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Alessandro Fallati
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Alessandro Fallati

Meet Alessandro Fallati

Born and raised in Bolzano Novarese, on the shores of Lake Orta in Northern Italy, Alessandro grew up surrounded by nature, tradition, and the strong values of a farming family.

From an early age, he learned that good food begins with respect, for the land, for the animals, and for the people who gather around the table. After studying Agriculture, he earned a diploma in cheesemaking in 2005 and began working in the Gorgonzola cheese industry, refining his skills and deepening his passion for traditional craftsmanship.

He later returned to his family farm, “Agrifoglio,” where tradition and hard work shaped his philosophy: simple ingredients, made with care. During this time, he also collaborated with schools in France, sharing the art of Italian cheesemaking and connecting cultures through food.

In 2007, Alessandro opened his own gelato shop in Orta San Giulio, a charming lakeside town overlooking Lake Orta. For seven years, he welcomed locals and visitors with authentic Italian gelato, made the traditional way, with patience, quality, and heart.

In 2014, he began a new adventure in Albany. Recently becoming an Australian citizen, Alessandro proudly blends his Italian roots with his new home, carrying forward the same passion that has guided him all his life.

Andy Dolphin

From the earliest moments of childhood, Andy Dolphin was drawn to the world of art. A pencil and paper were never far from reach, as he spent countless hours sketching everything that captured his imagination. This passion led to a career as an illustrative signwriter and commercial illustrator, where he honed his skills and artistic vision. Eventually, the call of fine art became irresistible, offering a deeper and more personal creative outlet.

Today, Andy works primarily in oils and watercolour, with a fascination for the interplay of light and shadow. The dramatic effect of long shadows in the morning and evening sun features prominently in his work, each painting serving as a memory of a time and place. His dedication to capturing nature’s essence leads him outdoors, painting in plein air, where he immerses himself in the landscape to translate its fleeting beauty onto canvas.

Anne Wakelin

Anne has lived in Kendenup / Albany for the best part of the last 20 years and is currently living in Albany. Anne has a teaching background and has worked in adult education programs for the majority of this period.

Anne learnt Bridge as a child and has played on and off ever since. She now plays regularly at the Albany Bridge Club and has taught a couple of beginner classes, both in Albany and Kendenup. She has a passion for encouraging people to learn the game.

Annie Robinson
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Annie Robinson

Annie Robinson has been teaching singing and conducting choirs for over 35 years. She trained in opera singing in Melbourne in the 1980s and 90s before moving to Perth with her husband to teach the Alexander Technique and voice in private practice, at WAAPA, at Murdoch University and UWA. She has been teaching voice and conducting choirs as part of the Instrumental Music School Services program for the last 18 years, and currently teaches voice in the gifted and talented program at Churchlands Senior High School.

Annie maintains a commitment to learning the latest in voice science and practices and teaches the Somatic Voicework (TM), the LoVetri Method. She sings in a 16-voice choir, Quorum, whose repertoire is almost exclusively a cappella 4-5 part sacred and secular classical music.

David Morrell

David Morrell has kept honey bees for over 50 years as an amateur beekeeper and has a degree in Science, majoring in Zoology.

Over the last 10 years, David has taught conservation and land management, animal production, forestry, plant production, mathematics and beekeeping at the WA College of Agriculture in Denmark.

Dee Credaro

I was born and raised on a rural property in Yallingup, WA, on a fourth-generation farming property. My days were filled with animals, imagination, horses, dance, creative writing, reading, martial arts and sports of all types – all a rather idyllic childhood. As the eldest of 5 children, I spent a lot of time imagining and creating, but did not begin my visual arts journey till my 20s. I now live 10 minutes from where I grew up, still on a farm, farming…but now ‘arting’ is my main passion.

