Creativity is compelling and cathartic for me. As a child I littered the rooms in the house with stories and drawings. I drifted into expressionistic, magical realism both written and painted, and began to understand the connection between creativity and mindfulness practice. I stopped painting for fifteen years and became a published children’s author. In 2019 I picked up the brush again and experimented with different mediums and genres. I’m constantly learning, inching back towards a more developed style of magical realism, storytelling is fundamental to my art. In 2022 I was a semi-finalist in the Moran National Portrait Prize and in 2023 shortlisted for the West Torrens Art Prize. Most of my published art for sale is multi genred, only recently did I begin to put my magical realism out there such as the Milang artwork. I can't wait to publish what I'm currently working on. I've also been invited to create a public art exhibition/installation for the City of West Torrens little house website stories, so keep an eye out for that.
I publish information about my current projects through my instagram account which is felicity_martens_art. |
