Countless pots of richly pigmented ink and tubes of watercolor paint in every blue hue imaginable. Paintbrushes stand to attention in an eclectic assortment of old glass bottles and repurposed ceramic vases. Stacks of pigment-encrusted paint palettes form a haphazard tower atop wooden boxes and secondhand art books. A jumbled array of illustrations, children’s painting experiments, and magazine cutouts spill over the adjacent wall, lapping at a mounted letterpress tray filled with beachcombing treasures. An antique wooden drafting desk acts as a cherished centerpiece around which everything else is arranged and rearranged. All of this forms my studio space — a sun-soaked nook of boundless inspiration, bursting forth from a corner of the living room in our cozy family home in the coastal suburbs of Perth, Australia.
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