Past, Present and future
Future
Tia is branching out and creating more portraits, landscapes and still lives than ever. She is experimenting with printing on textiles and creating installations in her own gallery. She will still accept selected commission works.
She wants to create her own world.
present
Tia is currently working on more independent works and slowly accepting less commissions. She is entering more prestigious art prizes in the hope for recognition. It is important to Tia that her work is seen by the public so it can stem conversation around topics she finds important such as climate change and wildlife conservation.
She is also working quietly in the background to create series of works for exhibitions both in her gallery and pop ups across the state.
During covid Tia acquired a quaint gallery in Malmsbury where she will be until September 2021. Due to restrictions the gallery never became the space she thought it would and hasn’t open full time like intended. She is working daily to make this space more suitable for her and her work whilst also forming a vision of her future work space. Currently the gallery is where all commissions and creative work is collected from.
Past
When Tia was finishing high school in 2017 she felt it was necessary to have a place in commercial galleries. As she developed more as an artist and individual she moved away from this notion and begun to value being able to directly sell to her clients from her creative space/studio.
Tia has created several collections of works in the past as sold them individually and directly to her customers. In 2019 Tia begun to take on more and more commissions before reaching the peak in late 2020 due to demand. She is now retracting from this as it took away from her ability to create art prize worthy pieces.
Over the years Tia’s works has grown larger and more and more detailed. When Tia begun painting she was determined to create pieces like