Meet the team

Welcome to the studio. For those who are new here, I’m Skye, Head of Barketing, Chief Public Relations Officer, Visitor Welcome Specialist, Security Supervisor and all-round Manager of Everything Important. Officially, this is an art business. Unofficially, it is a carefully orchestrated operation overseen by me.

Skye – Head of Barketing

My responsibilities include:

  • Greeting every visitor.
  • Monitoring neighbourhood activity.
  • Supervising the artist.
  • Keeping track of snack inventories.
  • Conducting routine perimeter inspections.
  • Looking adorable for marketing purposes.

I have repeatedly requested access to the website and social media accounts. My proposals remain under review. For legal reasons, I am apparently not allowed to approve my own salary or treat allocations.

Jamie – Director of Set-Up, Fetch & Carry (and Chief Financial Supporter)

Jamie handles all the heavy lifting, exhibition set-ups, transport logistics and practical matters.

He is also the studio’s primary financial backer, which is probably why he believes he has some authority around here.

His duties include:

  • Moving artwork.
  • Solving problems.
  • Building things.
  • Funding artistic adventures.
  • Explaining why we cannot spend the entire budget on treats.

Lani – Artist & Chief Snack Dealer

Lani creates the artwork and spends an unreasonable amount of time talking about paper, paint, horses, framing, websites and colour palettes.

When she’s not painting, she’s busy:

  • Photographing artwork.
  • Updating the website.
  • Preparing exhibitions.
  • Writing descriptions.
  • Providing snacks and treats to worthy team members.

As far as I can tell, she exists primarily to produce paintings and dispense treats.

Skye – Head of Barketing
Jamie – Director of Various
Lani – Artist Photo not available

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Silent Vigil

The angel holds a silent watch, its ancient form guarding the departed while the living cling to rituals and symbols—fragments of meaning in the face of loss. Once, families lived side by side and gathered at gravesides for final farewells.

Today, scattered across towns and continents, we often exchange grandeur for simplicity. Rituals have grown lighter, less tangible, yet the weight of farewell—the finality of departure—still rests with those left behind.

Perhaps you, too, have stood in such silence—feeling the turbulence of sorrow, searching for something unseen, while the departed is at rest.

Silent Vigil searching for something unseen, while the departed is at rest.
Silent Vigil

Featured painting: True Strength

This October, in honour of Mental Health Awareness Month, we celebrate the quiet courage it takes to speak openly about mental health. True Strength invites us to move beyond the myth of stoic resilience and embrace vulnerability as a form of power.

In a world that once celebrated cowboy toughness, we now understand that true strength lies in admitting and sharing struggles. In sharing our struggles, we reclaim peace—and remind each other that healing begins with honesty. Suppressing emotions undermines inner peace, a silent cancer that erodes a person’s well-being. Embracing vulnerabilities and challenges requires courage; it is where true strength is discovered.

True Strength - In a world that once celebrated cowboy toughness, we now understand that true strength lies in admitting and sharing struggles. Suppressing emotions undermines inner peace, a silent cancer that erodes a person’s well-being.
True Strength (Available – Framed)