ABOUT THE ARTIST: Jess Southey is a Melbourne based artist / illustrator with a primary focus on graphite portraits, nature and fan art, with a tendency to get carried away with any creative idea using any suitable medium including; oils, gouache, acrylic, knitting, crafting or digital art/graphic design.

Fundamentally her work comes back to connection, nostalgia and the things she loved doing as kid and therefore draws inspiration from films, art / street art, books, comics, memories / sentimental items, flowers / nature and birds from specific locations.

More recently Jess has been focusing on portraits of people who have inspired cathartic moments or a sense of deep connection / understanding through their own art forms or personal stories. Jess has exhibited in galleries in Melbourne and Brisbane and Oz ComicCon.