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

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”.

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

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

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

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.

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.

Email:  negin1@icloud.com   
FB: @neginchoudartist
Insta: @negin_chaoud

Mixed Media, Painting, Printmaking, Sculpture, Textiles

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,

Kristy Osseweyer’s artistic journey is a tapestry woven with diverse experiences, passions, and a relentless commitment to creativity. Having honed her skills through an Advanced Diploma of Fine Arts in 2003, Kristy embarked on a remarkable adventure, traveling alongside the fire brigade and translating her experiences onto canvas. Her recent solo exhibition in Katoomba stands as a testament to her evolving artistic vision, showcasing her ability to capture the essence of her surroundings with vivid clarity. Prior collaborations in joint exhibitions in Bowral, alongside esteemed artists Ericka Baker and Peter Browne, have further enriched Kristy’s artistic repertoire, allowing her to explore new perspectives and techniques.

Beyond the realm of traditional exhibitions, Kristy has actively engaged in charitable endeavors, using her art as a catalyst for positive change. Her contributions to fundraising exhibitions for ‘Willo Industries’ and ‘Behind the Seen’ underscore her commitment to supporting causes close to her heart, particularly those addressing mental health within emergency service communities. Kristy’s artistic endeavors extend beyond the canvas, as she finds fulfillment in sharing her passion with others. As a primary school teacher, archaeology student, and aspiring art therapist, she is dedicated to empowering individuals of all ages through the transformative power of creativity. Through her painting workshops for children and adults in the local area, Kristy cultivates an environment where imagination flourishes and artistic expression knows no bounds.

Address: Fired-Up Images Unit 6, 68-70 Station Street, Bowral
Email:  kristyosseweyer@gmail.com
Phone: 0412 999 440
Web: kristyosseweyer.com      
Insta: @Kristylynosseweyerartistdesign
FB: @kristyosseweyer

Painting, Printmaking

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

Carla is a Southern Highlands–based artist working predominantly with oil and charcoal in combination across a range of surfaces. Her practice explores the landscapes of her local environment, from expansive, brooding vistas to intimate studies of frost-covered leaves, rendered with intricate detail. Her work is both painterly and tactile, balancing expressive mark-making with careful observation. Through a nuanced use of light, Carla seeks to evoke atmosphere and emotion, capturing fleeting seasonal moments and the quiet complexity of the natural world. Grounded in landscape yet guided by a sense of whimsy, her practice moves between the monumental and the minute, inviting viewers to pause, look closely, and reconnect with the subtle beauty of their surroundings.

Website: www.carlafulart.com

Bethany Herford is a Robertson-based artist whose practice explores expression, experience and the natural world through intuitive painting. Her work is driven by a fascination with atmosphere, movement and emotion, often capturing the quiet tension between chaos and calm.

Drawing inspiration from the landscapes and changing seasons of the Southern Highlands, Bethany creates works that feel both deeply personal and universally relatable. Her paintings balance spontaneity with thoughtful composition, resulting in layered pieces rich in texture, energy and feeling.

Working across a range of ideas and evolving styles, Bethany’s creative practice is one of exploration and curiosity. Through her art, she invites viewers to slow down, reflect and connect with the beauty, complexity and emotion found within everyday moments and the natural environment.

Instagram: @bethherford_art

Community Links is a Southern Highlands community arts initiative focused on creative collaboration, wellbeing and cultural connection. Through inclusive arts and cultural engagement, the organisation partners with local artists, First Nations communities and participants of all ages to create meaningful works that explore identity, belonging, mental health and human connection.

Working across a diverse range of mediums and collaborative projects, Community Links has facilitated artworks including murals, sculptures, street graphics, textiles and large-scale community pieces. Their projects provide accessible opportunities for creative expression while promoting cultural safety, mindfulness, social inclusion and wellbeing throughout the Highlands community.

At the heart of Community Links is a belief in the power of creativity to bring people together, spark conversation and create spaces where every voice can be seen, heard and valued.

Website: www.communitylinks.org.au
Facebook: Communitylinkswellbeing
Instagram: Communitylinks
Linkedin: Community Links Wellbeing
Phone: 02 4683 2776

Creative Space Community Outreach is an inclusive Southern Highlands community program run by the St Vincent de Paul Society NSW, providing accessible creative opportunities for adults across the region. Operating from a variety of welcoming locations, the program offers a supportive environment where participants can explore creativity, build confidence and connect with others through art, learning and shared experiences.

Through workshops, studio sessions, community learning and access to TAFE NSW training opportunities, Creative Space encourages participants to develop new skills, express themselves creatively and form meaningful social connections. Sessions are designed to be flexible and inclusive, allowing individuals to work independently or collaborate with others in a relaxed and encouraging setting.

Focused on wellbeing, accessibility and community connection, Creative Space Community Outreach creates opportunities for people from all walks of life to engage with creativity in a way that is supportive, empowering and socially connected.

