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Australian houses, from architectural masterpieces to suburban family homes, Victorian terraces, mid-century marvels, coastal shacks, city apartments, and everything in between.
Award-winning Australian architecture, inspiring homes, and interviews with Australia’s top architects.
Studio visits with Australia’s top artists, and unmissable art exhibitions in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and beyond.
In depth features on Australia’s most beautiful gardens and landscape design.
Studio visits with Australia’s most talented creatives, from artists to architects, ceramicists to stylists, furniture makers to lighting designers.
Melbourne-based artist Antoinette Murray (maiden name Ferwerda) creates large-scale acrylic paintings (some 3 metres long!) for corporate offices and private homes… but it’s her works on paper that have caught my eye recently. These more delicate works explore mixed media, using acrylic paints, airbrush textas, splattered ink and metallic highlights. Super simple, but so striking and pretty.
Antoinette originally studied Graphic Design at RMIT, but spent 13 years working in the pharmaceutical industry, balancing her art practice with a corporate career. Eventually after many years selling her paintings to friends, family and clients, Antoinette took the plunge, and launched her business, Ferwerda Art, under which name she now creates a great variety of work – from paintings and works on paper, to vibrant painted palm pods, and wall murals which combine collage and paint.
Antoinette is based in Hampton in Melbourne, where she worked from her home studio, often happily interrupted by kids Tehya (5) and Lawson (3).
Antoinette’s work can be commissioned directly (contact via her website), or found at retail stockists including Assembly Hall in Willimstown, Page 8 in Hampton, Something Different in Rockhampton, and Stone and Grain in Ocean Grove, Victoria.
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Hi Lucy – just wondering if you can direct me to the website where I can buy that rainbow colours hanging that features in Antoinette’s lovely studio? I know you featured it in the kids week but can’t find it on your site anywhere now… thanks so much!
Hi Emski, the rainbow wallchart is by Blink Designs – http://www.blinkdesigns.com.au/ thanks! x
Thanks so much! x
I love seeing artists’ work spaces. You can’t be a real paint splashed patina!
I love the use of colour in her artwork. Brighten up my Monday!
Lovely seeing Antoinette’s work on The Design Files. Love the bright colours in her work!
very interesting post, i like your blog!
Love that yellow stool Antoinette has in her workspace, where is it from?
I love her beautiful work, her studio and the counter stool! Where are could I find a neon stool like that? thanks so much!!
Great web site you’ve got here.. It’s difficult to find high quality writing
like yours nowadays. I really appreciate people like you!
Take care!!
Just wondering where you can buy the raised easel or something like what Antoinette is using in her photos? I keep smudging my work having it flat on the table!
Beautiful!
Hi there, what is the brand for the drafting board and where I can get one? I absolutely love the layout of the desk and am looking to set up something like at. I too have an ikeas desk and the surface is too small to draft anything.