Artist and author Rosa Fedele, daughter of Italian migrants to Australia, was forbidden to pursue an artistic career.

Finally able to follow her vocation in adulthood, she studied at the prestigious Julian Ashton Art School, Sydney. Unconstrained by conventional expectations, her work is genre-defying – slipping between portraiture and still life to vintage cars, often veering off into the world of whimsy.

Address: 49b Sunninghill Avenue Burradoo

Email:   rosafedeleartist@gmail.com 

Phone: 0425 277 441

Web: rosafedele.com

FB: rosafedele.artist.author

Insta: @rosafedele

Drawing, mixed media, painting, author

Award-winning mixed media artist Cathy is driven to explore the world through her art. She has painted en plein air on six continents to date, undertaking artist residencies, expeditions & other adventures to challenge & inspire her artmaking.Cathy is a feature artist & teacher for organisations in Australia and overseas. She exhibits in solo & group shows in Australia & Europe. Cathy’s work is held in collections in Australasia, Europe, the UK & North America.

Address: 103 Merrigang St Bowral 2576

Email: cathyshugg@me.com  Phone: 0402 139 789

Web: cathyshugg.com FB: artbycathyshugg

Insta:  @cathy_shugg

Drawing, mixed media, painting

Andrea Hamann is a Southern Highlands based artist who draws inspiration from landscape and memory. Her work centres around an abstract landscape practice that explores memories of landscapes and impressions of places and experiences. Andrea works primarily in acrylic and mixed media on both paper and canvas. Recent work has explored a layering of botanical illustration and map making through her landscapes.

Address: 14 Biggera Street Braemar

Email: andrea@strongsoutherly.com    Phone: 0437 856 453

Web: strongsoutherly.com FB: strongsoutherly Insta: @strongsoutherly

Drawing, mixed media, painting

Loraine enjoys creating texture, layers and accentuated mark making adding depth to her work, which flows with movement as she makes marks using gestural abstraction. She also adds mixed media to free flowing semi-abstract pieces, with movement and flow. Loraine has a Diploma in Creative Visual Arts from the International School of Colour & Design.

The free-flowing marks, lines and dots are her signature.

Address: 85 Alice Avenue, Bowral

Email: loraineacoles@gmail.com  Phone: 0404 893 259

Web: www.bluedoorstudiogallery.com

Facebook: bluedoorstudiogallery

Insta: @loraine.coles_artist

Design, mixed media, painting, printmaking, textiles

With two decades of study and educating herself Jan captures our beautiful Southern Highlands landscapes. After living for years  overlooking a vineyard, Jan paints the hills, the clouds and her divine views. The expansive landscape and the cloud formations inspire her to create large space- filled artworks. Jan’s other passion is silversmithing: designing and creating elegant wearable pieces.

Jan has resided in the Southern Highlands for two decades and her watercolour paintings reflect the movement, colour, drama, intensity and light of the sky and landscape. Recently Jan has moved into abstract artworks working with ink and enhancing each with gold which results in a rich, luxurious work.

AWARD WINNING ARTIST I EDUCATED: NATIONAL ART SCHOOL

Jan experiences pure joy sharing her works.

Address: 7 Young Road, Moss Vale
Email: janpooleyhibberd@gmail.com 
Phone: 0416 240 511
Web: thestudioashby.com.au
FB: The Studio Ashby
Insta: @thestudioashby

Painting, Silversmith and Inkworks

As an Australian Pyrography artist influenced by Australian landscapes, Steve likes to use reclaimed timber where possible in order to produce original and unique burnings. He takes inspiration from local and regional structures and landforms and incorporates them into Pyrography burnings through the use of heated tips and tools. With Steve at Styro Pyrography the phrase, “burn some wood” takes on a whole new meaning.

Address: Moss Vale
Email: enquiries@styropyrography.com.au 
Phone: 0412 929 978
Web: www.styropyrography.com.au
FB:  www.facebook.com/styropyrography
Insta: @styro_pyrography

Pyrography

Michael crafts bowls, platters, jewellery, pens and other items from reclaimed and sustainably grown timber. He uses Australian native timbers as well as exotics from overseas, with timber grown here in the Southern Highlands a favourite.

Through the lathe Michael enjoys revealing the amazing grain and textures of timber so they can be enjoyed in people’s homes.  Visit the Turned Around Studio for workshops and see Michael’s furniture restoration!

