Arlene Austin

In a cultural landscape filled with endless experts, in-crowders and talking heads, Arlene Austin prefers to pave her own artistic path where anything is possible, everyone is welcome and being a ‘good artist’ has nothing to do with which school you attended or who you know.

Arlene has been painting and creating her entire life – it’s been her sanctuary, refuge, and love. Her art expresses her willingness to learn and be influenced by life’s cultural pursuits including art, music, books, movies, interior design, fashion and people.

Creating art without intellectual boundaries, Arlene says “Allows me the freedom to express myself in my own terms. At the end of the day every artist is self-taught, and we are all exposed to limitless influences on the daily. The difference with artists is that we are the absorbers; the sponges - taking elements from the environment and creating our own individual interpretation of that”.

Arlene grew up in Sydney (at a beachside suburb called Maroubra, or as locals call it ‘The Bra'), attended multiple universities studying everything from teaching to philosophy, psychology, and make-up art. She also pursued dancing, drama, and gymnastics on the side. She finally completed a BA in Communications an...

I completed three unit art at school and pursued a career in communications and marketing, all the while keeping up my art practise on the side.