I have an eclectic style and use most media, preferring whichever one will have the desired outcome. These include pastels, oils, acrylics, inks, watercolours, pyrography, porcelain paints (kiln-fired and oven-baked), colour pencils and lino cutting. Styles include photo realism, semi abstracted representational, abstracted, tangling, kiln-fired art, ‘en plein air’ oils, water colour pouring, mosaic-ing and textural pastelling…

My work has won multiple awards over the years, most recently (2025/6) 2nd place at the Perth Royal Show in the Affiliate Ag. section, 1st in the acrylics/oils section at the Boyup Art Awards and a pt and 2nd at the Wagin Woolorama. My work sells.

I am involved heavily in the art scene, being an active member of the Busselton Art Society, the local ‘plein air’ group, Australasian Porcelain Art Teachers Association, and others. Aiding in my knowledge of product has been my 13year stint as an employee of Jacksons Drawing Supplies, and I have been tutoring almost as long. My workshops are increasingly popular, requested by outside groups, Stirling Street Art Centre and interstate, as well as at the Busselton Art Society workrooms.

My aim, as always, is to share the love of art by encouraging newer artists and reflecting the colours and wonders of life around me.

Dianne Wolfer

Dianne lives in beautiful Kinjarling/Albany and is the award-winning author of 27 books across genres.

Her work has been adapted for stage, street theatre, choirs and CineStage. Dianne brings historical characters to life with books including Soaring with the Sugarbird Lady the Robin Miller story, Lighthouse Girl, and a soon to be published title about another inspirational Australian. She enjoys helping people navigate ways to write their stories.

Hayley Krüger

Hayley Krüger is an award-winning acrylic artist based in the Swan Valley, Western Australia, where she creates luminous botanical and still life paintings from her home studio. With a background in graphic design, Hayley is drawn to the sculptural forms, colour, and quiet resilience of native Australian flora. Banksias, gum blossoms, seasonal fruit, and treasured natural finds become subjects for intimate paintings that celebrate beauty, light, and connection to the natural world.

Working primarily in acrylic, Hayley is known for her richly layered paintings, where vibrant colour meets softness, atmosphere, and careful observation. Her work is held in private and corporate collections throughout Australia and internationally, and has received national recognition. Alongside her studio practice, Hayley is an experienced and generous teacher who has guided students through workshops, retreats, and extended art programs across Western Australia, including Albany Summer School.

Known for her calm, encouraging approach, she creates a welcoming space where students feel supported to slow down, observe deeply, strengthen their skills, and create work they feel proud of. Her teaching gently balances technical guidance with creative confidence, helping students discover greater ease and joy in the painting process.

Perth, Western Australia

Her work can be viewed at:

Hayley Krüger website

Hayley Krüger on Instagram

Helen Coleman

As a contemporary colour woman, with an art practice devoted to process and scientific experimentation, Helen delights in unlocking the hidden colours in the natural world around us.

Tapping into a thirty-year career in botany and chemistry, Helen explores the artistic potential of local plant and earth materials. By blending ancient and contemporary techniques, these diverse samples are transformed into unique dyes, pigments, inks and paints.

Helen shares her research through exhibitions, workshops and residencies across Australia, inspiring artists and the broader community to connect more deeply with the natural environment through the creation of art made with local, natural materials.

Helen Coleman Art on Instagram

Helen Coleman Art website

Helen Fitzhardinge

Helen Fitzhardinge is an artist who has been making and exhibiting her work around Australia for the past 30 years. She studied at Curtin University, completing both an Associate in Arts Teaching and a Bachelor of Arts. Over the years, she has taught students from as young as 5 years of age through to 70 +.

Originally a jeweller, Helen became interested in printmaking approximately 10 years ago. She became fascinated with collagraphy, producing a series of works utilising the textural possibilities of the medium. This technique gives the opportunity for experimentation and play with form and colour and requires limited equipment for stunning results.

Huilin Sun

I began formal art training from the age of 12. I have a 4-year degree in design from China, and a 4-year degree from ECU in Visual Art and Art Education. I studied a variety of art forms including painting, drawing, sculpting, printmaking and textiles.

