ARTISTS
Jacqui Armstrong
@jacquiarmstrongart
Jacqui, a Perth-based contemporary artist born in the UK, spent her formative years in Tasmania and Sydney before returning to painting in 2020 after a long hiatus.
Her practice, driven by instinct rather than formal training, is deeply rooted in abstract expression, exploring free-form creativity to convey personal narratives. Influenced by Mexican abstract artist Beatriz Simón and Australian contemporary Waldemar Kolbusz, Jacqui experiments with the boundless possibilities of abstraction. Since 2020, she has exhibited widely across Perth and regional WA, with her work featured in Havenist, Artist Close-Up, and Art Edit magazines. Her artistic journey continues to evolve through workshops with both Australian and international artists, reflecting her commitment to continuous growth and experimentation.
Melissa Boughey
@melissa_boughey_art
Melissa completed a Bachelor of Arts at Curtin University in 1994 before relocating south to manage a small vineyard and cellar door with her partner and three sons.
Over the past decade, she has dedicated herself to her art, actively participating in numerous group and solo exhibitions. She has been a finalist in notable national competitions including the Stirling Art Prize (2023), Muswellbrook Art Prize (2019 & 2021), and The Paul Guest Prize for Drawing (2016). Based in her home studio overlooking rehabilitated wetlands, Melissa draws inspiration from her environment and road trips. Her work, regularly exhibited in Melbourne, Sydney, Margaret River, and Denmark, captures a profound connection to the land and its changing landscapes.
Mikaela Castledine
@mikaelacastledine
Mikaela, an award-winning artist and published writer, holds a degree in Applied Science and an MA in Writing and Literature. With over 30 years in the arts, she specialises in collage and sculpture.
Her notable achievements include winning the Sculpture Scholarship (2013) and the Sculpture Inside Award (2016) at Sculpture by the Sea, and the joint People’s Choice Award (2019). In 2018, she won the prestigious Mandorla Art Prize and People’s Choice Award, and in 2023 she was a finalist in the Hadley’s Art Prize. Born on a Wheatbelt farm and raised in the Perth hills, where she now resides and works, Mikaela is renowned for her crochet sculptures that delve into themes of animal connections, religious architecture and family storytelling.
Gail Dell @gaildellart
Gail is a contemporary landscape and abstract painter from Perth, whose art is deeply rooted in the creative process. Coming from a family of artists, Gail values the journey of discovery over the final image. For her, the canvas serves as both a battlefield and a playground, where each stroke and challenge adds to the complexity and depth of her work.
This approach demonstrates her dedication to evolving her art, pushing boundaries, and embracing the unpredictability of creativity. Gail’s abstracted landscapes, enriched with contemporary elements, capture the raw essence of her interactions with the environment. Through her work, she invites viewers to engage with the artistic process itself, exploring the voice of the painting and their personal responses to it.
Emma Dodds
@emma.j.dodds
Emma is a textile artist with a background in fashion and textile design from North Metropolitan TAFE. Her passion for textiles and print design began early, leading her to create work that transports her into her own imaginative world.
Following the loss of her mother in 2020, Emma renewed her creative spirit through painting, which helped her navigate her changed reality. This period of exploration introduced her to hand tufting, a technique she quickly fell in love with, allowing her to elevate her practice by creating wool sculptures for walls. Emma describes this process as “painting with wool.” Influenced by interior design, print, and architecture, her spontaneous and intuitive approach blends vibrant colours, forms, and patterns, resulting in deeply personal and transformative art.
Pippin Drysdale (OS, 1961)
@drysdalepippin
Pippin, an acclaimed international artist and Master of Australian Craft, boasts a 30-year career in ceramics. Her work is a fusion of artistic passion and a deep love for the landscape, evolving from global travels to a recent focus on Australia’s vivid desert landscapes.
Her finely crafted porcelain vessels capture a timeless and breathtaking sense of space and place, reflecting the mesmerizing colours of the Australian outback. In 2020 Pippin received an Honorary Doctorate of the Arts from Curtin University. Last year she was a finalist in the 2023 Wynne Prize, showcased alongside the Archibald and Sulman Prizes at the Art Gallery of New South Wales. Pippin is represented by Linton & Kay Gallery.