Address: 135 Richards Lane, Joadja, NSW

Email: michael@turnedaround.com.au  Phone: 0456856080

Web: turnedaround.com.au FB:  Turned Around Studio

Insta: @turnedaround135

Wood turning, Furniture Restoration and Upholstery

Robbie is self taught and paints with acrylics and oils on canvas.

Robbie travels and is inspired by the world around her, particularly a love for France (and to the beautiful Southern Highlands).

Robbie’s subjects include animals, still life, landscapes and abstracts. Creating and painting feeds her soul and the happiness she feels is always evident in her works!

Address: 20 Albert St Bowral 

Email: milly@acenet.com.au Phone: 0405 365 936

Web: FB: www.facebook.com/studiomilly/ Insta:@studiomilly

Painting

Monique Turczynski – Monique Turczynski Fine Art
Monique has always felt a strong affinity with the creative arts and grew up spending every spare moment writing music, singing, acting and of course, creating visual art. Despite its spontaneous nature and abstract style, she sees shapes and colours in fluid art that, to her, are reminiscent of the ocean, rock pools and galaxies. “I hope my work inspires the same sense of tranquillity, imagination and joy that can be found in our beautiful, natural world”.

Address: 54 Park Avenue Aylmerton

Email: contact@moniqueturczynski.com Phone: 0421 798 188

Web: www.moniqueturczynski.com FB:www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100083091794397 Insta:@moniqueturczynski

Painting, mixed media

Ruth has been making pottery for many years. Her love of colour and the textures of nature inspire the way she decorates, designs and makes. Her current passion is making bird houses, and vase-like shapes.

Ruth’s weaving is inspired by a love of colour and texture. It gives her the opportunity to transfer her inspiration into weaving material, make scarves, cushion covers and clothes.

Address: 2 Ernest Street Mittagong 

Email: ruthpots@iinet.net.au Phone: 0439 907 227

 Insta:@ruthwright.1671

Ceramics and textiles

Bev loves to dabble in acrylics and mixed media, using a range of techniques and inspiration from our beautiful Southern Highlands.

Bev has participated in local exhibitions and is a long-time member of the Bowral and District Art Society.

Address: 10 Grice Drive Bundanoon

Email: mnbsteeden@bigpond.com Phone: 0414 560 466

 Insta: @bevsart2020

Drawing, mixed media, and painting

Margaret is a feltmaker and textile artist who creates original garments from natural materials such as merino and silk as well as other fabrics. 

Her designs and manner of construction consider usage, wearability and sustainable practices. Handmade  homewares also feature in her studio work.

Address: 13a Hurlingham Ave Burradoo 

Email:  margaretvconnor@gmail.com Phone: 0466 166 866

Web: FB: Margaret Connor Textile Artist

 Insta: -@justfeltlikeit

Textiles

Susan Landau works with simple Japanese inspired forms and experimental glazes.

Email: susanlandau21@homail.com Phone: 0412 095 091

 Insta: @susanlandau21

Ceramics

Patti works in painting, printmaking, textiles and mixed media. In previous years Patti has explored cites and out back regions of Australia as well as travels to Europe, USA and Canada. These journeys have further influenced her work through the cultural and emotive connection experienced. Art journaling and photography play an important part in the recollection and memory of ‘place’. Her knowledge of texture, colour and design is reflected in her energetic artworks.

Address: Lot 2 Short Street Medway 2577

Email: patti20@acenet.com.au Phone: 0418 211 488

Web: fireshedstudio.com FB: PattiJonesArtist

 Insta: @pattijonesart

Drawing, mixed media, painting, printmaking, textiles

Enamoured with the life figure from early studies under public sculptor Tom Bass AM, see the female form and muliebral influences in her work. Karen extends her practice to ceramics where she explores the organic connection between humanity and nature. Karen’s work has an intimacy as she seemingly breathes life into the clay.

Address: 2-4 Flora Street Colo Vale

Email: klalexsculpt@gmail.com Phone: 0417 242 756

Web: karenalexandersculpture.com

 Insta: @klasculpture

Ceramics, sculpture

“Creativity has proven to be my greatest access to self-expression and to the magical joy of play. Making and creating is a process where I unplug from the head and turn up the joy amidst play.”

Sarah’s woven work and sculptural pieces are a dance through play and partnership with found and foraged pieces from nature. Her painting is a melody of exploring colour. Twenty plus years ago she began painting in only blues, then gingerly ventured to blue plus white; nowadays it’s the whole colour palette. In drawing and mixed media it’s about breathing in the details and honouring the ordinary newly. It’s all a discovery. 

