Specialising in ceramics and visual arts. Follow Lee-Anne’s exciting adventure as an award winning sculptor, fine artist and clay obsessor.
Follow Lee-Anne on Facebook and Instagram to stay up to date with all that’s happening.
Campbell Town
Central South – including Hobart
Peppercorn Artists Gallery
Peppercorn Gallery is located in historic Richmond. It is run by an artist Co-Operative and promotes the work of the member artists and over 30 other Tasmanian artists and artisans.
58 Bridge Street,
Richmond 7025
Open 7 days.
You can visit this wonderfully inspiring gallery and shop in person, or at the Peppercorn Gallery online home and follow on Facebook and Instagram for all of the latest news and treasures.
Lora Warman
Lora
I am a mixed media artist who explores storytelling through collage. I work mainly with paper but am exploring other mediums including acrylic painting, cyanotype printing and ceramics. Creating art pieces brings me joy and enables me to express my wonderings.
Explore more of Lora’s work on Instagram and stay up to date with where you can find her work available at Markets and Fairs.
Kingston
Maria Oakley
Maria Oakley Art
My art practice is influenced by both flora and fauna from my surroundings.
Shop with Maria on her Bluethumb store and follow her on Facebook.
Bellerive
Emma Robertson
Proud palawa artist creating cultural jewellery, prints, fashion and homewares.
Follow Emma on Facebook and Instagram to discover fabulous designs and treasures.
Chigwell
Wendy Galloway
Wendy’s studio is in Hobart at the base of kunanyi/Mount Wellington. Landscape is Wendy’s main inspiration for creating abstract and semi abstract paintings. She has been creating art for over thirty years.
Follow Wendy on Facebook, Instagram and on Bluethumb.
Hobart
Fran Tilley
Fledgling photographer.
West Hobart
Artosaurus Gallery and Studios
Artosaurus is an inclusive art gallery with multiple teaching studios. Our focus is on lifelong learning for artists of all abilities, providing art classes and workshops and opportunities for Tasmanian artists to exhibit and sell their work and building a safe and supportive art community.
Visit the Artosaurus Gallery and Studios website and be inspired by their work and while you’re there, join the newsletter.
Be sure to follow them on Facebook and Instagram too.
Moonah
Tanya Scharaschkin
Learn to observe and draw with botanist and artist, Dr Tanya Scharaschkin. Having struggled with drawing accurately herself, Tanya’s classes cater to those who have never drawn before or think they can’t draw.
Tanya lives in Collinsvale, but teaches across Tasmania and interstate and overseas. Invite her and she’ll be there!
Follow Tanya on Facebook and shop with her on Redbubble.
Collinsvale
Amanda Grubb
Beautifully Natural – Amanda Jane Designs
I love designing colourful and fun fabrics from my unique Watercolour designs, running classes, and all based around nature. Artwork to make you smile.
Be sure to follow on Facebook, explore Amanda’s website, shop her beautiful designs, and join her email newsletter.
Brighton
Annette Fuller
I am a multidisciplinary artist deeply connected to and drawing inspiration from nature and my relationship in and with the natural environment. My sense of place heavily influences my work.
Come explore Annette’s beautiful website with her art work and workshops and be sure to follow her on Facebook and Instagram for creative fixes!
Cremorne
Linda Van Bemmelen
I am an abstract painter using acrylic paint.
Do explore Linda’s Instagram feed and follow for a whoel series of abstract art delight.
Blackmans Bay
Renate Hughes
I am inspired in my artwork by stories of resilience and hope. My art work allows me to examine and reflect on the human connection to the Tasmanian landscape and moments in time.
Glenorchy
Stephen Bond
I am an artist musician making both 2D and 3D work and performing my own Bolero songs.
Head over to Stephen Bond’s website for a healthy dose of inspiration, discover his upcoming performances, explore the blog for exhibition and festival news and follow Stephen in Instagram and Facebook.