Teresa Fernandez @sophiewombatdesign
Teresa, a professional artist with a lifelong passion for drawing, pursued studies in graphic design and fine art. Drawing inspiration from her everyday surroundings, beaches, bushland, and even her kitchen cupboard—she focuses on botanical subjects, still lifes, and tablescapes, with keen attention to detail, light, and shadow.
Originally from Madrid, Teresa emigrated to Australia as a child, and her Spanish heritage influences her work, especially in her tablescapes, which feature vintage tablecloths and ceramics from both Australian and European traditions. Embracing an evolutionary artistic path, Teresa values curiosity and experimentation over settling into a single style. She is also involved in developing and delivering pro bono art enrichment projects for schools, reflecting her commitment to both personal and community artistic growth.
Hana Fry
@hanafry.art
Hana’s diverse upbringing across Cyprus, the US, Venezuela, and the UK led her to Perth at 18, where she attended university and fell in love with WA. She graduated in 2008 with a double major in Fine Arts and Philosophy and later earned a Diploma of Education.
Hana’s intuitive painting style is inspired by the cultural contrasts of her youth and the dynamic, often chaotic, experience of being a mother of two. Her bold abstract works merge structured lines with sweeping, spontaneous movements, creating pieces that are distinctive for their soft undertones and complex interplay of shapes and lines. Hana’s art reflects a blend of order and unplanned joy, making each piece a unique visual experience.
Francesca Gnagnarella @fragnagna_art
Francesca, an Italian/Australian contemporary abstract artist, has been based in Gracetown since 2019. She began her artistic career in Paris while studying at the Sorbonne University and held her first solo exhibition in Rome in 2006.
Since relocating to Australia in 2007, Francesca has been deeply inspired by the vast WA landscape, incorporating its scale and textures into her work. Her ‘emotional landscapes’ often feature 23-carat gold leaf, which imparts luminosity and elegance, mirroring the light of the WA sun. Francesca’s bold and sophisticated paintings are exhibited internationally, with collections in Hong Kong, China, and Australia, and her work is widely collected around the globe.
David Green @paintingsbydavidgreen
David’s artistic focus encompasses diverse landscapes, from the rugged sub-alpine regions of Tasmania to the vibrant streets of Fremantle, where he lives and works. His paintings delve into the essence of ‘place’ and ‘paint,’ capturing the timeless beauty of landscapes and the subtle changes in light at dawn and dusk. With a narrow color palette and meticulous brushwork, David achieves a high level of detail that gives his paintings a vivid, ethereal quality.
Through soft blending and expressive mark-making, his art conveys a range of emotions, from fragility and melancholy to grandeur. David’s works invite viewers to experience a profound sense of humbleness and gratitude, offering a meditative reflection on the majesty and delicate nuances of the natural world.
Simon Greetham
@simon.greetham.art
Simon aims to create art with elegant simplicity, drawing inspiration from the serendipitous beauty of his urban surroundings. His abstract works reflect his personal experiences, capturing the chaotic, unusual, and overlooked aspects of life. Simon is captivated by striking shapes and vivid colors that evoke emotion and engage the senses. Time, with its endless reach, infuses his art with a sense of enduring wonder, while nostalgia offers a sepia-toned perspective on the past.
Simon’s artwork invites exploration of boldness, simplicity, and playfulness. Each line, shade, and deliberate omission serves as an invitation to connect with the essence of the human experience. His art is a journey into a world where every element is a thoughtful choice, inviting viewers to embrace and revel in its inherent beauty.
Lindy
Hall
@lindyhallart
Lindy is a Perth-born contemporary abstract artist who has been painting for over 25 years and is currently the artist in residence at European Concepts in Osborne Park. With a background in medical social work, Lindy’s art delves into the complexity of human experience, exploring thoughts, emotions, and memories.
Her deeply personal creative process aims to capture the intangible essence of the human psyche, inviting viewers to project their own interpretations onto her fluid and ambiguous compositions. Lindy’s work has been widely exhibited and is held in private collections across Australia and Rio de Janeiro, reflecting the profound impact of her artistic exploration on audiences.
