Wagga-based artist Lindy Farley creates vibrant abstract artworks that are as playful and unpretentious as her practice. Although she’s been creative her entire life, it took her a long time to call herself an ‘artist’, dabbling in graphic design, painting, and collage as passion projects while she worked in administration. So, when she quit her desk job of fourteen years and started posting her artworks online, even making a few sales here and there, it still felt surreal to finally call herself a full-time artist – but here she is!

Growing up in the 80s, Lindy’s love for bold, electric colours translates into her spirited, layered artworks, which she paints from her spare bedroom-turned-studio: a chaotic space scattered with acrylic paints, inks, and pastels in every colour of the rainbow. Through an instinctive, free-spirited process, Lindy experiments with these media to create richly textured works that aim to evoke joy and elation, taking inspiration from the world around her – from the artists she meets at her local community studio, to her travels around Australia and her life on the farm in regional New South Wales.