New Town
Tracy Willans
I work only with natural materials, either locally grown, foraged, recycled or from responsible and sustainable sources. Chance plays a role in the outcome of my artworks, they evolve, building layers of meaning through the ink, paint, mixed media and hand stitch.
Be sure to visit Tracy’s Soewn Earth online store and fall in love with her sustainably made art supplies and to follow on Instagram for behind the scences insights, beautiful treasures and daily inspo.
Dover
Robyn Lea
Visual Arts, Creative Writing, Creativities role in Health and Wellbeing, Neurological Disorders eg; Alzheimers’s.
Geeveston
Rossy Roberts Thomson
Gallery in the Square
I paint, knit, make collages and wearable art.I love colour, I love to use discarded objects and fabrics.My garden is also an artistic pursuit.
Huonville
Nicola Oliver
I’ve been creating art since August 2022. I particularly l Iove textile and watercolour mediums but I love exploring with anything really. I want people to find a moment of joy in my creations.
Be sure to follow Nicola on Instagram and explore her work.
Geeveston
North East
Christie A Lange
Christie Lange is a sculptor and ceramic artist. Her practice embraces biodiversity, hybridity and the agency of the more-than-human. Bringing together material investigations with a mycelial imagination, refrains of the mycological, zoological and botanical are present in her hybrid inventions. Highlighting the planets need for biodiversity, she tenderly examines redemption, restoration and renewal as her works in clay reveal nature’s infinitesimal expressions. Through her work, Christie hopes to nurture an appreciation for the natural world.
Visit Christie’s website and be inspired by the range of wonderful ceramic workshops and follow her on Facebook and Instagram for her latest news and designs.
Binalong Bay
Jane Seychell
I am a colour pencil artist. I create realistic art work featuring animals, nature and pop art.
Be sure to explore Jane’s gallery space in St Helens and her Artist website, details about her Commissions work with pet portraiture and to follow on Instagram and Facebook.
Read Jane’s Artist Profile story here.
Gallery | Studio | Art Space
41 Cecilia St
St Helens
The Jane Seychell Gallery is an exhibiting venue for the 5th Annual Art Trails Tasmania Art Exhibition.
Kay Shanley
Kay Shanley, a versatile artist, finds joy in oil and watercolour painting. Specialising in female portraits intertwined with botanicals and vibrant intuitive watercolours, she draws inspiration from her English countryside upbringing, love for gardening, and admiration for Klimt, Monet, and art nouveau.
Explore Kay’s website for her light filled paintings and blog and follow Kay on Facebook and Instagram. You can easily buy Kay’s work on her BlueThumb store.
St Helens
Dianne Horvath
Enthusiastic amateur artist who is keen to learn and encourage others.
St Helens
Wendy McCormack
Fires Edge Studio
Ceramic artist making both wheel thrown and sculptural pieces.
Follow Wendy on Instagram and Facebook for all of her beautiful works and events.
Scottsdale Art Gallery Cafe
Nestled at the entrance of the town’s bustling shopping centre, this remarkable art gallery beckons you to embrace the creativity of Tasmanian artists and regular changing exhibitions.
The Cafe, where the aroma of exceptional coffee and Belgian hot chocolate fills the air. Delight in crafting fresh, seasonal dishes using the finest local ingredients. Plus explore the North-East Scenic Rail Trail on two wheels with convenient bike hire options.
42 King Street
Scottsdale, TAS 7260
Visit the Scottsdale Art Gallery Cafe website and discover the latest exhibition news and exhibiting artists in the gallery and follow on Facebook for the latest news.
The Scottsdale Art Gallery Cafe is also the local Information Centre and the friendly team are most happy to share maps, great food and coffee locations across the north east.
East Coast
Rita Summers
Rita Summers is a Canadian-born eco-artist living and working in the island state of Tasmania. She found her true calling after having an illness in 2002 and opened her gallery/studio exactly one year later to the day.
She discovered eco-printing and dyeing in 2008. Rita has always loved textiles and stitching and part of her mission is to raise awareness of them as a valid art form.