Artist: Kathryn Haug
Roslyn Hamdorf
@roslynhamdorf
Roslyn has been a full-time artist for the past decade, working from her studio on a farm in Quindalup, situated beside a picturesque waterway. Her semi-abstract Australian landscapes often incorporate her passion for geology, with rocks and ranges playing a prominent role.
Roslyn explores the themes of tension, balance, and erosion within her work. Her art has been a finalist in numerous prestigious prizes, including Art Geo (2017, 2018, 2021), BRAG South West Now (2018, 2020), and Vasse Art Awards (2019, 2021). She won the Margaret River Art Awards in 2023 and the Cossack Art Awards in 2024. Roslyn is also featured in Margaret River Region’s Open Studios and is represented by Yallingup Galleries, Linton & Kay, and Black Stump Gallery in Broome.
Kathryn Haug
@kathryn_haug
Kathryn’s artwork explores the interplay between control and spontaneity by contrasting precise, descriptive marks with the raw, unpredictable qualities of paint. She allows paint to drip, smear, and clot in some areas while carefully arranging it in others, creating a dynamic balance between order and chaos.
Her subjects, ranging from everyday objects to rural landscapes, are chosen for their personal significance and their potential to be transformed through paint. These subjects evoke familiarity and memory, inviting viewers to engage with their tangible and symbolic aspects. Kathryn, a Fine Art graduate from Curtin University, has been exhibiting since 2009, with six solo shows and numerous group exhibitions. She lives in the Perth hills with her husband and three children.
Narelle Higson
@narelle.h_art
Narelle, who returned to full-time art practice after diverse careers in health and children’s television, describes herself more as a scribbler than a painter. She has embraced oil pastels combined with cold wax to create unique finishes and textures through layering and scraping back. Narelle is captivated by the Australian landscape, capturing the colour, light, and movement of grasses, bushland, flora, and water.
Her work has been recognized in several juried exhibitions, including being a finalist in the Perth Royal Art Prize for Landscape in 2022. Narelle’s artworks are held in private and civic collections both in Australia and overseas.
Chrissie Hogan
@chrissiehogan
Chrissie began her artistic journey at ten, mixing her first palette of oil paint. Her education included a scholarship at Applecross Senior High, a Bachelor of Art in Design from Curtin University, and a Diploma in Fashion & Textile from Bentley TAFE.
Chrissie’s multidisciplinary practice spans various mediums, maintaining a unique artistic balance essential to her process. Her work integrates elements of design, textiles, and paint, covering still life, landscapes, and pottery. She views subjects as tools for exploring colour, composition, and texture, with themes continually inspiring fresh and evolving works. Chrissie is dedicated to making art accessible, aiming to integrate it seamlessly into everyday environments. She believes that art should be for everyone and that owning an original piece enriches everyday life.
Ella Holme
@ellerlapaints
Creating art has been innate for Ella since she attended her first still life class at six. She won several art awards in high school and later worked as a freelance graphic designer while studying Fine Art at Curtin University.
Since 2020 Ella has developed a strong passion for alla prima (wet-on-wet) painting and drawing, utilizing loose brushwork, quick marks, rich color, and cropped compositions to convey emotion. Her ongoing commitment to still life studies is inspired by everyday objects in her domestic surroundings. Recently she has expanded her practice to include portraiture and figures in landscape, working from photographic references to explore new dimensions in her art.
Belinda Jeanes
@belinda_jeanes_art
Belinda is a self-taught artist working primarily in acrylics. Raised in the Wheatbelt her love of nature led her to a career in environmental science focusing on the botanical world.
The familiar sequence of travel, work, marriage, and motherhood brought her to the realization that time is fleeting, prompting her to take up painting. Belinda often draws inspiration from native flora and the sentimentality attached to inherited and collected objects. Her paintings capture a sense of melancholy or whimsy, always reflecting the passage of time. Her aim is to create works that are both familiar and unique, blending the essence of the everyday with a touch of artistic distinction.
Rebecca Koerting @rebeccakoerting_art
Rebecca is a contemporary abstract artist inspired by nature. Her works capture the dynamic energy and form of hidden Australian coral reefs, translating their organic, free-flowing shapes and colours into captivating abstractions. The fluid shapes and vibrant hues in her art tell the story of these reefs and their natural beauty, reflecting the imperfect, yet mesmerizing way they evolve into stunning forms.