I am a qualified secondary school art teacher and taught art at the International School of Beijing since 1995, and calligraphy at UWA since 2010.

Jane Stone

Jane Stone has been a textile artist since the late 1970s, drawing inspiration from her life in Western Australia. Raised on a farm near Borden in proximity to the Stirling Ranges, her primary education was enriched by nature, with bush walks along a nearby river forming part of the school curriculum. Jane relocated to Perth for boarding school and, as a teenager, attended Albany Summer School where she pursued courses in screen-printing and weaving—an experience that significantly influenced her career direction.

Upon graduating from WAIT (now Curtin University), Jane established a textile design studio. Her screen-printed works, featuring local flora and fauna, were distributed across Australia and frequently purchased as keepsakes by international visitors.

Jane’s creative process is informed by her appreciation for the environment, decorative arts, family traditions, community celebrations, and travel. She is particularly captivated by the shadows and textures found in tree bark, utilizing photography to document landscapes, especially trees and wildflowers.

Her interest in stencil cutting led her to Japan, where she participated in workshops on stencil cutting and shibori. Some of her printing and painting is done on her back veranda before the cloth is stitched and assembled in her studio, reminiscent of the intimate workspaces she encountered in Japan.

Currently, Jane employs hand and machine embroidery to painted or dyed fabric surfaces in the creation of her eclectic style of embroidered textiles.

Janine Judge

Janine Judge is a contemporary textile artist from Perth, with a passion for freehand machine embroidery. She loves to explore the amazing world we live in with its striking scenery and fascinating flora and fauna. Back in the studio, she interprets these experiences in fabric and thread, creating realistic pieces of art.

She typically begins with a sun-dyed background and layers on a fabric collage for the main design. Finally, she adds intricate details through thread painting, giving her work a vivid and lifelike quality. Janine has won local and national awards and held a solo exhibition to showcase her art. Her work is held in private collections around the world. She is a WA Quilters Association accredited teacher and has been published in international magazines where she shares her creative techniques and inspiration.

Her aim is to inspire others to appreciate and protect the amazing natural world we live in while taking them on a journey around the world.

Jenny Elliott

Jenny has been a paper crafter for more than 30 years and has taught craft and cardmaking workshops in Mandurah for well over a decade.

Six years ago Jenny was introduced to junk journals and that passion has grown into creating beautiful journals using a combination of papers, textiles and thread.

One of the things she enjoys most about this craft is giving old books a new life and turning them into something unique and meaningful instead of letting them end up in landfill.

In recent years Jenny has also developed a love of slow stitching, which beautifully complements her journal making and adds another creative element for students to explore.

Jenny has recently returned to her hometown of Albany for retirement and is really looking forward to sharing what she loves with others through the Albany Summer School. Her classes are relaxed and welcoming and ideal for anyone who enjoys being creative and making something truly personal.

Jo Wesley
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Jo Wesley

Josephine Wesley is a representational artist based in Albany. She studied traditional art for 3 years at Julian Ashton Art School (Sydney), in the late 1990’s, focusing on portraiture and still life painting. Since restarting her art journey in 2019, she has been included in several national and local art prizes and exhibitions, for portraiture, still life and landscape painting.

Josephine enjoys sharing the knowledge she has gained over the years and has taught several workshops locally, both privately and with the Vancouver Arts Centre. She paints most genres, in oil and gouache, and is a strong advocate for painting and drawing from life whenever possible.

Jo Wesley on Instagram

Krystyna Rees

Krystyna Rees has been immersed in the world of dance and movement for decades, beginning as an artistic roller-skater from 1982 to 1997, where figures and dance were her main disciplines. In 1994, she discovered line dancing, quickly mastering the art despite being placed directly into a general class without beginner instruction. Her dedication saw her dancing six days a week, refining her skills.