Phone: 0417 847 492
Email: creative.space@vinnies.org.au
Instagram: @creativespacesouthernhighlands
Facebook: Creative Space Community Outreach
Website: Creative Space Community Outreach

Janie Miller is a Southern Highlands artist whose practice explores the subtle relationship between landscape, atmosphere and memory. Working across watercolour, oil and drawing, Janie creates quietly expressive works inspired by the region’s gardens, bushland and ever-changing skies.

Her paintings balance softness and structure, layering transparent washes, gestural marks and delicate linework to evoke the shifting moods of the natural world. Guided by colour, light and seasonal change, Janie’s work captures fleeting moments often overlooked — the stillness after rain, the glow of late afternoon light or the quiet rhythm of trees moving in the wind.

Rather than focusing on literal representation, Janie’s practice is deeply rooted in feeling and observation, inviting viewers to slow down and reconnect with the beauty and calm found within familiar landscapes. Based in the NSW Southern Highlands, she continues to contribute to the local creative community through exhibitions, collaborative projects and arts initiatives across the region.

Phone: 02 4888 2253
Email: janiemiller@bigpond.com

Kath O’Donnell is a Southern Highlands-based artist and curator whose practice explores speculative ecologies, evolving landscapes and the complex relationship between technology, nature and human systems. Working across both digital and physical mediums, her work investigates themes of extinction, interconnectedness, speculative evolution and imagined future environments.

Through experimental processes and immersive concepts, Kath creates works that move between the real and the speculative, blending organic forms, digital structures and shifting habitats to question how we understand place, ecology and existence in an increasingly decentralised world.

Alongside her own creative practice, Kath is the founder and curator of Invisible Art Space, an artist-run initiative dedicated to experimental, contemporary and digital art practices. Through both her artwork and curatorial projects, she actively supports emerging conversations around technology, environment and the future possibilities of creative expression.

Website: www.invisibleart.space
Instagram: @aliak

Linda Burgess is a Southern Highlands artist and maker whose practice transforms reclaimed timber, natural materials and discarded objects into sculptural works filled with character, craftsmanship and imagination. Working across woodturning, carving and wire sculpture, Linda is passionate about giving new life to overlooked materials, finding beauty and possibility in what others might throw away.

Using garden prunings, weed trees, construction off-cuts and salvaged materials, her work celebrates the unique textures, shapes and imperfections found within the natural world. From native birds and animals to whimsical garden sculptures, functional bowls, ornaments and jewellery, each piece is thoughtfully handcrafted and deeply connected to sustainability and creative reuse.

Balancing practicality with playfulness, Linda’s work reflects a strong appreciation for nature, storytelling and resourcefulness. Through her art, she invites viewers to see potential in the unexpected and discover beauty in the small, forgotten and reclaimed.

Instagram: @lindathewoodcrafter

Marjorie Kay is a Southern Highlands artist, author and illustrator inspired by nature, wildlife and the Australian landscape. Working across watercolour, acrylic, oil, gouache and alcohol inks, she creates expressive artworks capturing the beauty, resilience and emotion found within the natural world.

A self-taught artist, Marjorie paints landscapes, seascapes, animals and birds, while also illustrating and writing her own books. Following the Green Wattle Creek Fire, she created and illustrated I Know A Safe Place Summer 2019/2020, a story of survival and hope told through the eyes of the animals on her property. She has since published additional illustrated books including Something About Bees and the Tales from the Bush Australia series.

Marjorie’s work has been recognised through a number of regional art awards across NSW, and she continues to share her love of art, storytelling and the natural environment through her creative practice.

Instagram: @at1withart
Facebook: Art by Marjorie Kay
Website: Art by Marjorie Kay

Robert Billington is an award-winning Australian fine art photographer whose work explores atmosphere, landscape and the quiet narratives found within everyday life. Known for his evocative black and white imagery and contemplative visual style, Robert creates photographs that capture mood, memory and a deep sense of place.

Born in England and raised between England and Australia, Robert developed an early sensitivity to environment, culture and belonging – themes that continue to shape his artistic practice. His passion for photography began in his late teens and evolved from environmental portraiture into a distinctive fine art approach centred on abstraction, emotion and landscape.

Robert’s work has received international recognition, including the prestigious Hasselblad Masters Award, and has been exhibited and collected both nationally and internationally. He is also the author of several photography books, including Rustic Paradise, which featured a foreword by acclaimed Australian photographer Max Dupain. Through his photography, Robert continues to celebrate the quiet beauty and emotional resonance of the Australian landscape.

Instagram: @robertbillingtonphotography
Website: Robert Billington Photography

Yolande Clarkson is a Southern Highlands creative whose practice brings together interior design, ceramic art and a deep connection to natural materials and earth-based making. Inspired by texture, colour and the organic beauty of the environment, her work explores the relationship between art, design and the spaces we inhabit.

With a passion for ceramics, earth building and tactile processes, Yolande creates pieces that celebrate imperfection, craftsmanship and the grounding qualities of handmade materials. Her creative world is influenced by nature, textiles, plants, photography and the layered surfaces shaped by time and use.

Blending artistic expression with thoughtful design, Yolande’s work reflects a strong appreciation for atmosphere, materiality and sustainable creative practices, inviting people to slow down and reconnect with the beauty of the natural world.

Instagram: @yolandeclarkson