Merry Christmas!

Hey Ho!

December has really thrown us in the deep end here in sunny Port Macquarie with Christmas parties galore! I’ve had the Hastings Valley Art Association party and the surf crew party in one week. The school holidays have just started here in Oz and I’ve been told the population of Port Mac TRIPLES during this time with tourists. Yah…..

Next week I hang my solo show at the Port Macquarie Arts Hub which will be up for the month of January. The 8th of January is the Bonny Hills Art Prize opening with a whopping 390 artworks entered! The 14th sees the Hastings Valley Art Gallery have a new members show and entries close for the Sorrento Art Prize on the 31st.

Phew!

Me in the zone working on Summer Daze.

As of November 3rd, I am officially a small business owner and with that comes ALL the fun stuff…accountants, business coaches, networking, social media, studio time…some days I feel like my head is about to explode. But, right now I wouldn’t have it any other way :)

Look at me being all businessy like!

I am planning on having some down time for a few days over Christmas and then it’ll be back in the studio planning and scheming for 2025.

All the best for Christmas everyone, I hope you have a safe and happy New Year.

Holly xx

Welcome to my blog!

In an effort to ‘put myself out there’ and step out of my comfort zone, I've decided to start a blog. As some of you may know, I have recently moved to sunny Port Macquarie, NSW, and words cannot describe how happy I am!

New city, new friends, new art opportunities!

Since moving here, I've taken up surfing, am outside in nature every day and have experienced increased motivation to paint all that I see.

Exciting news! One of my artworks, ‘Tethered Tides’, was accepted in a small group exhibition at Cascade Art Concept gallery in Brisbane. I’ll also be participating in a group show running mid October through to January at a local art gallery. AND a solo show in the month of January in a local Arts Hub!

Tethered Tides, oil on panel, 20 x 20cms

I’m currently busy working a part-time job and painting and getting to the beach whenever I can. Nature has become such a huge part of my everyday life now…birds, dolphins and whales are always close at hand. I’m assuming a dolphin will inevitably make its way into a painting!

That's all for now!

See you in the next post.

Holly xx