Margaret River Region Open Studios comes to the Old Courthouse Complex

Introducing our six artists for Margaret River Region Open Studios 2024. We have five new artists joining us this year, and Anton Blume makes a return for his second MRROS experience with us. Be sure to visit us in September at The Old Courthouse Complex, Busselton.

India Armstrong is an emerging Aboriginal artist influenced by her family and culture. Her painting, sketching and digital art is inspired by aboriginal history and the issues surrounding aboriginal people. You can see some of India’s works here.

Anton Blume is an award winning creative presenting new south west based double exposure work alongside "3000 feet," a photographic journey exploring remote WA. Anton’s reel can be found here.

Louise Collier is a lover of the great outdoors, her subject matter is nature, especially water and coastal themes. She aims to bring a piece of the beautiful outdoors, indoors to her canvas. Louise works in oils and acrylics but also with pastels and watercolour. Louise’s interview can be found here.

Laura Griffith’s art practice moves between Australian landscapes and portraiture. Working primarily with oil paint on canvas, her recent work features local landscapes from the Margaret River region with a focus on colour, atmosphere and emotional connection to the landscape. Her style includes realism, deconstructed realism and the occasional semi-abstract. Laura has a BA Fine Art, and won the Ludlow Art prize for Australian landscape painting in 2023. Laura’s work can be viewed here.

Carol Seeley is an intuitive artist. She creates bright, bold, expressive, mostly abstract work. Sgraffito generally features in her works on canvas and wood panels. To view some of Carol’s work click here.

Zac Zoric’s Oubliette Treasures was created both as an outlet for his creativity and a house for his aesthetic, which is centred around the dark, dreamy and abstract. Located in Busselton every piece is hand carved and set into sterling silver, however he make a deliberate effort to never recast the wax carvings, making every piece a unique labour. The name Oubliette is derived from the French word of the same name meaning “Dungeon” or as it was formerly known ‘Oublier’, “To forget”. Follow this link to hear from Zac