Hello, I'm Kay.
I'm an artist living and painting on Tasmania's beautiful east coast
My paintings are filled with many of the things I love - women, flowers, birds, horses, beautiful fabrics, the sea and, increasingly, little fragments of story hidden within the paint.
I've always been drawn to beauty, but I'm even more interested in what lies beneath it - the experiences we carry, the things that shape us, and the strength it sometimes takes simply to keep blooming.
My paintings are my way of telling those stories.
Hello, I'm Kay.
I'm an artist living and painting on Tasmania's beautiful east coast
My paintings are filled with many of the things I love - women, flowers, birds, horses, beautiful fabrics, the sea and, increasingly, little fragments of story hidden within the paint.
I've always been drawn to beauty, but I'm even more interested in what lies beneath it - the experiences we carry, the things that shape us, and the strength it sometimes takes simply to keep blooming.
My paintings are my way of telling those stories.
Paintings with stories to tell.
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Quick ViewAdd to cartThe Moon Garden
$304.00 -
Quick ViewAdd to cartShe Wears Her Story
$2,035.00 -
Quick ViewAdd to cartThe Hidden Path
$1,250.00
Look a little closer.
I love paintings that reward a second look.
Beneath the colour and beauty you'll often find tiny details woven into my work – birds, butterflies, flowers, fragments of pattern, old letters and unexpected little creatures.
Some are symbolic. Some hold memories. And occasionally they're there simply because they made me smile.
I like the idea that someone can live with one of my paintings for years and still discover something they hadn't noticed before.
Why I paint.
I don't paint perfect women or perfect lives.
The women who find their way onto my canvasses have lived. They carry memories, vulnerability, courage, joy and strength. Sometimes they are looking towards something; sometimes they are simply still.
Flowers appear again and again because I love what they represent – growth, fragility, beauty and the extraordinary determination to bloom.
And perhaps that's what I hope my paintings ultimately hold: a reminder that our stories don't diminish our beauty. They become part of it.
From my studio in Tasmania
Little glimpses of what's on the easel, how I work, what inspires me and the occasional chaos behind the scenes.
She Wears Her Story — A People’s Choice
The story behind an award-winning painting, from the first pieces of collage to the finished work I was absolutely delighted to learn that She Wears […]
When a Painting Finds Its Person — Guidearne
Every now and then, a painting finds its person before you’ve really had a chance to introduce it to the world. Guidearne was one of […]
Peoples Choice Award
I’m feeling incredibly grateful today. ❤️ My painting The Stories She Wore has been awarded the People’s Choice Award at the Whispers of the Past […]
In their words
There’s something very special about hearing from a painting once it has found its home.
Come behind the scenes
New paintings, works in progress, exhibition news and the occasional rambling thought from my studio in Tasmania - straight to your inbox.