Through her use of colour and composition, Rebecca invites viewers to delve into the hidden world beneath the ocean’s surface, highlighting the extraordinary beauty and diverse colours that exist in the depths of the sea. Her art serves as a subtle reminder of the wonders that lie beneath the ocean’s blue.
Waldemar Kolbusz @waldemarkolbusz
Waldemar is a contemporary Perth artist with over two decades of full-time painting and exhibitions both nationally and internationally. As the founder and director of Kolbusz Space, he explores two interrelated streams in his work.
His figurative paintings investigate the tension between idealized and actual human experiences, questioning whether we experience feelings as we are supposed to or if they are imposed on us. In contrast, his expressionistic works delve into the pursuit of perfection, only to reveal deeper, often unsettling truths. Waldemar’s paintings, known for their thought-provoking nature, have been commissioned for major projects and are held in numerous national and international collections, reflecting his significant impact on the art world.
Jina Lee @jinaleearts
Jina, born in South Korea and now based in Australia, has been a dedicated stone sculptor since 1999. She began her artistic journey at the Kaywon School of Arts and completed a Master of Fine Arts in Sculpture at Kookmin University.
Since immigrating to Australia in 2013, Jina has continued to work primarily with stone, using chiselling and polishing techniques to achieve a tactile and timeless finish. She also integrates bronze and steel into her sculptures to enhance the natural beauty of the stone. Jina is deeply involved in every step of her process, from conceptual design to material sourcing and creation at her studio in J Shed, Fremantle. Her work is showcased in public collections across Italy, France, Albania, South Korea, and Japan, and she is the director of STONE TO ART, Western Australia’s first stone sculpture symposium.
Emma Lipscombe (OS, 1992)
@emmalipscombe_
Deeply immersed in design throughout her life via art, interiors, landscape, architecture and design, Emma’s work merges the structured precision of geometric shapes with the fluidity of painterly techniques.
Emma’s practice involves the transformative process of simplifying, sampling, remixing, and reworking these elements. Drawing from her landscape architecture expertise, her creations blend a designer’s sense of order and scale with an artist’s nuanced understanding of color and luminosity. She has applied her skills to projects across London, Asia, and Beirut, reflecting a global perspective and a sophisticated approach to blending design and artistic expression.
Emilie Maguin
@emiliemaguinart
Emilie is a visual artist based in Perth, originally from France. Her work is characterized by its expressive and poetic depiction of the natural world, using vibrant, emotionally resonant colors. She employs layers of heavy acrylics, oils, and pastels to create rich textures that enhance the visual and tactile qualities of her art.
Emilie’s intuitive mark-making and gestural brushstrokes infuse her compositions with symbolism and storytelling. Her practice consistently explores the tension between abstraction and figuration, as well as the interplay between dense colour and line. Emilie’s artistic training was completed in Aix-en-Provence, France, and her influences include Henri Matisse, Pierre Bonnard, Vanessa Bell and David Hockney.
Jen Mellor
@jenmellorart
Jen is an award-winning artist with a global collector base. When she’s not creating in her Perth studio, she immerses herself in the outdoors, capturing the essence of nature through plein-air painting.
Her diverse body of work includes seascapes, landscapes, botanicals, still life, and abstracts, reflecting her versatile artistic range. Jen’s original paintings can be purchased directly from her, and limited-edition prints are also available. She actively exhibits her work at Aspects of Kings Park and the John Street Café Gallery in Cottesloe, showcasing her ability to transform natural inspiration into captivating visual art.
Laura Newbury @laura_newbury_artist
Laura is an emerging artist whose creative haven is the diningroom table, a reflection of her captivating artworks. Growing up on a vineyard in the Great Southern region and with a career in global hospitality, Laura explores the joy, passion, and chaos of mealtime through her art. A printmaker who discovered her love for the medium in high school, Laura has developed a unique mixed media practice.
