Blue Moon

Alongside the guardians in My Neighbour Totoro are the soot sprites that only the children could see. The sprites are impressionable, harmless and very cute. This was painted with my children in mind, so that they can also see what the two sisters in the film were lucky enough to see. There is a beautiful, magical scene of the sprites leaving the home of the family and floating towards the guardian's forest home. As rare and special as a blue moon.

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Charissa is a self-taught artist whose artistic style never really "grew up". She maintained her childish style of drawing through scribbles and doodles in the margins of her notebooks into the corporate world after graduating.

Since becoming a mum in 2013, Charissa re-discovered intuitive mark marking through her observing her children in their play. She is fascinated with the freedom and boundless imagination kids naturally possess in the creation of their works. They inspire her to be free in expression, colour and movement in combination with her 'left-handed state of mind' and abstracted perspectives.

In turn, the themes of her works are centered around her children along with a dose of nostalgia from her own childhood. She wants to gift fun and spark joy through her art.

A maestro once said "Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up." and she is determined to resolve this.