Art is how I translate the world around me.
On an ordinary day I move from painting, sculpture, writing, glass and installation.
I create books, art and sculpture working in different mediums: tissue paper, glass, stone,paper clay, fibre (willow) and ink. My work is inspired by normal everyday happenings and by seen and unseen world’s colliding – referencing simultaneously the natural world and layered human relations.
I am concerned for those who struggle to belong whether from race, gender, class or disability.
As a storyteller I strive to create a safe place for all of us.
Art Work & Play
I am a storyteller through art using whichever medium suits the current work.
I enjoy having several different projects happening at once, each one informing the direction and outcome of the others.
Author & Illustrator Liliana Stafford
I have published twelve books, two of which have been published internationally. I have won the Hoffman Award and been shortlisted for the WA Premier’s Award and the Environment Award.
My highly-acclaimed children’s book Amelia Ellicott’s Garden has recently become a play with La Luna Youth Arts in Townsville. Amelia Ellicott’s Garden was also an honour book in the 2001 CBC Awards in two categories.