I Can Paint Myself Flowers

I Can Paint Myself FlowersSimone Sequeira of STUDIO SIMMI makes art from the places where cracks meet colour. Neuroqueer and Aussie born to immigrant parents, she once lived in the black and white world of a mech eng grad before psych care cracked her open. Group and one on one art therapy became her lifeline, handing her a sense of purpose and a reason to soldier on through making messy, grounding, and gloriously imperfect. Her practice lino carving, palette knife painting,

I went for a walk through the Noosa National Park recently and took a photo of the cove

and fragments of feeling - just like the journey it represents

Words are powerful

psychedelic worlds drawn from the depths of her imagination

work through anxiety

showing how I am made up of many layers

Known for her striking contrasts of light and dark

Each form becomes a soft metaphor for personal transformation and overlooked stories

John also has an ancient bloodline of Celtic Irish and Scottish heritage

bringing a sense of peace

'Parallel Lines' blurs that reality and asks the question: "What if

Duane Doyle is an artist from the Jiman mob in Carnarvon Gorge Country