I’m Tenielle. I’m a self taught artist from Tamborine Mountain, a beautiful sub-tropical oasis in the hinterland of South-East Queensland, Australia. I love where I live and am endlessly inspired by my local environment - plants, flowers, animals and landscapes.
In the past I created larger paintings, however I’m not a full time artist and I found it hard to fit art in my life on a regular basis. I decided to completely change what I do and how I make art.
I traded paint brushes, pots, canvas frames, palettes and time spent cleaning up all my mess for the simplicity of drawing with just a pen and paper.
Now I am better able to balance my time for creative pursuits with time for all the other things I enjoy doing in life, like gardening, working my day job, binging TV shows, playing with the dog and more recently, being a mum.
For me, time for art reveals itself in micro moments throughout the days and weeks. A few minutes here and there while my baby has fallen asleep might be all I get. I take my sketch pad and a blue biro everywhere I go just in case an opportunity presents itself.