About:

Self Portrait Photo in StudioFlossy-Particles is the showground of all sorts of articles; (watercolour illustration art, prints, greeting cards, postcards, plus the occasional hand-sewn brooch), eagerly handcrafted by my wee flossy self… Sarah to some, flossy-p to others.

Since the first moment I first saw Boy George’s rainbow of eye shadow (during the Culture Club days – not when he had to pick up junk off the streets), I knew I was in for a life of colour and creativity. You know how some people say they’ve been “creating art since they could hold a pencil”?… Well, my version of that story starts with me clutching an eye shadow applicator! These days I’m all grown up and have learnt restraint in the ways of make-up, now choosing to apply those colours to paper instead.

A little while back I relocated from inner city Sydney, to a small coastal town on the mid-north coast. Since the change I find all sorts of critters and nature creeping into my art (sometimes literally).

I work as a freelancer doing illustration, art, design and web consulting.

If you have any questions, or would like to learn more, please go ahead and contact me.

Bio:

January 2010 Range of cards now available at Desire Books in Manly.
July 2009 Range of cards now available at Irving Baby! boutiques in Adelaide.
June 2009 Indie Fixx website features my work for their “Feed Your Soul” free art project.
June 2009 The Artful Agenda diaries, lesson planners and calenders launched featuring my illustrations.
May 2009 Invited to include works in “The Incredible Print Show” at Artstream Gallery, N.H. USA
April 2009 Illustration included in Curvy 6 book, and 3 works included in the Curvy 09 exhibition.
March 2009 Exhibited in “Women of the World”, and international exhibition of female cartoonists and illustrators, at The Bunker Gallery, Coffs Harbour.
February 2009 Range of cards and bookmarks now stocked at the Emerald Arts Gallery/Store, Newcastle.
January 2009 Range of greeting cards now stocked at the shop in the Art Gallery of NSW
November 2008 Work in Greenstone Gallery as part of their Summer collection
September 2008 Featured on Bloesem website, and Aus Edge website.
September 2008 Style Magazines ran an article about my work in the September issue
September 2008 20 illustrations in Artstream Gallery, N.H. USA, as part of “Affirmations” exhibition
May 2008 Illustration included in Curvy 5 book; a collection of 100 female illustrators from over 20 countries
April 2008 Contributed a painting to the Lillipilli art show
March 2008 Featured on “Pikaland: The Illustrated Life” website
February 2008 Illustration appeared in the 2nd annual “Lovely Hearts” exhibition at Artstream Studios, Rochester, NH, USA.
November 2007 Illustration and article appeared in Mix Tape Zine, issue 2.
May 2007 13 illustrations in the eQuinox Space as part of the {un}Limited Illustration exhibition in New Hampshire, USA. (show also included works by Lisa Kirkpatrick, Penelope Dullaghan, Lisa Congdon, and Ashley Goldberg).
February 2007 2 illustrations in the Lovely Hearts fund raising exhibition at Artstream Studios, Rochester, NH, USA.
November 2006 flossy-particles launched!
July 2006 Awarded illustration of the week, on Illustration Friday
January 1998 Disclosure: New Photo Artists – 6 works and an artist book selected to appear in the Australian Centre for Photography, Paddington, Sydney
September 1997 Environmenta – group exhibition, College of Fine Arts, Paddington, Sydney
July 1997 Medium Rare – group exhibition, Gallery 235, Annandale, Sydney
July 1997 Audiostretch – sound piece broadcast on 2SER fm radio, Sydney
December 1995 25 Hereford St – solo exhibition, Particle Contemporary Exhibition Space, Clovelly, Sydney
1995 – 1997 Bachelor of Fine Arts, majoring in photomedia, UNSW College Of Fine Arts, COFA, Sydney, Australia