Joanna Reid
It means a lot for me to share my love of Australian native flora and fauna, art and design. I view the world in a very original way and if you’re visiting my site, perhaps you do too. My childhood was spent with the frangipanis and beautiful songs of Bougainville, (PNG) beside the Solomon Sea, so I guess nature has always been close. I have traveled for a large part of my life, collecting many adventures along the way – the best one yet has been travelling into life with my smart and beautiful daughter, watching her becoming such an amazing person.
I did my formal art studies at Queensland College of Art in Brisbane and enjoyed a successful career as a Graphic Designer in various interesting parts of the world. While living in Byron Bay I was Inspired by the natural beauty of Northern New South Wales, and that’s when I began drawing and painting, trying to catch the essence of what I saw.
My work shows a very distinctive flair for design and colour and reflects my unique feelings and impressions of Australia’s natural environment. Its a bit hard to describe my own work but if it encourages viewers to stop and appreciate the wonderful diversity and grand design of our great outdoors, then I’m on the right track.