Her work captures the moods of dining encounters and domestic scenes, focusing on the traces left behind after shared meals; empty bottles, food stains, and cherished memories. Laura’s hand-coloured collographs, with their whimsical and understated spirit, reveal her affection for furniture and floor rugs. Based in Albany, Laura has showcased her work in several group exhibitions across Australia and has a deep love for food.
Jasmine Raisbeck @jasmineraisbeck
Jasmine is an emerging figurative painter and ceramic artist based in Boorloo/Perth. As a female artist working primarily in oil paint, her practice delves into her experiences as a woman and mother, as well as the lives of those closest to her, including her children. With a background in journalism and TV production, Jasmine’s self-taught artistry is enriched by her storytelling skills.
Her work is characterized by a keen observational eye and aims to capture the beauty in everyday and ordinary moments shared with family. Her unique perspective blends her diverse skills and experiences, focusing on the intimate and personal aspects of human life.
Cy Rocchi (OS, 1986) @cyrocchi
Born and raised in the Southwest, Cy channels her deep connection to the land into her artwork, translating immersive experiences into vivid landscapes. Her technique involves using large palette knives for application, layering, scraping, removing, and blending to capture the raw beauty of vast open spaces and echo memories etched in her mind.
Drawing on her love of the outdoors, Cy seeks to convey the freedom and fragility of our coexistence with nature. Her process is purposeful, from engaging with the natural environment to the swift application of paint. Through layers of cold wax and oil, Cy invites viewers to journey beyond the visual, feeling the pulse of the earth and finding solace in its boundless depths.
Kristie Rowe @kristierowe_artist
Kristie is a multi-disciplinary artist based at Artsource in the Old Customs House, Fremantle. With a Fine Arts degree from UWA and a diploma in Fashion Design from Whitehouse School of Design, Sydney, Kristie combines her background in fashion and textile design with her passion for painting and visual design. Her intuitive approach to large-scale canvases features bold colors, impasto paint, and varied textures.
Influenced by her early life on a WA farm, Kristie draws inspiration from the natural environment, plant cultivation, and site-specific histories. Her work often explores transcendence, spontaneity, and the human imagination. In addition to painting, Kristie engages in photography and portraiture, capturing figures in movement and light. She takes on commissions for portraiture and abstract/landscape works in oils, acrylics, and watercolors.
Tania Spencer - Artist in Residence
@taniaspencerartist
Tania’s art combines the textile techniques of knit, crochet, embroidery or weaving with rural, industrial or recycled materials. Works often take the form of large scale knitted installations from fencing wire, sculptural objects, jewellery and embroideries of heavy wires onto metal supports. While her work is deceptively simple in its form, the underlying social or environmental context, constantly questions our state of existence and awareness.
Based in Lake Grace, Tania has a BA(Art) from Curtin University. She has exhibited in numerous group exhibitions in WA, SA, NSW, Japan, including Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi twice and Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe nine times, and solo exhibitions across WA. She was the recipient of Curtin Guild Grant, the Clitheroe Emerging Sculptor Mentorship at Sculpture by the Sea in 2011 and the NAB WA Sculptor Scholarship at Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe in 2008.
Tania has works are held in many Australian public and private art collections, Her public artworks are located in Albany, Melville and Northcliffe.
How to Purchase Artwork
Please notify a Red Sash salesperson on the Exhibition floor that you are interested in purchasing a work.
Payment can be made by card at the Ground Floor office and all artwork details and contact details will be recorded.
A red dot sticker will be placed alongside the purchased work.
A written receipt will be provided to you as a record of purchase for when all works are collected on Sunday 27 October from 3.00pm-4.00pm.
Artworks will not be able to be removed from the Exhibition prior to this time.
Thank you for your support.
Acknowledgements
It takes a village. Thank you to the following people for your contribution to this year’s special event:
St Hilda’s School Staff
Lizzie Warburton, Alumni Coordinator
Hope Barr, Head of Marketing & Communications
Courtney Roy, Marketing Assistant Glenn Jakovich, Assistant Campus Manager, and the Facilities team
Vasse Felix Wines // @vassefelixwines Generous donation of wines for Opening Night.
Jo Macnamara at Forage //@forage_by_jo Generous donation of flowers for the Exhibition.
We hope you enjoyed this year’s St Hilda’s OSA Art Exhibition.