She later expanded her repertoire by taking up Rock ‘n’ Roll in 1999 and, after moving to Albany in 2010, she embraced Ballroom and Sequence Dance.

In 2000, an opportunity arose when her line dance teacher relocated to Queensland, and Krystyna was asked to take over the classes. She learned the ropes, acquired resources, and began teaching—a journey that has now spanned 25 years. She continues to find joy in helping her students develop their skills, fostering their love for dance while passing on her extensive knowledge.

Leanne White

Leanne White showcases her love of the Australian bush. Her artwork is a result of a lifetime of studying flora, fauna and the natural landscape. Some paintings and drawings are close definitions with fine detail, developing the narrative. Others are vast landscapes, emotive and alluring with the changing of seasons and ambient light. Within the landscapes and, true to the wildlife habitat, is the acknowledgement of the biodiversity of flora across the country. Leanne’s style is minute detail.

Leanne White is an accomplished Children’s Book Illustrator. In her gallery, in the heart of the historic town of Nannup, Leanne exhibits her fine art paintings, along with her illustrated picture books. She often has one or two portfolios on display, to view the illustrations as roughs and then completed artworks before graphic design and printing is commenced. Leanne is often in the gallery/studio painting.

A practising artist for 35 years, Leanne embraces all paint and drawing mediums on a variety of surfaces, with a love for the fluid spontaneity of watercolours and inks, the delicious consistency of oil painting or the instant possibilities and results of acrylics.

Leanne is an experienced art educator, teaching art in schools for 27 years. The last 10 years she has taught adults in art groups across the state.

Leon Holmes

Leon Holmes started his career being a Printmaker, Graphic Designer, Art Director, Illustrator and Photographer.

Since 2003, Leon is a full-time fine artist, lecturer and ambassador of Plein Air Oil Painting.

Lori Neuzerling

Lori is a self-taught watercolour artist who has been painting and teaching for more than thirty years. Her passion for the flora and fauna of the Southwest of WA, where she was born, has been the main subject for her extensive artworks which can be found in private and corporate collections in many countries throughout the world.

Lori has exhibited in Australia and Ireland in both solo and community exhibitions and has an impressive record of awards in both countries.

Maree Dawes

Maree is an established poet with three published poetry collections. Her poems cover a range of subject matter from Picasso’s mistresses, online life in the nineties to the environment and family relationships. She often appears at poetry readings in the Albany library and in the broader poetry community. Her poems have been published widely, including a poetry commission from Red Room Poetry and in volumes of Poetry d’Amour and Indigo journal.

Maree has presented workshops as part of a residency at Peter Cowan Writers Centre, as well as a previous Albany Summer School. As a teacher, Maree aims to assist writers to develop their own style and craft their poems to fit with this style. Her love of poetry and the written word is infectious.

Marie Otero

Marie Otero is a photographer and mixed media artist living in Perth, Western Australia. Marie recently returned to Perth after having spent some twenty-plus years living in the United States, where she regularly taught photography and mixed media workshops both in-person and online. She has also conducted workshops in the UK and Europe.

Marie’s current creative focus is within the realms of bookmaking, where she likes to blend the traditional bookbinding techniques with the less formal artist book and art journal styles.

Marj Wilson
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Marj Wilson

Marj Wilson has been playing ukulele for over 12 years and has taught beginners through to intermediate players over the past 5 years.

She is a member of the local Albany ukulele group, The Lelebirds, who have played at Albany Entertainment Centre, Guildford Songfest, and many local venues.

She is passionate about giving people with no music background the opportunity to play and enjoy music.

Mark Hewson

Visual arts practitioner and glass art designer, Mark Hewson, has an extensive history of private commissions for residential and commercial artwork locally, regionally, interstate and overseas. His glass artworks can be seen at the Albany Health Campus, Yakamia Primary School, Albany Justice Complex and the Albany Leisure and Aquatic Centre. He has collaborated with many of Western Australia’s well-respected artists, including Robert Juniper and David Walker, on various projects in the metropolitan area.

