Artist Bio:
Vanessa lives in Daylesford, having made the ‘tree change’ from Melbourne. She hales from the foothills of the Himalayas in India, where she was born, studied and lived for 25 yrs. She studied art at School and never had the opportunity to indulge in it until now.
Vanessa is a diverse artist with many strings to her bow. She paints in acrylic, oils and mixed media, ink and pencil, is a nature photographer and a talented musician who plays with her bands Lunar Dust and Lake Mist as well as solo. She is also a writer and poet.
As an artist she is part of MAGNet (Moorabool Arts Group Network) under the auspices of Wombat Art Group. She is also a member of the Ballan and District Arts Collective and Daylesford Arts and is looking forward to more creativity with these art groups.
As a photographer she specialises in flora, fauna and landscape and candid wild-bird photographs.
She is a Librarian and singer / songwriter by profession.
She won the Bendigo Sustainability Festival ‘Poe-Tree’ award 2025, and has two published books a children’s book, “Birds in my Tree: the Magic of Birds and the Joy of Singing” 2022 as well as a poetry book, “Under the Mop Top Tree” 2023. She has also published poems and short stories in 6 Anthologies with the Moorabool Writers Craft including in 2025, “Whispers on the Wind.”
There is a new book set in Daylesford soon to be published.
She has produced and recorded 3 music CD’s “Filtered Light”, “Forbidden Dance” and “Homebrew”. Her music has won awards with Australian Songwriters Association for her original music “Lullaby for Monty” and “Forbidden Dance”.
There is a new CD of original songs in the pipe-line as well.
Here it ishttps://www.acousticsessions.com.au/art-shop/
As a photographer she specialises in flora, fauna and landscape including special bird photographs.
Here it is:
Framed Photographs