Rhiannon was born in Byron Bay, Australia. Aside from art making, Rhiannon is a mother, Chinese Medicine practitioner, dancer & actor. Rhiannon's art aims to capture an experience of life intertwined with physical and energetic environment. She has pieces held in private collections in Australia, New Zealand, Switzerland and U.S.A. She currently lives & works in Mullumbimby, NSW.
‘I am curious about the interplay of physical ‘known’ reality and the layers of worlds; emotional, ancestral, energetic etc. that forms my experience.
I am inspired by rhythm; the rhythm of a line, the rhythm of the movement produced by one colour meeting another. The rhythm of music is the rhythm of my environment - music is vital inspiration to my life and my art.
I am inspired by nature (humans included), so random and right, even when it could be wrong. Like nature my art is full of precious accidents. I love the unexpected, the crazy thing that shouldn’t be, but is. I love contradictions that find their own style of harmony. I love that which courageously reveals vulnerability, that which are at once ferocious and fragile. This inspires me to bravely push the boundaries of my own authenticity, my own art.
I often work from life. With the bones and bumps in front of me the work is grounded, allowing a foundation to explore and adventure from intuitively. More and more though, I find the face or form 'arrives' from out of the undercoats of the painting or my subconscious.
I work with all media (graphite, ink, acrylic, oil, chalk pastel, encaustic, charcoal) at hand, then as I work I can spontaneously reach for anything to use, this allows me to keep present and keep thinking to a minimum.
I hope you enjoy the work.’
‘I am curious about the interplay of physical ‘known’ reality and the layers of worlds; emotional, ancestral, energetic etc. that forms my experience.
I am inspired by rhythm; the rhythm of a line, the rhythm of the movement produced by one colour meeting another. The rhythm of music is the rhythm of my environment - music is vital inspiration to my life and my art.
I am inspired by nature (humans included), so random and right, even when it could be wrong. Like nature my art is full of precious accidents. I love the unexpected, the crazy thing that shouldn’t be, but is. I love contradictions that find their own style of harmony. I love that which courageously reveals vulnerability, that which are at once ferocious and fragile. This inspires me to bravely push the boundaries of my own authenticity, my own art.
I often work from life. With the bones and bumps in front of me the work is grounded, allowing a foundation to explore and adventure from intuitively. More and more though, I find the face or form 'arrives' from out of the undercoats of the painting or my subconscious.
I work with all media (graphite, ink, acrylic, oil, chalk pastel, encaustic, charcoal) at hand, then as I work I can spontaneously reach for anything to use, this allows me to keep present and keep thinking to a minimum.
I hope you enjoy the work.’