Artist Bio

Kirsty Watkins is a full-time practicing 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 Australiana 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 and her dream winter as the island’s Artist in Residence during 2018.

For the past decade, she has been teaching others, sharing her passion for painting. She has taught in school art programs; on Rottnest; and now at her own Studio-Gallery, ‘Studio Door’, in Myaree.