Newcastle-based artist Brittany Ferns creates wistful paintings, which encapsulate feelings of nostalgia, intrigue and mystery through heavy texture and dream like palettes.

Hobart-based painter and tattoo artist, Shannon Simm captures lived moments in time, exploring her experiences and relationships built with people and objects throughout her travels around Australia.

From iconic art agency Jacky Winter comes Solid Lines – the first illustration art agency solely for supporting First Nation Australian artists.

Sydney-based maker Ella Dalton’s organic, earthly ceramics pay homage to the imperfect perfections within the world around us.

Why is art important and what impact does it have on society? Wild Kinship: The Makers by Monique Hemmingson takes us on a journey to find out. We share an extract from the book and step into the home of conscious entrepreneur Jackie Lee, founder of sustainable skincare brand, Tahi.

Tamara Dean's photography-based art practice is explored to greater depths in her new monograph, published by Thames & Hudson.

Adrianne Dimitrakakis instils a sense of place and the flavours of travel through her bright and funky paintings, inspired by a world of colour.

Caroline Walls’ most recent show, Motherlover, departs from her characteristically abstract works and explores ideas of motherhood, love and the power of the female form through texture, still-life and portraiture.

Visual artist Billy Vanilli creates ultra-realistic paintings that are a sensual, almost erotic interplay between food and figurative elements.

Exploring colour and pattern, minimalism and neutrals, the Hunter & Folk Group Show at Rainbow Studios narrates art right now — revealing the diversity and forms of expression, all to the transformative concept of the ‘moth’.

Holly Terry’s new exhibition While I Wait, at Fenton & Fenton, plays with the impact of texture, blending a mix of soft, organic and earthy materiality to bring her art to life.

Yugambeh/Bundjalung artist Shaun Daniel Allen (Shal) began painting as a way to turn off unnecessary noise. Now, the maker is well-known for his vibrantly intuitive works.