Paul is a multidisciplinary artist who works with paint and clay to create bold, textured works that reflect his environment. His practice is bright and colourful, with a strong focus on shape, form, and texture. Drawing inspiration from movies and comic books, Paul creates dynamic figures alongside large-scale vases of flowers and scenes from home to places he has visited. His works blend imagination with lived experience, offering a vibrant interpretation of the world around him. Paul has recently sold work in the Up2Date Art Exhibition at Coolamon and currently exhibits in From the Studio at The Art Factory Gallery.

Kellie is a painter whose large-scale works explore interiors, animals, and landscapes inspired by her favourite puzzle designs and travels around the world. Her vibrant, detailed paintings invite viewers into imaginative spaces that balance familiarity with discovery. Kellie has held two solo exhibitions: Holiday (2018) at Riverina Community College Gallery and Around the World (2019) at Wagga Wagga Art Gallery. In 2024, she exhibited alongside Paul Williams at Wagga Wagga Art Gallery. She has also participated in numerous group exhibitions at Ambo Station Gallery and Riverina Community College Gallery, establishing herself as a distinctive creative voice in the Riverina.

Elle is a realist painter whose practice spans portraiture, landscape, and still life. Based in the Riverina, she has exhibited widely across the region in group shows and competitions. Highlights include being a 2023 Bald Archies finalist with the subsequent show touring, exhibiting in Diverse Dimensions at Riverina Community College Gallery (2024), and winning Grand Champion at the 2023 Lockhart Show. Her work has featured in Spirit of the Land (2023–2025), and  entered the Archibald Prize in 2025. Alongside painting, Elle performs as her alter ego Mike Ro Scopic in the Wiradjuri Drag Pageant, creating hand-made costumes and props, with her explorations of identity reflected in parallel series of paintings.

Tara is an artist based in rural Temora whose practice is grounded in printmaking and shaped by her interest in found objects. She creates images that draw out the textures, forms, and hidden narratives within everyday materials. Tara has exhibited in various group shows at Riverina Community College Gallery, including Diverse Dimensions (2024), and participated in Selected Works (2025) at The Ambo Gallery, Station Creative Place. In 2025 she undertook a residency at the Museum of the Riverina, further developing her practice. Tara is currently working on a woven installation that explores process, repetition, and the tactile qualities of material.

Jen is a printmaker and drawer whose work is inspired by her travels and popular culture, with a particular fascination for the Royals. From queens and kings to biscuits and corgis, her finely detailed drawings celebrate the eccentricities of royal life while also reflecting on family, friends, and pets through intimate portraits. Jen has exhibited extensively in Canberra, Temora, and Wagga Wagga. Recent highlights include Selected Works at The Ambo Gallery, Station Creative Place (2025), Truth Project with Sarah McEwan (2024), and The King and Us at Riverina Community College Gallery.

Paul is a versatile artist who has been practicing for more than a decade. Known for his distinctive figurative style, he layers text and bold colour to create works that are vibrant, expressive, and deeply personal. While painting remains at the heart of his practice, Paul has recently expanded into sculpture, further enriching his creative output. In 2024, he exhibited alongside Kellie Hulm in Selected Works at Wagga Wagga Art Gallery, and his work was featured in the Mayor of Wagga Wagga’s office an outreach program. Pop culture icons such as King Kong, Herman Munster, Jaws, and Jurassic Park inspire his imagery.

Rochelle is an artist who creates works on paper using paint, pencil, watercolour, stitching, and a range of drawing and printmaking processes. Her practice is strongly inspired by nature, often featuring flowers, trees, and animals rendered with sensitivity and detail. Rochelle has exhibited in group shows at Riverina Community College Gallery, Griffith Regional Gallery, and HR Gallop Gallery. In 2024, she was part of Selected Works at The Ambo Gallery, Station Creative Place. Expanding her practice beyond the page, Rochelle is currently developing a large-scale knitted interactive sculpture that invites audiences to engage with texture, form, and play.

Lorraine is an artist based in Temora, a rural township in the Riverina, whose work is driven by a vivid imagination and love of colour. She creates large, multi-coloured images that celebrate energy, playfulness, and scale. Lorraine has exhibited widely in group exhibitions, including at Riverina Community College Gallery, Wagga Wagga Art Gallery, HR Gallop Gallery, The Ambo Gallery, Station Creative Place and Griffith Regional Gallery. In 2021 she presented her first solo exhibition Colourful Wonderful at E3 Art Space, Wagga Wagga. Her banner Vegetable Patches was displayed in the Civic Centre precinct (2021–2024). In 2024, Lorraine was a featured artist in Truth, curated by Sarah McEwan.

