Our artists

Helen Ansell is a regional Western Australian artist whose vibrant paintings capture the spirit of native Western Australian flora and fauna. Helen has strong ties to indigenous communities having grown up in Ululla, a remote Aboriginal community in central Western...

Julie Silvester has been drawing and painting for as long as she can remember. As a child she entered numerous art competitions through school and the local community. From the age of twenty Julie has had the travel bug; travelling...

Sultana Shamshi calls herself an artist jeweller; having started in ceramics, she then transitioned to jewellery. Sultana originally studied art at Sir J.J. School of Arts in Mumbai, India. In 2012, she completed an Advanced Diploma of Jewellery Design at...

Danica Wichtermann is a ceramic artist and teacher based in the hills of Kalamunda, Perth. Her work reflects a passion for the native flowers and birds of Australia, as well as threatened species within Western Australia. Her porcelain clay vessels...

Tinctorium, a Latin word meaning “used for dyeing or staining”, is the name Penny Jewell has given to her studio, where she spends her time exploring the dye potential of plants gathered from her garden and the forests on her...

After graduating from Monash University with a Bachelor of Arts (Ceramic Design) in 1992, Patrick Wong went on to complete his Graduate Diploma in Applied Arts in 2002. In 2001 he was technical assistant for a Martin Blank workshop, which...

Lily Mercer's ceramics capture the uniqueness of Australian animals. Her individual pieces are made in her studio in Perth, from the finest Australian porcelain and coloured clays. Lily’s love of nature and passion for the environment provides a limitless reservoir...

Dariya Gratte is a local Western Australian ceramicist living in the Margaret River region. Dariya completed her studies at the Claremont College for the Arts in Perth and recommenced her art practice with a beautiful range of ceramics, influenced by...