Address: Villa 5, 7 Arborea Place Bowral

Email: sarah@sarahnortoncreative.com  Phone: 0450 901 477

Web: sarahnortoncreative.com     FB: Sarah Norton Creative

 Insta: @sarah_norton_creative 

Drawing, mixed media painting, sculpture, textiles

I work out of my studio in Alpine in the Southern Highlands and have been potting since 1984. I created my studio in an old packing shed in the garden in 1990. 

I mainly create production pottery such as jugs, bowls, plates, mugs, platters and one off vases. Fired either in wood or gas kilns. I also make tableware for home and commercial use using high fire glazes that are food safe and dishwasher hardy.

I use an old dough mixer to mix clay and work mainly in stoneware and terracotta.

Address: 197 old South road Alpine 

Email:  pschmid43@gmail.com Phone: 0404 884 948

Web:        FB: hillside pottery

 Insta:@hillsidepottery

Sculpture

PETER CAMPBELL HAS AN AUTHENTIC VOICE, CHARGED WITH HONESTY, HUMOUR, ACTIVISM, HUMAN EMOTION AND PERSONAL POLITICS.

In a career spanning over 50 years, Peter Campbell’s music has been an ongoing exploration of his political and environmental concerns alongside the bitter-sweet matters of the human heart. It is an authentic voice, charged with honesty, humour, activism, human emotion and personal politics.

As an architectural graduate and graphic designer, for 30 years Peter’s ‘day job’ has been strategic visual thinking. In the Southern Highlands, Peter is therefore best known as the designer responsible for creating and managing visual identities for many high-level culturally based projects and events such as the Bowral Autumn Music Festival, the Southern Highlands ARTS Trail, the Robertson Community Information Centre, the PhotoVoice: Renewal & Resilience photography exhibition and book, and this website, artsfile.com.au, to name a few.

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For years, Artists and Creatives in the Southern Highlands have been seeking more opportunities to reach the public eye and share their stories.  EA Experience and a collective of determined artists created the concept of the Pop-Up Project, giving artists and creatives in our region an opportunity to open their doors more than once a year.  Artists of any experience can become a member to access networking, training, support and the ability to open their own studio throughout the year.

With short courses in painting at Julian Ashton Art School in Sydney and a life long love of drawing and fine art, Corinne has been painting since her first residency in 2017.
2 solo exhibitions later Corinne has opened a studio in Mittagong where she shares her time between teaching and her own active art practice selling her work through several local stockists, from her own shop in Dirty Jane’s Bowral and painting commissions.

Address: 4/8 Davy Street, Mittagong
Email:  info@corinnedany.com
Phone: 0404 884 948
Web: corinnedany.com      
FB: @CorinneDanyStudios
Insta: @Corinnedanystudios

Sculpture, Painting, Workshops and Gallery

As an artist, I find inspiration in the vast tapestry of life itself. My name is Jacqui Brown, and I am driven by the exploration of diverse mediums including painting, drawing, and multimedia. In my creative journey, I seek to capture the fleeting moments of serenity and splendid found in landscapes.
Through my work, I hope to inspire a renewed appreciation for the beauty that surrounds us, and a deeper connection to the natural world.

Address: 4/8 Davy Street, Mittagong
Email:  jacquibrown5@bigpond.com
Phone: 0432 603 271
Web: corinnedany.com      
FB: @Jacqui Brown Art 
Insta: @jacqui_brown_artist

Drawing, Mixed Media, Painting

I paint and draw the beautiful Southern Highlands landscape in oil, watercolour and pastel – both en plein air and in the studio. My work outside is a form of note taking and information gathering. I use these visual notes in the studio to create artwork which leans a little more towards abstraction, simplifying and expressing my experience of our unique, local landscape.

Address: 16a Evans St, Mittagong
Email:  jodiekilmister@gmail.com
Phone: 0413 770 516
Insta: @jodiekilmister.art

Drawing, Painting

Negin Chahoud explores her emotional journey as a refugee from Iran in her art practice. She gives voice to her courageous story through multi-layered, mixed media artworks on paper and paintings and creates intricate, semi-abstract artworks with a strong narrative.

Each element of Negin’s work is carefully selected including the process of which the paper or canvas has come to life. The staining, mark-marking, harsh and sometimes raw tearing and stitching are all meaningful to the narrative. Each piece not only showcases part of her history but also reflects on her journey to healing and the inspiration she draws from her natural surroundings.

