Kirsty Watkins is a full-time practising artist renowned for her Photorealism acrylic works that capture the beauty of Western Australia’s Indian Ocean, its pristine beaches and unique landscape.
Kirsty’s works are inspired by both her love of the ocean and the Australian bush setting of her childhood home in the Perth hills. Rottnest Island and its coastline are a constant theme in her work, reflecting a lifetime of holidays there and her dream winter as the island’s Artist in Residence in 2018.
“I have a connection to the Ocean that many of us share, it’s a feeling of oneness, of self, cleansing, it’s energising and transformative. In my work, I try to capture those feelings, so we can be taken back to that place, to that feeling the Ocean gives us wherever we may be.”
An explorer at heart, Kirsty’s travels have taken her vast distances across her home State, from the South-West, to the Kimberley and everywhere in between, constantly collecting inspiration for her paintings.