In 2006, he was awarded a Churchill Trust Fellowship that led to an overseas study tour investigating glass fabrication, public art and the latest innovations in design and technology. He was able to view installations and architecture, and networked with international artists, designers, and engineers.

Martien van Zuilen

Martien van Zuilen is widely recognised for her technical excellence and design skills in the medium of handmade felt. Since the late 1980s, she has exhibited her distinctive artworks nationally and internationally. Martien is also one of Australia’s leading felting tutors with an extensive teaching portfolio of national and international workshops at all levels of experience, across a broad range of topics.

She is passionate about the role of the arts in community and counts herself lucky to be able to inspire others about the ‘magic’ of Felt in all its forms.

Based in Perth, WA, Martien has a full-time fibre art studio practice which she combines with her roles as a freelance curator, Convenor of Fibres West Inc. and Creative Program Lead with North Midlands Project. Her work is included in numerous international publications, books, and specialist arts magazines.

Martien van Zuilen website | Instagram | Facebook

Maureen James
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Maureen James

I first learned Basketry at Albany Summer School in 1985. In 1987, I was chosen to exhibit at the Crafts Council of Western Australia’s Centre and the Bunbury Regional Art Gallery. I have also exhibited at the Viewpoint (1993) exhibition. My involvement with the Albany Summer School began in 1988 as a tutor and then subsequently from 2018 to 2024.

I have taught Basketry throughout Western Australia from Margaret River, the Mt. Barker Arts Centre, Stirling Range Fibre Weekend, Vancouver Arts Centre in Albany and Pemberton at the Fine Woodcraft Gallery.

Myles Pollard

Myles Pollard has appeared as an actor in many Australian television series, including Australia’s most successful TV series, McLeod’s Daughters, Home and Away, Packed to the Rafters, Underbelly, Double Trouble, East West 101, All Saints, Rescue Special Ops, Mystery Road 2, The Twelve, Invisible Boys and Son Of A Donkey.

His feature film credits include Wolverine, Drift, The Turning, The War That Changed Us, Looking For Grace, Jasper Jones, The Gateway, Danger Close, How to Please a Woman, Before Dawn, Frank and Frank and Frederickstown.

Myles produced the feature film, Drift (shot in WA’s southwest) and made his directorial debut with his award-winning short film, Payne’s Find. Post-production is almost complete for his latest short film, Inheritance, starring Travis Jeffery, Matt Nable and Chris Haywood, shot entirely in Dunsborough WA.

A qualified High school teacher, Myles has almost twenty years teaching experience and has tailored his acting courses with a focus on acting for the camera and its various components. Myles has successfully trained students who have gone on to study at WAAPA and NIDA, acquired national and international representation and have been cast in local and international films and TV shows.

With a firm foothold in the performing arts as a working stage and screen actor, Myles brings relevance, experience and a genuine love for teaching to the table. Myles has worked as a facilitator in the corporate arena for the last two decades with companies such as Primed and Maura Fay and has created his own corporate training program, helping clients all over Australia communicate confidently and persuasively.

Nilla Spark

Nilla is a passionate cook and storyteller who believes the best Italian food is a blend of simple, quality ingredients and a connection to family heritage. Growing up in a kitchen where recipes were shared by heart, Nilla has spent a lifetime perfecting traditional techniques.

Her teaching style is warm and encouraging, focusing on the “farm-to-table” philosophy of using what is fresh and in season. Above all, Nilla loves teaching people how to turn a meal into a celebration.

Pam Goodman
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Pam Goodman

Pam Goodman is a Feldenkrais Practitioner with over 40 years of experience in the method. Feldenkrais uses movement as a tool for teaching greater self-awareness and autonomy.

It is a natural development of Pam’s background as a physiotherapist. It can be beneficial for anyone and has been used for sports people, dancers, actors, musicians and anyone wishing to move and live more easily.

