anna (they/them) is a queer artist and art therapist living in Naarm/Melbourne. This website reflects both their personal creative practice and art therapy work. Finding a way for these to be together is an ongoing creative project in itself.

anna’s approach to creativity is process-led and responsive to the world around them. They use slow, repetitive, messy and sometimes abstract forms to explore themes of softness, time, grief, chaos and temporality when painting the everyday scenes and places they move through.

anna’s art moves between painting, printmaking and textiles.

Artists and icons that continue to inspire their work and process include Frida Kahlo, Chiharu Shiota, Alexis Pauline Gumbs, and all their creative matriarchal ancestors who practiced craft and taught Anna about the ways creativity can care for us. 

anna is mixed Celtic heritage and still learning about their ancestors. They have lived on many lands in so-called Australia and would like to acknowledge them below -

Gadigal and Awakbal Countries grew anna up until late primary years, and then anna moved to Wurundjeri Woi-Wurrung Land in Naarm where they live now.

anna is drawn to bodies of water and light at golden hour.

anna works as an ANZACATA registered Art Therapist with Rainbow Muse Collective, offering sessions online and in-person in Naarm (Melbourne).

For their studio practice and personal creating, anna creates at Pink Ember Studio in Coburg North.

If you are interested in working together, please send an email to anna@rainbowmuse.com.au