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.