Pete Inglis and Patrick Mettam
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Pete Inglis and Patrick Mettam

Pete Inglis started collecting and growing bonsai in 1992 although it has only been in the past 13 years that his passion has really grown. The inspiration came from his father John, who gave him an old Chinese Elm. Pete is interested in working with Australian native trees and experimenting with new forms to create interesting trees. Pete has participated in workshops with renowned Australian and international bonsai artists.

He represents WA as a Selector for the National Bonsai and Penjing Collection at the National Arboretum in Canberra and regularly travels to Japan, honing his skills and knowledge.

Patrick Mettam has been involved in the bonsai community on both a local and national scale. He has participated in workshops with Australian and international bonsai artists. In 2024, he travelled to Japan to study traditional techniques with fourth-generation bonsai artist Koji Hiramatsu. Patrick enjoys traditional Japanese bonsai, and is especially passionate about bonsai using Australian species, particularly those native to WA.

Both Pete and Patrick are eager to share their enthusiasm for this living art form, and to help others develop an appreciation and interest in bonsai.

Ren Masetti

Silver is Ren Masetti’s passion. As an artisan silversmith, her designs are rooted in experience and hands-on learning, rather than formal qualifications.

She discovered her love for playing with silver at TAFE in 2009, during evening classes. It was the perfect medium to translate her creative thoughts into something tangible. Two years later, she started her business, The Silver Ren, making and selling original jewellery. In late 2018, she began running workshops for people who wanted to explore their creativity and make their own fabulous silver pieces.

Ren loves to work with silver and enamel, creating unique pieces of art to wear. Like most artists, she is inspired by nature. It’s many beautiful, random shapes and colours are reflected in her designs.

Renata Wright

Renata is a Perth-based award-winning artist and teacher who has taught watercolour classes for over 25 years. She has also led a number of travel sketching tours to various parts of Australia.

Renata is a member of the Watercolour Society of WA, she is passionate about watercolour, and she enjoys spending time showing other artists how she approaches watercolour painting with her own unique style. Renata’s teaching methods are fun, clear, and suitable for artists of all skill levels.

Rhonda Hickey
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Rhonda Hickey

I grew up in NZ and have loved doing art all my life. I have no formal training but have always done pencil drawings and sketches. After moving to Perth, I initially started with acrylics in 1995, which eventually led to watercolour some years later in 2003. I am inspired by our natural beauty and environment; earthy and bright colours both intrigue me, and I choose to paint our landscapes, beaches, birds and flowers.

I enjoy the challenge of new subjects. I love detail but only enough to allow the viewer to interpret the rest. Being accepted into the Watercolour Society in 2015 was a great boost. I strive to give the viewer fun and movement in my art. I am now following with a love of still life in a more contemporary form.

I also have really enjoyed trying my hand at pastels which give me the freedom to enjoy colour and energy, which I can achieve with them. My direction has changed, focusing more on light and depth in my paintings. This is an intuitive, less calculated process. I always take a sketchbook, pencils and a paint kit when travelling to capture the colours for implementing a painting when back in the studio.

Teaching has now also been an added bonus to my list of loves. Passing on what I know to others has brought great joy to my world.

Rosemary Argue

Rosemary Argue has been a yoga student for over 20 years and has practised many styles with many teachers. This led her to yoga teacher training so she could bring her years of experience to those who want to experience the benefits of yoga, which include strength, flexibility, balance and inner stillness.

Rosemary Argue is an emerging author whose writing is inspired by history and nature. Her current project is a young adult novel set partly in King George Sound, which she started writing as Writer in Residence at Vancouver Arts Centre, Albany. She is also working on a picture book about endangered Western Ground Parrots. Several of her short stories have been published, including two in the Voices of the South 2025 Anthology.

As a tutor, Rosemary enables others to find their written voice so they can bring to life the stories they are passionate about.

