Goolay’yari – Public Art Mural, Stanmore (Inner West Sydney)
Collaboration with Jasmine Sarin
‘Goolay’yari’ was created as part of the the Inner West Council’s Perfect Match street art program, which brings artists, residents, local businesses, and property owners together to collaboratively create new art for public spaces.
The artwork celebrates the rich biodiversity and cultural significance of the Cooks River (Goolay’yari). It depicts dusk along the riverbanks, with Spoonbills standing peacefully by the water and silhouettes of native grasses hinting at the diverse flora and fauna that thrive along the river. Local species such as the Little Bent-Wing Bat and Grey-Headed Flying Fox skim the river for water, while a cicada takes refuge in banksia leaves. Hands along the mural’s base honor the generations who have lived in the area, acknowledging the deep histories predating urban development. Flowing connection lines weave throughout, symbolising waterways and cultural narratives that connect people to place and to each other.
Goolay’yari was designed to remind viewers of their shared belonging and responsibility to the environment, celebrating both the natural world and the local community. The mural has been warmly received by residents, council members, and property owners, with many noting the joy it brings to daily walks along the river.
Painted with exterior acrylics sourced from Circle Paints’ recycled stock, the mural reduced its carbon footprint while transforming a local wall into a vibrant tribute to nature and community.
Goolay’yari reflects my practice creating nature-inspired public murals that respond to local ecologies, waterways, and community stories across Sydney. It’s a love letter to artistic collaboration and a testament to the strength found in sharing stories, experiences and creativity.
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I Hear Your Call – Public Art Mural, Stanmore (Inner West Sydney)
This project reflects my practice as a Sydney-based artist creating nature-inspired murals for public, community, and healthcare spaces.
I Hear Your Call is a public mural located in Stanmore in Sydney’s Inner West, created in collaboration with Inner West Council as part of their Perfect Match street art program. The project was developed through close engagement with community members, council staff, and, most importantly, the property owners of the building, ensuring the artwork responded thoughtfully to its surroundings and those who live alongside it.
The brief for the mural was to soften the hard concrete façade of the complex and introduce native flora and fauna that reflect the natural landscape of the area. Painted with exterior acrylics, the colour palette was carefully chosen to sit harmoniously within the heritage context of Stanmore, drawing from the muted tones of nearby heritage-listed homes as well as the soothing colours found in local plant and animal life.
The artwork is informed by quiet, familiar experiences of nature in the urban environment: the soothing call of magpies, stories of murnong that speak to long-standing relationships with the land, and the twilight chatter of flying foxes overhead. These elements reflect the resilience and persistence of nature within the city and act as a gentle reminder of what continues to survive alongside us.
Painted over a three-week period, I Hear Your Call is an acknowledgement of what we still have, what has been lost, and what we are responsible for protecting. The mural invites viewers to pause, listen, and reconnect with the natural world that remains present, even in heavily built environments.
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Quiet for the Little Ones – Public Art Mural, Canterbury Hospital (Sydney)
Quiet for the Little Ones is a series of murals created for the Special Care Nursery and Birthing Units of Canterbury Hospital, commissioned to help revitalise a ward that provides care for the most vulnerable newborns and their families. The project was initiated by the Nursing Unit Manager, who sought to soften the space and create a more nurturing, calming environment for patients, families, and staff.
This ward often holds deep and complex emotions, as it is a place where new life is cared for alongside experiences of sorrow and challenge. With this in mind, the mural was designed to bring a sense of tranquility and cohesion to the space. Soft, soothing tones were chosen, and repetition of colour and motifs across multiple areas helped unify the environment and create a peaceful visual flow.
The mural draws on elements of the natural world to offer comfort and calm during difficult and emotionally charged moments. Native flora and fauna were thoughtfully incorporated in recognition of the well-known soothing effects of nature. Waratah flowers, after which the ward is named, appear alongside billy buttons with their soft, balloon-like forms and the flowing, organic shapes of coastal banksia. Native birds are woven throughout the composition, offering quiet moments of life and movement and providing a gentle visual respite from the clinical equipment and machinery of the hospital environment.
Quiet for the Little Ones reflects my practice creating nature-inspired murals for healthcare, community, and public spaces across Sydney. The mural was installed over an intensive two-week period, just in time for the ward’s reopening. Since its completion, Quiet for the Little Ones has been incredibly well received by patients, families, visitors, and, most meaningfully, the dedicated staff who spend hours each day tending to those in their care. The artwork now forms a quiet, nurturing presence in the ward, offering comfort and a sense of serenity to a space that is vital, busy and filled with many emotions.
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Two Ibis having a chinwag and a good time sharing a hot cuppa, this is what being mates is all about.
After answering an EOI from St Vincent de Paul’s chapter in Sydney, I was lucky enough to be selected as one of the artists included in their new Brougham Lane street gallery.
The brief was fairly straight forward, speak of tales of the area, ideas of community and connection, or of the local natural environment. The concept behind my piece to portray connection and friendship using a couple of feathery locals as the main subject matter. There is nothing quite like connecting with a friend or stranger over a hot cup of tea (or coffee) and sharing stories of your life.
This new street gallery was an initiative by Vinnie’s Ozanam Learning Centre (Wooloomooloo), with support from Artspace, The Holiday Inn and Taubams Paint. The idea behind this project was to not only liven up streets in the neighbourhood but to create an opportunity for connection within the community. Artists from all over NSW worked side by side to bring some flare to this laneway, seasoned vets, budding creatives and artists from the nearby Ozanam Learning Centre.
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To get Australia’s largest postal service provider to go 100% carbon neutral, that was Sendle’s goal. Themselves being carbon neutral since fruition in 2014, Sendle wanted to challenge Australia Post to honour the wildlife they so proudly feature on their stamp collections and do the same, go carbon neutral.
Design agency Republic of Everyone were at the helm to create and deliver such a campaign. I was selected as the illustrator to help them. My brief was to select and illustrate 4 iconic Australian native animals to be featured on Sendle’s new campaign paraphernalia and to highlight the dire circumstance we have put their lives and habitats in, they were to be wearing gas masks.
Since its launch the campaign and Republic of Everyone have been shortlisted for a DA&D Impact award in the ‘Environment and Sustainability’ category. This campaign was also featured in Lurzer’s Int’l Advertising Archive Worldwide.
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I love painting and I love nature. What better than to see one of my own illustrations go up at such a big scale on a wall.
Wanting to bring some life to a rear laneway of their retail and hospitality complex, our client over at Iceworks, Willoughby gave us one image of a gum leaf as a starting point for this mural. I took that narrative of natives and I ran. I based the artwork for this mural off of my long history, and love of illustrating Aussie florals. From luscious banksia, robust waratahs and calm gums, this wild bouquet is a love letter to the plants in our backyard.
This mural was painted with Mielo for Iceworks in Sydney’s Willoughby.
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A mural of native green carpenter bees and local Parramatta wattle for Parramatta Light Rail and Transport NSW.
. . . more info coming soon :)
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