Layla is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice combines illustration, digital art, and painting with her DJ persona, DJ Lay Da Best. Her work explores contemporary culture, luxury cars, and new media. Since her solo exhibition Fast Car Girl (2017) at Riverina Community College Gallery, Bacayo has exhibited widely and presented floor talks at Coolamon Up-to-Date Store and Griffith Regional Art Gallery. In 2021, she collaborated with Sarah McEwan and Veronica Watson on Mash-Up at The Curious Rabbit, featured in Portrait Magazine. In 2022, she received the Community Colleges Australia Achievement Award, and in 2025 joined The CAD Factory programs at MAMA.

Jackerina is a multidisciplinary artist who explores pop culture and portraiture of Australian Soapy stars, family, friends and local personalities. She explores her subjects through painting, drawing and performance art. Jackerina is a visible leader, with her practice being featured in documentaries and short films, and performing in collaborative site-specific experimental artworks and traditional theatre plays. Jackerina presented Summer Bay and Beyond (2018), a solo exhibition at Riverina Community College Gallery and has also participated in numerous group shows at the Riverina Community College Gallery and the Wagga Wagga Art Gallery.

Isobel is an emerging artist who works across paint, fabric, collage and printmaking. Lambert combines materials and processes to create richly layered imagery that reflects her experimental approach. She has exhibited in group shows at Riverina Community College Gallery and Wagga Wagga Art Gallery. Alongside her art practice, Isobel is an accomplished master of ceremonies, hosting events such as Finissage at Wagga Wagga Art Gallery and the Supported Studio Forum at E3 Art Space. In 2025, she expanded her practice as both exhibiting artist, presenter, and host for Selected Works at The Ambo Gallery, Station Creative Place.

Scott is a multidisciplinary artist whose drawings, prints, and paintings are inspired by music, flowers, and personal objects that connect to his family. His background as a dancer informs his practice, having performed with the Butoh-inspired Twilight Dance Group from 2007–2014 and at Artstate in 2020 with (Un)Usual: When the Strange Becomes Familiar at Wagga Wagga Civic Centre. Scott has exhibited widely in group shows at Riverina Community College Gallery, Wagga Wagga Art Gallery, Griffith Regional Gallery, and Turbo Gallery, Victoria. He has also presented two solo exhibitions: Flowers, Music and Life (2022) and Animal Botanical (2025).

Brae creates works with gestural and sweeping movements, creating immediate mark-making that often references the colours and shapes of country. In 2018 Brae's practice was featured in a short film by Next in Line Films. Footage for the film was taken during his solo exhibition No Limits (2018) on display at Riverina Community College Gallery. Brae has also exhibited in numerous group shows at Wagga Wagga Art Gallery, including 5 Years (2021) and Miyagan (Relations) (2020). He is currently working on a collection with his mother that will be featured on the runway in 2026.

Leeanna is an artist based in Gundagai whose practice spans sculpture, painting, and drawing. Inspired by Celtic art and mythology, she explores dimension and storytelling through layered compositions and alternative media. Her works often merge fantasy and symbolism, evoking mystical landscapes and transformative creatures, as seen in her vibrant mixed-media paintings. Leeanna has exhibited in several group shows at the Riverina Community College Gallery, where her imaginative style and intricate detail have gained recognition. In 2024, her artwork Shaman of All Tarot Cards was featured in the Trot Guild of Australia Calendar, highlighting her growing presence in regional arts.

Miranda is an illustrator whose work combines vibrant imagination with meticulous detail. Influenced by tarot, folklore, and alternative media, her illustrations tell layered stories through bold colour and expressive form. Her imagery ranges from surreal, candy-toned figures to stylised characters set within graphic, dreamlike worlds. Miranda’s art reflects a fascination with myth, narrative, and symbolism, merging whimsy with a hint of unease. In 2024, she exhibited Fables alongside three other studio artists at the Riverina Community College Gallery, showcasing her distinctive visual language and her ability to reimagine contemporary culture through a lens of fantasy and illustrative storytelling.

Bella is an emerging artist whose vibrant paintings radiate movement and emotion. Using expressive strokes and thickly applied, brightly coloured paint, she creates textured works on paper that celebrate energy and spontaneity. Each composition reflects her intuitive process and joy in colour, resulting in dynamic abstract forms that feel alive with rhythm. Mullin’s works have featured in multiple group exhibitions, including at the NDIS Centre in Canberra and the Riverina Community College Gallery. In 2024, she exhibited in Kaleidoscope alongside two fellow studio artists.

