Jo-Anne Anderson

In the beginning there was a small town in Victoria, Australia, on a river near the sea, surrounded by farms and forests with excursions to the seaside, swimming in the surf, camping in the bush. Lots of making and drawing. After school was for projects, animals and making things in the shed. Before school was for drawing, actually during school was drawing as well. Always there is drawing.

Drawing and fabric. Construction and de-construction. Colour and movement. Off to the city to study Fashion Design and patternmaking, working nights as a cutter and machinist. Always drawing. For work as a designer using watercolours, marker pens and gouache then computers mixed in, to design new styles and fabric prints. And in between there are night classes in painting.

Now I freelance in fashion design and production. I work from my studio in the Macedon Ranges an hour from the bright lights of Melbourne, yes there are kangaroos, and wombats. Here is a link to my website,

I work across a variety of mediums, including watercolours, marker pens, acrylics and oils, as well as carpentry, sewing, patternmaking and gardening which I think of sometimes as sculpture with purpose (the end result being clothing, furniture, flowers and ...

Bachelor of Arts Fashion Design, RMIT. Melbourne, Australia
Graduate Diploma Education. Melbourne Uni. Australia
Diploma of Visual Arts at Melbourne CAE - 1 year completed.
Embarking on Bachelor of Arts Graphic Design Communication, Swinburne Uni, Melbourne, Australia