Cactus Flower Photograph

I am a multi-deciplinary artist living in a small town in South-East Queensland, Australia with my partner of over 10 years. My studio is a large room inside my home where I feel the most creative. Being a self-taught artist was very difficult as I have discovered. I started at a very young age where people thought my drawings were "cute" as you would say to any typical toddler. I skilled the best in drawing, painting and other traditional mediums and I am always finding new techniques to learn. I found my love of photography later in life when I became homeless and started couch surfing with family. Having bad mental health issues due to my circumstances, I was given a second hand DSLR camera to play around with and to get me moving again. I picked up the basics very quickly and soon fell in love with photography and wanted to learn more about it. But there was a dilemma as I felt I needed to chose between my first passion of drawing and my new found love of photography. I had researched which was the most frugal out of the two but instead found other artists with talents in more than one discipline. It was a green light moment for me. I now practice my artistic creativity in all traditional mediums as well as photography, writing, animation and film. I am always looking for new ways to best express my creative ideas and learning new skills.