Raine is a drawer, painter, and printmaker whose practice spans intricate works on paper and bold, expressive paintings. Drawing inspiration from alternative popular culture, she combines elements of Japanese anime, stuffed toys, and Australian animals. Through gestural brushwork and vibrant colour, her large-scale paintings capture both playfulness and emotional depth, while her smaller figures reveal fine detail and delicate character. Her work explores the tension between innocence and surrealism, transforming familiar motifs into imaginative worlds. Raine has exhibited at Riverina Community College with her 2025 solo exhibition Whimsy, as well as at HR Gallop Gallery, The Curious Rabbit, and The Station Gallery.

Jess is an emerging artist whose practice explores expression through a variety of mediums including acrylic paint, oil pastel, soft pastel, pencil, and clay. Her work reflects an ongoing curiosity with materiality and technique, blending intuitive mark-making with delicate detail. Through both two-dimensional and sculptural forms, Jess experiments with colour, texture, and emotion to create works that are deeply personal and imaginative. She has exhibited in group shows across the region and presented her solo exhibition Embark at the Riverina Community College in 2025, marking an exciting step in her developing arts practice.

Tabitha Harmer is a writer, painter, and illustrator whose work blends vivid imagery with rich, character-driven storytelling. She creates figures with detailed personal histories, often shaped by resilience and the obstacles they’ve overcome. Tabitha has exhibited in group shows at The Art Factory and The Curious Rabbit, and her collaborative spirit shone in Response (2024), a joint exhibition between Donut Studios and The Art Factory. She also featured in Fables (2024) alongside fellow artists Allison Davis, Miranda Stewart, Annelise Triulcio, and Leeanna Wheeler. A skilled facilitator, Tabitha inspires others to discover their own creative voice through workshops and demonstrations.

Adrian is a writer, illustrator, sculptor, and designer whose multidisciplinary practice is driven by his fascination of pop culture. He creates detailed illustrations and handcrafted costume pieces, often transforming characters from games and media into expressive cosplay outfits. His work spans prop-making, garment design, painting scenes. Adrian has exhibited at The Curious Rabbit, and in 2025 Selected Works at The Ambo Gallery and Station Creative Place. In 2024, he shared insights into his creative process during Art Speak with Sarah McEwan  culminating in the exhibition Truth, highlighting his dedication to inventive, character-focused art.

Laura is a drawer and printmaker whose practice centres on pattern-based, repetitive mark-making. She builds intricate surfaces by overlaying monoprints, creating rich textures and a sense of depth throughout her work. Laura has exhibited in group shows at Riverina Community College and HR Gallop Gallery, and contributed to Response, a collaborative exhibition between Donut Studios (Bendigo) and The Art Factory, exhibited as part of the IAN Inclusive Arts Network program in 2024. She also participated in The King and Us alongside four other studio artists in 2024. Her evolving practice reflects a deep interest in rhythm, layering, and visual interplay.

Allison is an artist based in rural Coolamon. She is a multi-skilled practitioner working with acrylic, illustration, watercolour, fabric and printmaking. She has exhibited in various group exhibitions and competitions in the region including at the Wagga Wagga Art Gallery and at the Riverina Community College Gallery.

Annelise is a drawer who creates small, character-filled figures inspired by animals and natural elements. Her works are defined by careful colour selection and an exceptional attention to detail, giving each drawing a distinct personality and quiet narrative. Annelise has exhibited in multiple group exhibitions at Riverina Community College Gallery, the NDIS Centre in Canberra, and Griffith Regional Gallery. In 2024, she presented work in Fables alongside artists Allison Davis, Tabitha Harmer, Miranda Stewart, and Leeanna Wheeler, shown from 20 September to 3 October. Her thoughtful, delicate approach reflects a deep appreciation for the intricacies of the natural world.

Lilly is an artist who paints from the heart, creating portraits of friends, both human and animal, that radiate warmth and character. Her works capture personality and connection with a lively, expressive touch. Lilly has exhibited in group shows at Riverina Community College Gallery and Wagga Wagga Art Gallery, sharing her distinctive approach to portraiture. In 2025 she developed and delivered printmaking workshops through The Art Factory on the Move, extending her practice into community engagement. That same year, Lilly participated in Truth, curated by Sarah McEwan, presenting a playful homage to Wednesday Addams through performance and visual art.