Her underlying philosophy is to create products and source materials as ethically as she can. finding and reinventing vintage and preloved clothing, fabrics, and other materials with natural dyes, paints made from the earth and deconstruction techniques.
Materials for natural printing and colour are mostly foraged from her and husband Ian’s own property, where she can manage the trees and plants respectfully. Qualifications: Bachelor of Education (Art Major, distinction) Diploma of Art Craft Design (Textiles)
St Marys
South East
Mel Hills
Mel is a natural history artist who delights in sharing her inspiration and joy through creating portraits of the landscapes, ecosystems, plants and animals around her.
Mel Hills Wild Art on Facebook, Instagram, Redbubble and Bluethumb. Mel also heads into Hobart and further north for events.
Peter Sugden
I studied fine art at UTAS Launceston Campus majoring in sculpture. I now paint in acrylics in a naive way of landscapes mainly of Tasmanian coastal areas.
Dodges Ferry
Catherine Love
I trained in Florence. I paint in oils but charcoal and pastels too. Currently moving into a new genre – landscape.
Be sure to follow Catherine’s artistic journey on Instagram.
Nubeena
Find Artists & Our Supporters from Across Mainland Australia
Here you’ll find the Art Trails Tasmania current members who are artists from across the mainland in a range of fields.
New South Wales
Lise Heymer
I paint feelings, landscapes of imagination, whole people and parts. Playing with colours and textures I find a connection with myself and the external world. I work with acrylics and graphite but like to experiment new medium now and then. My art is contemporary.
Bangor
Australian Captial Territory
Victoria
Queensland
Margaret Moon Moon
Watercolour favourite medium. One exhibition 2018. Also like digital art using iPad and Adobe. Run Eco-dye Queensland on Facebook, a place devoted to botanical contact printing and natural wonders.
Boreen Point
Louise Mercer
I’m passionate about the work of artists and artisans and how their work makes a significant positive contribution to the lives of others.
Brighton
Northern Territory
South Australia
Western Australia
Navigating Tasmania
Below is a map to help orientate yourself with the regions. Do note that this map has some creative license to it rather than being a very specific, professional cartographers creation. Do refer to the Tasmanian Government Official touring map of Tasmania ($5, available online, in Service Tasmania shops and onboard the Spirit of Tasmania) for accurate details. It even has roads and rivers marked on it!
If you’re planning a road trip arts holiday be sure to get hold of a good old fashion printed map of the state. Do not trust Google maps or the navigation maps beyond the city and suburbs as they’re renowned for taking people along unsafe narrow dirt tracks with little opportunity for chucking u- turns (true for all regional, rural and remote areas in Australia). And besides, folding out a map, having an explore is way more fun!
See What’s On Across Tasmania
Just click on the images below to find out what is happening with various artists across the state.
What’s On and Happening with Art Trails Tasmania Members
Art Trails Tasmania is a membership based program that is all about empowering, enabling, celebrating and sharing the amazing artists, makers, writers, composers, designers, performers, creators, artisans and crafters across this beloved state.
After a lot of careful consideration, asking and listening to our audience on the socials in the prelude to the launch of this site, the decision on how this artist led project would be funded became abundantly clear: memberships.
Initial thoughts included having Google ads but no one, including me, really liked that idea. Other optoins included selling ebooks and courses and going after grants and sponsorships.
While grants and sponsorships might still be on the table they are unreliable in many ways – time consuming to apply for and highly competitive.
While the ebooks, guides and programs fit much better as they are about sharing skills, inspiration and connections. So you’ll find a growing library of them in the Resources area with the full collection available in the members area.
As for membership, it just made the most sense. It creates a family and shares the collective and individual stories.
To find out more about our membership options click here for the Member’s Hub.
A big thank you to everyone who helped answer my website build questions on Facebook and Instagram, your comments and messages helped a great deal with clarity and understanding how to make this site sing for you!