Eltham (Melbourne)-based artist, Rochelle van der Merwe, has been a fine art, intimate events and portrait photographer since 2013 and a contemporary collage artist since 2020.



Born and raised in a small Zululand town in South Africa in the mid-70's, she found solace and beauty in books, and the surrounding wild beaches and bushveld, a constant whilst growing up in a political landscape she could never make sense of.

Education: Bachelor of Visual Arts (Photography), La Trobe University, Bendigo.
has conducted ‘writing your life’ workshops and floral brooch-making workshops.
As well she has mentored young visual artists for local community groups.

An emergent artist originally from Ireland, I migrated to Australia in 1991 & currently live in Victoria’s spectacular Yarra Valley - a place whose people & landscapes have informed and inspired...

Matthew Schiavello (b.1972) is a Naarm/Melbourne born, self taught photographer and visual artist. In his photographic practice Matthew works in various styles, from abstract and conceptual work, to the more representational, and self-portraiture. Matthew often works from a place of engaged curiosity. Whether capturing urban scenes, or urban decay's transience, Matthew's focus is on finding the beauty in his surroundings.

Rainbowbowerbirdy is a collector of things >>> Objects - Images - Experiences - Feelings >>> and recomposes them into paintings, photographs, compositions of layered and detailed bright wild sparkly beauty.

Melisa Savickas has been creative for as long as she can remember. Born and raised in Melbourne, Melisa spent her childhood drawing for hours on end...

Roz McQuillan graduated from R.M.I.T. with the Diploma of Illustration and worked in children’s book illustration for many years. She has a passionate interest in portraits and the figure, and works in a number of mediums, including pastel,..

Hello, I'm Rachel Williamson. I live in Melbourne, Australia with my husband and two children. I was born here, but grew up in Canada and moved back on my own in my mid-twenties.

I started ChazownCreative in 2020 after carrying this dream in my heart for a long time. After a time of soul searching for new growth, I stepped out in fear and faith to share my acrylic and watercolour paintings.

JB Knibbs is a multi-disciplinary artist based in Melbourne. Knibbs’s practice spans photography, sculpture, installation, scale miniatures, and textile works, underpinned by her background in lighting design for live performance.

Evie Marie Suss is a Melbourne based Artist, Educator and Coach.

Evie paints landscape and abstracts, currently focusing on Acrylics and ink sketching with a background in watercolour.

Evie is extremely passionate about embracing others to connect with their own individuality of genius, working locally and internationally.

Born in Germany, Sue spent her formative years travelling widely before finally immigrating to Australia in the early 70’s.

After discovering Art throughout her travels and cementing her interest during Art studies at school,..

Being a self-taught artist, I have undertaken a number of artistic endeavours over the years but have concentrated on painting in the last 15years.

I work mostly in oils, watercolours and acrylics but have been exploring mixed media and alcohol ink. Exploring colours and textures, experimenting with different techniques and merging these to create original pieces of art.

Ah, yeah, g’day, thanks for looking me up. I’ve been wielding a “proper” camera since retirement in early 2022 and an iPhone since early 2020 when I began haunting Sherbrooke forest during lockdowns. For someone with no art or photography training and I suspect I really didn’t know how to see it was quite surprise when people began asking for prints of my macro shots of the little things - mushrooms, insects, spider webs and so on.

Photographic artist Nadia Culph, skillfully manipulates and controls light. Her still life images are inspired by nature's curiosities and wonders. Keeping her composition simple, Nadia creates stunning ...

Born in the Philippines in 1982 and arrived in Australia in 1997. Jonabelle is an emerging and multidisciplinary artist working with photography, printmaking, drawing and painting, dressmaking, and silversmithing. Jonabelle draws inspiration from her surroundings, whether from nature or urban, and finds and highlights the beauty in the mundane.

Lise is a Geelong based artist inspired by the world around her both near and far.
She has a background in fashion design and production, but her first love has always been all sorts of ...

My art practice involves cultivating presence and stillness. I hope to invite us to know ourselves, to reflect and listen to the stories we carry within and allow them to inspire us toward compassionate action in the way we live.

Carin is a visual artist, born and raised in England, now living in Australia. Known mostly for her dynamic watercolours, she also works with charcoal, pastels and photography - and writes poetry...

Peta's work has a focus on aerial views and with her 30+ years experience in Cartographic mapping is a major influence in her work.