Exploring Moonlit Terrain

Now sniff out beetles, termites and spiders.

Creating this artwork for Snuggled Away, my brief was descriptive and romantic. Earthy reds and bluey-grey spinifex grass. The Bilby has so much appeal, my only question was how to convey all it’s immense character.

I chose a dark blue sky to compliment the oranges and reds of the earth and layered in some subtle purples as well. Bold colours to offset the Billy’s grey fur and make it pop from the page!

Greater Bilby and baby with Spinifex Grass.

Acrylic, posca pens and conte on 230gsm textured art paper.

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Sarah Matsuda is a fine artist and children's book painter living in Paddington, Brisbane. Specialising in mixed media, Sarah works on a range of commissioned pieces for books, portraits and also figurative pieces for sale.

The third generation artist on both sides of her family, Sarah's mother is Robyn Bauer the fine artist painter & her father is Mark Andrews the sculptor who created the larger than life "Sheep" at Teneriffe, Brisbane. Her grandmothers Joan Bauer & Pixie Joan Andrews were also both well known, Brisbane artists. Sarah’s first exhibition was a joint exhibition at the age of 13 years old with her mother Robyn, where she showed lino prints coloured with watercolour and sculptures of animals in clay.

Sarah's first solo show was in 2022, in conjunction with the launch of a beautiful children’s book about Australian wildlife called “Snuggled Away” written by Cate Storey and illustrated by Sarah. They have also published a second book "The Perfect Hollow" and their third book "Sunny Finds His Song" is about to be released.

You can commission artworks for subjects including brides and wedding images, boudoir, breastfeeding mother and baby, family portraits & pregnancy.