Address: 14 Harley Street, Bowral
Email:  negin1@icloud.com
Phone: 0403 129 635   
FB: @neginchoudartist
Insta: @negin_chaoud

Mixed Media, Painting, Printmaking, Sculpture, Textiles

As an artist with a background in both graphic and interior design, my paintings serve as a fusion of these influential careers. Each piece embodies a spectrum of expression, from meticulously crafted interiors to vibrant landscapes bursting with colour. My creative process is driven by a passion for detail, where every stroke contributes to the tapestry of the final composition. Through the medium of acrylic, I weave together elements of texture, light, and perspective. With an affinity for precision and a love for vibrant hues, I strive to capture the essence of spaces and landscapes, inviting viewers to explore and immerse themselves in the intricate worlds I create.

Address: 43 Holly St, Bowral
Email:  ginaandree1@gmail.com
Phone: 0410 402 918
Web: Bluethumb.com.au/gina-andree      
Insta: @ginaandreeart

Painting

Colour and design have always been the driving force behind Sarah’s creative journey. After a period of absence, she has rediscovered her passion for painting, and it has become a source of joy and inspiration in her life.

Through regular classes at BDAS (Bowral District Art Society) and joining the Pop-Up Project community, Sarah has found a nurturing environment where she can explore her artistic expression and delve into the world of colour and design with renewed enthusiasm. Each stroke of the brush is an exploration, as she immerses herself in the vibrant hues and dynamic compositions that define her work. The creative process is a journey of discovery, as she experiments with different techniques and mediums to bring her ideas to life on a canvas.

Address: 29 Shepherd St, Bowral
Email:  sarah.pitt@bigpond.com
Phone: 0419 432 075   

Painting

My style has been heavily influenced by the things that I loved unapologetically as a teenager as well as a few other gems that I have picked up on the way to middle age. I feel that when I grew up and became an adult I entered this world of grey and beige. Stuck in uniforms ,representing an organisation or an agenda rather than expressing who I was or wanted to be.
In my reinvention of myself I have embraced the things I love without the shame of being daggy, silly or different. My works are diverse but are all linked through the joy they ooze and the use of bright colour and distinct mark making.

Address: The SHAC, 23 Charlotte Street Robertson
Email:  moe.does.life@gmail.com
Phone: 0450 527 577
Insta: @moe.does.life

Ceramics, Drawing, Mixed Media, Painting, Printmaking, Sculpture,

I am an Anaiwan woman (Uralla, NSW). I was born and raised on Gumbaynggirr Country and currently living on Dharawal Country. My family has a great affinity with the ocean and it is at the heart of my most cherished childhood memories. My grandmothers, both artists, in watercolours and oils, opened me up to the art world from a young age. I am human, so I have experienced trauma, both happened to and created by me. My work is based on the human experience but with the aesthetics that connect me to my childhood, nature and culture. Whilst the human experience in my art is based on my perspective and wide range of influences affecting my reality of existing (mental, emotional, cultural, spiritual and physical), I hope to relate to my audience.

Address: 77 Fairway Drive, Wilton NSW 2571

Email:   miranda.e.hampson@gmail.com 

Phone: 0421 666 995

Web: mirandahampsonart.com.au

Insta: @miranda_hampson_art

Painting

What makes 44spoons’ work so unique is that each painting is created using spoons, rather than brushes. Acrylic paint is dripped and splattered across raw canvas, glass, or acrylic using a variety of metal spoons. The effect is playful, bold, and textural.

Over the past few years, my style has varied from large-scale abstract works to smaller 3D whimsical scenes and animals—wild, super, and mischievous. Currently, I’m exploring large-scale pieces. While my subject matter constantly evolves, my technique remains consistent and I’m having a ball.

In 2022, I graduated with my Masters of Art Therapy and am currently facilitating sessions with women at WAGEC in Redfern. I also conduct fascinating workshops with kids and teenagers.

Email: supersmile44@yahoo.com.au
Phone: 0419 254 624
Web: www.44spoons.com
FB: @44spoons
Insta: @44spoons

Genre: Painting

Rob Lewis is an Australian artist based in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales. Since 2015, he has been honing his craft, drawing on over 35 years of experience in specialist bespoke paint finishes. This background informs his distinctive approach, bringing rich, layered textures to his work.

Inspired by the land and sea, Rob explores light and depth through his use of colour, creating pieces that invite intrigue and reflection.

