👋 Welcome to Studio on Brunswick SKOOL! However you found your way here, we're delighted you've joined us. Whether you've discovered us through Instagram, our website, one of our workshops, a friend, or simply stumbled across us while exploring SKOOL, welcome. Studio on Brunswick SKOOL is our free creative community, designed to help independent and emerging artists learn, connect and thrive. Think of it as a place where community and learning come together. 🌿 New here? Your best place to begin is the Classroom. Start with the 'Start Here' section, where you'll find: • A warm welcome to Studio on Brunswick SKOOL • A little about who we are and why we exist • Tips for getting the most from the community • A quick guide to how everything works It only takes a few minutes and is the perfect way to get your bearings. 💬 Then come back here... Once you've had a look around, we'd love you to introduce yourself in the comments below. Tell us: ✨ Your name ✨ Where you're joining us from ✨ What kind of creative work you make ✨ One thing you're hoping to get from this community Feel free to share a photo of yourself, your studio or a recent artwork too. 🚀 We're Just Getting Started Studio on Brunswick SKOOL is the newest part of the Studio on Brunswick ecosystem, and we'll continue adding new resources, conversations, courses and opportunities as we grow. If you have ideas, suggestions or feedback along the way, we'd genuinely love to hear them. Thank you for being here at the beginning. We're excited to build this community with you. Lyne & the Studio on Brunswick Team 💚

Hi everyone – I am late to the intro party and all the parties here! Just been catching up today. My name is Liz Christiansen and I am a multidisciplinary artist and designer based in Brisbane. I currently work across mixed media - collage & acrylic mostly at the moment but I am also building work in the surface pattern design space. For my day job, I am a graphic designer working within branding, packaging, print and digital design in my own business but after over 26 years as a graphic designer, I am ready to shake things up. I hope one day I can do less brief driven client work and more of the artwork I want to do – and someone will pay me for it! ha! The dream right 😃 At the start of last year I exhibited my first original artwork since high school at Studio on Brunswick in the summer showcase and won the emerging artist award on the night which connected me with an incredible coach and mentor Lyne! Over the last year I have really loved the community that has grown for me within this space – meeting some wonderful like-minded creatives and becoming an artist affiliate for Studio on Brunswick has been a highlight. Currently I am building a body of work – working towards my first solo in October at Emergent Gallery. I have enjoyed reading everyone’s intro posts and look forward to getting to know you all more over the program.

Hello Everyone! I finally have the time to complete my wheels and do a bit of an introduction to you all! Or should I say, I've carved out the time to do it! We all get caught up in the day to day of our lives that sometimes you can find it hard to stop and work on your own things! GUILTY! So, I am Dan. I have recently come on board as Assistant Director but Lyne and I have been friends and colleagues for many years. My art practice includes jewellery and painting in both watercolour and acrylic (at this stage). I also dabble in Fresco and am wanting to get back into oil painting! I am always looking at ways to do art and creative endeavours, although I find working seems to get in the way! lol. I used to run a school in Brisbane called DAP Jewellery School, have taught at the Brisbane Institute of Art, Cobb & Co Museum Toowoomba, Redland Shire Council, Caboolture Council and University of Southern Queensland. I am now starting to teach again after a 5 year break and am slowly building momentum to open a dedicated teaching space in the future here in Bendigo, Victoria. Over the years I have sold works through galleries, markets, trade events, exhibitions and online. I have experience in product development, wholesaling, production manufacturing and feel like I have tried my hand at most things to market, sell and hock my wares! 😁 I'm excited to be apart of this group and program for the next 6 months and learn some new skills that will help me identify areas that I can improve! It's a never ending process! I'm also happy to share my experience, so if you ever have any questions you think I may be able to help you with, please don't hesitate to ask!

Hi everyone I'm an artist based in Brisbane and am a new Studio on Brunswick Affiliate. My creative journey actually began in fashion. I won a summer scholarship to the Whitehouse School of Fashion when I was 14, later studied fashion and textile design, and worked as a pattern maker before spending 12 years homeschooling my kids and finding my way back to art. My work is inspired by nature, emotion and the feminine form, and I'm currently focused on building a sustainable art practice while continuing to develop my own artistic voice. Along the way I've been fortunate to be a finalist in the Australian Watercolour Muster and Fabriano in Italy, and have also entered the Archibald Prize and Brisbane Portrait Prize. Outside of painting, I'm a trained health coach and host The Trailblazer's Palette podcast, where I've had the privilege of interviewing artists from around the world and making some beautiful friendships. I grew up on a dairy farm in rural NSW, and the peace I find in nature still inspires so much of what I create today. I'm looking forward to connecting with other artists, continuing to learn, and being part of a community that understands the ups and downs of a creative life.😊

Hi, my name is Jo, I am a Northern Rivers NSW artist and affiliate artist with Emergent Gallery - Studio on Brunswick. I am an abstract expressionism artist. Basically my work is my journal, however I present subjects or emotional areas that sometimes we find hard to express or be vulnerable with. So, you may find your own interpretation within my work or connect in some way. I'm also an art therapy practitioner and offer holistic based workshops and art classes. Seeing people reconnect with their creativity makes me so happy. I am a mum to three adult children and in the last little while finding the space to rediscover myself for who I am in this new chapter of life. I love creating and expressing through art and all it holds. So happy that this space is here for us to be able to connect and be there for each other along the way.