Rosemary Argue website

Nature, Words, Learning, Life

Rosemary Argue on Instagram

Rosemary Argue and Malcolm Traill
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Rosemary Argue and Malcolm Traill

Rosemary Argue is an emerging author whose writing is inspired by history and nature. Her current project is a young adult novel set partly in King George Sound, which she started writing as Writer in Residence at Vancouver Arts Centre, Albany. She is also working on a picture book about endangered Western Ground Parrots. Several of her short stories have been published, including two in the Voices of the South 2025 Anthology.

As a tutor, Rosemary enables others to find their written voice so they can bring to life the stories they are passionate about.

Rosemary Argue website

Nature, Words, Learning, Life

Rosemary Argue on Instagram

Malcolm Traill is a well-known local history and heritage professional, former Battye Librarian at the State Library of WA, Adjunct Lecturer at the Albany campus of UWA, founder of the Museum Curatorial series, regular contributor to ABC radio and Southerly Magazine and knowledgeable about all things Albany. Malcolm, together with Rosemary Argue, author of numerous published historical fiction short stories and experienced creative writing tutor, will get you started on your story.

Sarah Pondevie

Sarah Pondevie is a Western Australian artist who grew up in Walyalup (Fremantle). Working across pastels, oils, and mixed media, her practice is grounded in painting from observation, with studio works evolving from plein air studies and direct engagement with the landscape.

As a colourist, she is particularly drawn to the shifting relationships between shadow and reflected light. In pastel, she draws on the immediacy and purity of pigment to evoke the clarity and intensity of Australian light.

Alongside her observational work, she explores the abstraction of the landscape through mixed media, emphasising response over literal representation.

Sarah’s work has been recognised with awards across oils, pastels, and watercolour in both landscape and portraiture.

Sophie Xiang

I am a self-taught smartphone wildflower photographer. I started my journey five years ago. Capturing the unique beauty of the Australian native flora and learning Botanic knowledge is my absolute passion. I enjoyed the simplicity and convenience of the phone. I have done lots of practice and extensive research on what you can expect from your phone and how to become better at photography.

I am very privileged to have been invited to many workshop events at festivals, libraries, with community groups and at art exhibition. My story has been featured in ABC Gardening Australia. My social media page has been widely shared with millions of others. I am looking forward to sharing my experiences with like-minded people.

Tony Windberg

Tony Windberg is a professional artist who has shared his knowledge and enthusiasm for art with students for over 3 decades. After completing his B.A. (Fine Arts) degree from Curtin University in 1986, Tony began his exhibiting career with numerous solo exhibitions and interstate group exhibitions. His focus has always been on the natural world. The landscape is the setting to explore ideas about people’s relationship with and responsibility for the planet.

His landscape-based artworks have received significant WA and national art awards.

Tony works in a wide range of traditional painting and drawing media from paints to pencils and pastels. He also continually explores new and unconventional materials and techniques. A popular teacher, he combines a deep respect for painting tradition with a sense of artistic adventure!

Examples of Tony’s artwork can be seen on the Tony Windberg website. He is represented in WA by Art Collective WA.

Tuaari Amor-Kuiti

With five decades of rhythmic mastery, Tuaari Amor-Kuiti has established himself as a cornerstone of percussion performance and education. A dedicated professional drummer and percussionist, Tuaari has spent his career crafting powerful, emotive beats that resonate across genres, with a particular passion for blues.

As a key member of the Southern Right Blues Band, Tuaari brings energy, precision, and soul to every performance, helping shape the band’s unmistakable sound. Beyond the stage, his commitment to nurturing talent is evident in his active delivery of drumming and percussion tutoring throughout the Great Southern region. Through workshops, private lessons, and community engagements, Tuaari empowers musicians of all levels to explore rhythm, technique, and musical expression.

Whether performing with his band or mentoring the next generation of percussionists, Tuaari Amor-Kuiti’s lifelong dedication to music continues to inspire and enrich the Australian blues scene.