I Live on My Couch (and that's okay)

I Live on My Couch (and that's okay)Brisbane based artist Giovanna Scott is known for her distinctive acrylic paintings, enriched with hand painted paper collages and free form stitching. Her work embraces a perfectly imperfect style, capturing the beauty of everyday life while evoking nostalgia and treasured memories. After two decades of juggling a teaching career with family life, Giovanna chose to devote more time to supporting her family and caring for her 22 year old son, who

Her work radiates intensity

with pockets of fog-like opacity

This internal landscape describes my state of being as a scene of dynamic and harmonious flow

as the light softly backlit the headland

Amanda picked up a paint brush for the first time in 20 years

My watercolour piece evokes African landscapes

building connections

offering connection and hope to all who cross her path

Roo is a Brisbane/Meanjin-based artist mainly working with ballpoint pen

Through a gestural

I mixed my own colours and adapted traditional forms to create something that feels distinctly my own

so the painting of this piece was a very pleasurable experience for me