About
I am an artist/illustrator from Townsville, Australia that works with digital and mixed media paintings. The scenes within my art are often macabre and bloody: containing women, monsters or some form of physical ailment. I am inspired by many illustrators within the music and video game industries, the art of dark fantasy and monster artists, the horror writings of H.P. Lovecraft and the controversial films of Jörg Buttgereit. My paintings are created with a combination of Adobe Photoshop, Corel Painter, and a wide range of weird traditional mediums. Their fine-lined details separate focal-points from the surrounding chaos of movement, mess and gore.
Exhibitions
2009 – Displayed artwork in James Cook University’s eMerge Media Space during the ‘Best of Student Show’ exhibition for 2009.
2009 – Displayed artworks at Artspaced during the ‘To Die For – Tales of the Uncanny‘ exhibition
2009 – Displayed artworks at the Saunders Beach Community Centre during their first annual ‘Saunders Beach Art Expo‘.
2010 – Displayed artwork in the ‘Live it Now. Post it Now’. exhibition at Perc Tucker Regional Gallery.
2010 – Displayed triptych in the School of Creative Arts hallway at James Cook University.
2010 – Displayed artwork in James Cook University’s eMerge Media Space during the ‘Best of Student Show’ exhibition for 2010.
2010 – Displayed artwork at Artspaced during the ‘Bravo Burlesque’ exhibition.
2011 – Displayed artworks at James Cook University’s eMerge Media Space during the ‘Breathing Life Into the Undead’ exhibition by honours student Gareth Wild.
2011 – Displayed artwork in the ‘Who Art We?’ JCU New Media Arts graduate exhibition at Perc Tucker Regional Gallery.
2011 – Displayed artwork in the ‘2011 Members’ Exhibition’ at Umbrella Studio.
2012 – Displayed artwork in the ‘Audio-Technica Young Artist Prize’ exhibition at Umbrella Studio.
Education
James Cook University
2009 - 2011
Bachelor of New Media Arts
Majoring in Digital Visual Art. Minored in New Media Design.
Fachhochschule Würzburg-Schweinfurt
2011 (Exchange Semester)
Kommunikationsdesign
Rhythmus: Visuelle Gestaltung im Raum, Kreaturen: Illustration, Bookbinding, Film Analysis, Illustration Techniques, German: Beginner.
References
“Carly is a talented artist with a creative vision for the macabre. She is progressing well with her work and is versatile with her creative technique, successful in a variety of traditional and digital mediums. As a fellow student I have seen her work hard in her University assignments, achieving outstanding results in both her practical and written work. Her writing is exceptional and she utilizes her skills to the best of her ability.”
— Jasmine Martin, Student, James Cook University
Volunteering Experience
Intern at Artspaced Inc
August 2011 - Present
Party Worker with Australian Greens
August 2010 - Election Day