Thankyou.

Firstly, thank you for visiting my website.

I hope you have enjoyed my collection of work and I welcome you to pop me an email with any thoughts or feelings that my art stirs up in your heart.

I love to hear the many different ways that my creations are interpreted.

About Me.

My name is Natalie, but to my family and friends, I am Nanii.

I am a Wiradjuri woman. My totem is Crow. I enjoy neuroscience, cats, astronomy, fishing, creating, engineering, and campfires with my people. I am clever*.

I was first introduced to art through music when I was growing up. Mum plays guitar and Dad was a bass player in a country music band. It was almost inevitable that I’d end up playing multiple instruments and becoming a lover of all forms of expression.

Dad taught me about how reading music relates to mathematics, how mathematics relates to ART, and how nature creates beautiful symmetry regardless of what is happening in the human world.

Humans are part of nature… 🌿🤍

Mum opened my eyes to the worlds of craft, creating, writing, sewing, gardening and painting. Mum taught me how to advocate for myself when I don’t feel right about something. I was a very quirky kid who was often (and still, sometimes) misundersood.

My extended family has many creatives, thinkers, nurturers and Clevers* .

*Clever is a term used widely across Aboriginal Australia. It celebrates the unique ways people think, learn, and experience the world, embracing the strengths of neurodiversity in both children and adults.

The Early Years

Growing up in Sydney, I spent many mornings looking out the train window on the way to school. The view was often grey, covered in pollution and thoughtless graffiti. It left me longing for something different.

So… I created my own small ecosystem! 🤍🌿

With the full support of my parents (yes, really!), I painted my own sanctuary onto the walls and windows of our home. Essentially, my canvas was my home environment (same for my sister). Before long, people began asking if I would paint for them too, and my first commissioned artworks followed at 12yrs old.

As I grew, so did my understanding of Wiradjuri Culture. My artistic style naturally evolved towards Aboriginal design, which remains the way I express myself most authentically today. My connection to Country, water , sky and animals runs deep, and I try to honour those relationships through every piece I create.

Dad's way of explaining how music relates to mathematics sparked a lifelong fascination with geometry. Repetition has always brought me a sense of calm, whether through dots, circles, lines or ovals. Over time, those small geometric doodles found their way into my paintings, where they blended naturally with traditional Aboriginal design. For me, it felt like a perfect fit.

Today, my work is inspired by family, geometry, nature and, the stories of our stars; shared with me by my parents and grandparents. Every artwork is part of my journey (and your journey too, if you’ve read this far!). It reflects where I began, what I've learned, and the contemporary expression of my culture.

Above all, I hope my work encourages young people throughout the world to create with confidence, and to know that their stories are worth sharing.

My life philosophy:
Persist. Especially if it doesn’t look beautiful at first.
Let the paint dry. Collect your thoughts.
Revisit later. Don’t give up on yourself.

Big love to you and your loved ones!

- Nanii xx

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