Acrylic Painting
Lindy Farley
Lindy Farley doesn’t do beige. Her art is a full-colour celebration—loud, layered, and joyful! Raised on 80s flair and based in regional NSW, she channels a free-spirited chaos into work that’s as vibrant and chaotic as her paint-splattered studio.
Artist Profile
Lindy Farley doesn’t do beige. Her art is a full-colour celebration—loud, layered, and joyful! Raised on 80s flair and based in regional NSW, she channels a free-spirited chaos into work that’s as vibrant and chaotic as her paint-splattered studio.
Growing up in the 80s, Lindy’s love for bold, electric colours translates into her spirited, layered artworks, which she paints from her home 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 in regional New South Wales. She finds ideas for her artworks from her travels around Australia, and more recently Europe, and her life on the farm. She takes inspiration from her two favourite artists, Henri Matisse and Ken Done. Lindy takes joy from the community of artists in the local Gallery and Studio. She enjoys working there where she teaches children’s classes and workshops, as well as having the opportunity to curate the artworks in the Gallery. This all contributes to helping her art practice evolve.
Artist Interview
What medium do you work with, and why have you chosen them?
I love acrylics, together with all sorts of mixed media such as oil pastels, spray paints, gold leaf and paint pens. One of my favourite things to work on is a Gelli- plate, where I make unique and vibrant papers that I can then use to collage my artworks. I love using these medium as they provide textures and patterns and layers…. and especially joy to me!
How does your artwork get from initial concept to exhibition stage?
I have to say that my work is very intuitive and doesn't always come from a plan. I will use vibrant backgrounds and let them sit for a while before going to the next step. It really is just a bit of trial and error sometimes. If it is not working for me, out comes the Gesso and I head in acompletely different direction.
Can you tell us a little more about your creative working environment/studio?
I work from my little home studio (just a spare bedroom) set up with multitudes of paint, pastels, inks and heaps of unique Gelli-plate papers I have printed. Sometimes it's not about creating the artwork, but joyfully playing to make things that can be used at a later stage in my pieces. It's mostly pretty messy but I know exactly where things are. I live on a farm so on sunny days I love to take my supplies outside to enjoy the outdoors and draw insiration from my surroundings.
Career Highlights
- Joint Exhibition at yellowhouse ART in Wagga Wagga with artist and frend, Debbie Wood.
