about - flossy particles... illustration art of flossy-p

About:

Flossy-Particles is the showground of all sorts of particles, 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 the picking up junk off the streets era), 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.

I recently relocated from Sydney, Australia, to a small coastal town on the north coast of NSW.

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:

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