Arco Iris Interiors Michelle Taranto brings to life a kaleidoscope of original artworks, with dreams of expanding her palette into fashion and interior design, captivating the hearts of those who revel in colourful, eclectic, and maximalist aesthetics.
Wild Mount Morgan Clay Louise resides in Mount Morgan QLD. Since her discovery of yellow fireclay on her property and its links to the historic gold mine brickworks she has been exploring the characteristics and varieties of local wild clay. It is with these clays that she creates sculptures and carved bowls which are bisque fired in her hand built wood fired kiln.
Artwork by Kimz After many years teaching in the fields of textiles and fibre arts, I followed my constant gravitation towards painting and completed a Diploma of Visual Art. In recent years I have been on a wonderful journey of experimenting with mixed media and my passion for combining paints, pen and ink and prints with free motion stitching continues.
Elizabeth Kate Fine Artworks As an Australian artist, most of my work boasts the beauty of Australian sceneries (particularly in the Central Queensland area), as well as the unique animals, birds and flowers of this incredible country.
Alana Read Art Alana is an award-winning, multi-skilled artist based in rural Central Queensland. Capturing local scenes, flora and fauna in watercolour is her passion. Her popular designs are printed in Australia onto coasters, bags, bookmarks and cards.
Fethers Studio I’m a self taught artist and paint a variety of subjects and styles. I have been a full time artist for 4 years now and slowly working towards local recognition which has been a little hard due to health issues and not having any art education credentials.
Draw Creative by Emma Ward Emma Ward is a third-generation, Rockhampton local whose Professional Art's practice and studio is based in Gracemere, Central Queensland. Emma’s Art making is centered around painting with Acrylics, and drawing using mixed media, charcoal, and graphite.
Gleeson Art I am new to central Queensland and looking forward to connecting with the local art community. I paint landscape paintings which are both impressionistic and realistic. I love creating an atmosphere with the fall of light with contemporary designs. I have been fortunate to have a few awards for my art.
Nancy Liddle I am a self-taught artist working in acrylic, pastel, and ink, on stretched canvas or paper. I began painting full-time over a year ago and have now produced over 150 paintings.
A Shade of Allusion I chose to do Ceramic Mold Making & Slip Pouring which I'm currently teaching in workshops. My art is not limited to these things though and I love to make or paint things which are a little bit funky and alluding to something else as well as create the traditional 'pristine & perfect' piece of work.
Paintings by Caitlin A teacher by day, an artist in every spare moment. Caitlin is an Australian artist and muralist who resides in Rockhampton. When she is not painting for her business, she is teaching visual arts to P-6 at a local primary school, filling her students’ days with colour and creativity. Caitlin is inspired by the diversity of Australia’s flora and fauna.
Rockridge Creations Pottery has always been a passion for us since our first touch of clay in High School. Finally taking the leap to delve into the creative side of ceramics, undertaking wheel work classes, and realizing that the clay is not only a stress release from our everyday work-life but the idea of creating a piece of pottery that not only we love but someone else does. It's a great feeling.
Capricorn Coast Art From an early age I was intrigued by my grandmother's life-like portraits deftly painted in oils. These paintings inspired me to follow in her footsteps. I gain personal enjoyment in experimenting with different materials and aim to inspire others by sharing the skills that I have accumulated, through my art classes.
Royal Qld Art Society Members of the Royal Qld Art Society Rockhampton Branch Inc paint in many different media and styles concentrating mainly on realism and impressionism. All work are original and unique.
Linda Weedon Following an extended period travelling and working all around Australia, Linda was drawn back to the beautiful Capricorn Coast. Winding up a successful decades long career in finance, she chose to leave the corporate world in 2018 to pursue her long time creative dream… painting.
David Plant Art I’m David Plant a local artist from Rockhampton that specialises in Australian themed artworks, I paint Emus and other native animals in comical storyline’s. My favourite mediums are pastels, acrylics and oil paints.
Lexi Maller & Amelia Ogg Lexi Maller and Amelia Ogg are multimedia artists who sculpt, carve, embroider, sew and create greatness. They will have a mix of paintings, baskets, textiles, embroidery, wood spoons, carvings and ceramics available at River Festival.
Driftwood and Paint I started my resin art journey 6 years ago and have not looked back. I am blessed to have an incredible space in my home to explore my art. Transforming my artistic vision into functional yet beautiful home decor, I pour my heart into each piece, ensuring it brings sophistication and elegance to any space.
A Little Bit of Lovely Glass At a Little bit of Lovely, I use a range of wonderful and sometimes temperamental techniques, to produce gorgeous, tactile one off pieces of glass art. I taught for many years in a Devon prep school and found my way into glass design as a restorative way to relax, have fun and extend my love of design.
Stained Glass Greenhouse Handmade stained glass work & plant accessories that are inspired by nature.