Artist & Creative

MEET HARLEY

photo by Pop & Ivory

Born and raised in Gippsland. Lived and learned in Melbourne. I’m an artist and creative in love with the Gippsland vibe, and leaving my fingerprint at every turn I take. Across Wellington Shire and East Gippsland, I’ve been involved in enriching community arts culture through art prizes, facilitating workshops, teaching at both a primary and secondary level in schools, and an artist residency through Regional Arts Victoria.

Memory and documenting stories have been my muse for the better part of a decade, inspired by the evocative and raw nature of impressionism and expressionism. Passion. Frustration. Longing. Wonder. Intimacy. All of these make the muse for my studio. Like moth to flame, they inspire the unique aesthetic that I bring to Live Wedding Painting.

I’m currently available for weddings and events in 2025 & 2026, and can’t wait to meet you.

est. 2024 | Bachelor of Fine Arts (Painting) 2021, RMIT University

AWARDS

First Place: Wellington Youth Art Prize 2019 & 2020, East Gippsland Youth Art Prize 2020 & 2021

Runner-Up: East Gippsland Youth Art Prize 2018

Finalist: East Gippsland Youth Art Prize 2019, SETAC Art Prize 2021, Flourish Art Prize 2018

Judge: Wellington Youth Art Prize 2024

As seen on I DO I DO Gippsland and exhibited with East Gippsland Winter Festival, East Gippsland Art Gallery, Iceworks, Gippsland Art Gallery, Maffra Art Space, Orbost Exhibition Centre & Melbourne Pavilion.