Swept Benjamin A Vierling before the need to create

before the need to create firmly pulled her attention back to her art

India Ink and Gouache on Paper

It was a community project with Perth artist Stormie Mills that led to a series of collaborations with other notable artists and designers from Australia and the rest of the world

including an ongoing career in tattooing

though I have always been deeply inspired by natural elements and the female form

Swept Benjamin A Vierling before the need to createDetails About Acrylic and gouache on panel 24 x 36 in. 2017 28 x 40 in. (f) Leilani Bustamante was born in Santa Rosa California and is a graduate of the Academy of Art University. She grew up between the suburban sprawl and rural Fort Bragg, where she draws inspiration from their simultaneous decay and growth. Her work often voices themes of mortality exploring elements of death, rebirth, beauty and spoil, the loveliness of the macabre and the