Address: 174 Merrigang St. Bowral NSW 2576

Email:   rob848rob@gmail.com 

Phone: 0417 474 948

Insta: @rob_lewis_art

Painting

Tessa is an Australian potter producing wheel-thrown and handbuilt forms. Her work explores the contrast between textures, colours and apparently perfect and imperfect forms. 

Tessa is influenced by her environment: green, misty farmland, lichen, mosses, rich red and black soils and rainforest tumbling to the coast, on Gundungurra country near Robertson, NSW. 

Her work is held in private collections in the US, UK and Australia and she has exhibited in Canberra, Sydney and Yass. Most recently she was selected to participate in the 2024 Pottery Expo, Warrandyte. She was awarded the Craft ACT 2021 Emerging Artist Award. 

Instagram: @tessahoserceramics

Phone: 0400 537 537 

Email: tessa.hoser@gmail.com

Ceramics

Elaine Musgrave is a highly regarded botanical artist with a career spanning 30 years, known for her finely detailed watercolour and graphite studies. Her work captures the delicate beauty and life cycles of plants, meticulously drawn from life with a precision that celebrates the natural world.

Elaine has been a regular exhibitor at ‘Botanica’ at The Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney since 1999, and her work is held in both Australian and international collections. Recognised for her exceptional talent, she was awarded a Gold Medal at the RHS London Show in 2003.

Beyond her own practice, Elaine has dedicated years to teaching botanical art, inspiring others to observe and appreciate nature through careful study and artistic interpretation.

Phone: 0435 765 056

Email: elaine@elainemusgravebotanicalart.com

Website: www.elainemusgravebotanicalart.com

Watercolour and Graphite

Kate Friesenecker is a landscape, seascape, and botanical artist who works predominantly in oil on canvas. Her paintings are inspired by the interplay of light and movement, capturing the ever-changing beauty of nature in expressive, luminous brushstrokes.

Kate began painting in oils over a decade ago, but it is in recent years that she has fully dedicated herself to her artistic practice. Drawing inspiration from the Impressionist and Post-Impressionist masters, her work reflects a deep appreciation for colour, atmosphere and the dynamic energy of the natural world.

Website: https://bluethumb.com.au/kate-friesenecker

Instagram: @katefrieseneckerart

Maria Sakellariadis is a painter and drawing artist whose work combines representational art with elements of surrealism. Skilled in multiple media, she often incorporates fibre elements into her pieces. Drawing is central to her practice, and she has won several awards for her work.

Maria studied painting at Sydney College of the Arts and has exhibited widely, including two solo shows at James Harvey Gallery in Sydney and a two-person exhibition in Canberra. Her work has been hung twice in the Portia Geach Memorial Award, and she has received multiple drawing prizes from the Royal Art Society in Lavender Bay.

Poss Keech is a Southern Highlands-based artist inspired by the landscapes around her and those she explores beyond. Her paintings abstract the natural world while retaining a sense of place, capturing its movement, light, and emotion. Blending texture and form, her work invites the viewer to experience the landscape not just as a scene, but as a feeling—fluid, immersive, and deeply connected to nature.

Instagram: @posskeech

Roxanne Lillis, of Lillidowne Studio, creates oil paintings inspired by the regenerating bushland around her. Her work reflects both trauma and renewal after losing everything in a bushfire, layering oil paints and glazes to capture resilience and transformation. With an abstract expressionist style, her paintings are both whimsical and solemn, inviting diverse interpretations.

Roxanne studied at the Julian Ashton Art School before earning a Bachelor of Creative Arts and a Master of Art (Honours with Excellence) from UNSW Art & Design. She has exhibited widely across Australia, receiving numerous awards, including recognition from Del Kathryn Barton for her dynamic and expressive work.

Phone: 0419 211 251

Email: rflillis@gmail.com

Instagram: @roxannelillis

Facebook: Roxanne Lillis Art

Sonja Bowden, of SB Illustrations, is a hyper-realist colour pencil artist with a deep passion for capturing the intricate details of animals. A lifelong connection with horses and wildlife has profoundly influenced her work, allowing her to bring both precision and emotion to her illustrations.

Originally a graphic designer and junior art director in advertising, Sonja later transitioned to freelance illustration, combining her artistic skills with her experience in the thoroughbred industry. Her work has been recognised in major art prizes and commissioned by collectors who appreciate her ability to bring subjects to life with remarkable realism.

Facebook: Sonja Bowden – SB Illustrations