Damian is an illustrator and writer whose practice is driven by a deep interest in history and its many cultures. He meticulously researches the historical characters he develops, ensuring each illustration is grounded in accurate context and detail. His limited radio drama Nemisis: The Jaded Millennium was released in July 2021, and he has presented dossiers and original artworks at the annual Halfway Print Festival. Damian has exhibited in group shows at Wagga Wagga Art Gallery and Riverina Community College Gallery. In 2025, he featured in the IAN Inclusive Arts Network exhibition in Melbourne and delivered an interactive 3D printing workshop for preschool students inspired by Thomas the Tank Engine.

Annie is a painter who captures her friends, family, pets and herself through vibrant acrylic portraits. Working across canvas, paper and wearable surfaces like t-shirts, she brings warmth and personality to each piece. Annie is also currently expanding her practice to include landscapes, seascapes and still lifes, exploring new ways to express colour and atmosphere. She has exhibited in numerous group shows at the Riverina Community College Gallery and participated in Selected Works in Corowa in 2024. In 2025, her work featured at The Ambo Gallery, Station Creative Space, and From the Studio at The Art Factory Gallery.

Michael has a background in woodwork and has expanded into fine art in recent years, developing a diverse and highly tactile practice. Inspired by nature, fishing, and memories of childhood days on the farm, he creates vibrant ceramic sculptures, richly textured stitched works, and expressive paintings. He has exhibited in multiple shows at the Riverina Community College Gallery, and in 2025 his solo exhibition Moments showcased the breadth and prolific nature of his creative output. That same year, Michael also featured in Selected Works at The Ambo Gallery and Station Creative Space, further establishing his distinct, multi-disciplinary artistic voice.

Danni creates imaginative Furries and the vibrant worlds they inhabit, using drawing and clay to explore texture, softness and character. Her practice has recently expanded to include large-scale paper masks and sculpted heads, adding new dimensionality to her storytelling. In 2025, Danni presented her first solo exhibition, Cosmic Critters, at The Art Factory Gallery, showcasing the depth and playfulness of her creative universe. She has also hosted numerous workshops throughout 2025, sharing her skills and inviting others into her world-building process. Danni’s work reflects a joyful blend of fantasy, craftsmanship, and boundless curiosity.

David enjoys painting imaginary and realistic worlds, often exploring his identity through images of places he has visited. He expresses himself through bold use of colour, embracing complexity and layered surfaces, and believes that good painting begins with good colour choices. His current body of work focuses on portraits of famous people alongside an ongoing series of self-portraits. In 2025, David participated in Truth, curated by Sarah McEwan, where he presented a playful, fan-wielding drag queen portrait. His vibrant, expressive practice continues to evolve as he navigates storytelling, place, and personal expression through paint.

Maz is an artist who explores a wide range of mediums to develop and test her ideas, often working at a large scale with poscas, pastels and paint. Her practice centres on expressive figurative imagery, building storyboards of worlds and environments drawn from both real experiences and imagined spaces. Maz layers text, symbols and gestural marks to map out characters, creatures and emotional landscapes, creating works that feel alive and in motion. Her process-driven approach allows her to shift fluidly between experimentation and storytelling, revealing a rich visual language that continues to evolve with each new series.

Annabeth creates intricate illustrations built from repetitive patterns, vivid colours and carefully layered details. Working primarily with markers and acrylics, she develops rhythmic compositions that balance precision with playfulness. Annabeth has exhibited in numerous group shows at the Riverina Community College Gallery and The Station Gallery. In 2024, she took part in Response, a collaborative exhibition between Donut Studios (Bendigo) and The Art Factory. Her work was also featured in Selected Works at The Ambo Gallery, Station Creative Space in 2025. Annabeth’s practice continues to evolve through pattern, colour and imaginative structure.

Sherry Ann works in a variety of mediums, specializing in ceramics and painting. Her work references the world around her and includes ideas generated through talking with friends and family. An avid carer of animals her clay works often incorporate the animals she loves and sees in her world at home. 

Elvis is a prolific painter specialising in watercolours, drawing inspiration from both artists and his family. He enjoys engaging with others through portraiture, capturing friends, loved ones, and himself—often with playful references to food. His work combines fine, delicate lines with bold colour blocking, creating compositions that are both detailed and striking. Since joining The Art Factory in 2025, Elvis has actively exhibited his work, participating in Selected Works at The Ambo Gallery, Station Creative Place, and the Riverina Community Gallery. His practice reflects a joyful exploration of personal connections, observation, and vibrant visual storytelling.

Liam is focused on represent the hero as an icon. In 2023 his solo exhibition Call of Battlefield Elite depicted popular video games characters through stylised poses, distinctive brush marks and bold background colours.