Artist and surface pattern designer
Sandrelli
I’m Sandy, artist and surface designer.
Sandrelli is where the trained designer and my childhood love of art come together. Within is a collection of original patterns for licensing, drawn from where botanical and marine worlds meet on a page.
My muses are treasures foraged from the Australian coastline and my garden - which get reimagined into sometimes abstract, unexpected patterns and stories. Cool tones and organic forms sit at the heart of each piece. And because I am my mother’s daughter, there are often quirky little bits to invite the curious eye in for a closer look.
The ritual of design
My art first begins to form on a simple page, or in my hands, before it finds its way to a screen.
Dipping my brush into colour is a ritual that began for me as a kid. I’d sit with Mum or my sisters chatting, drinking tea (or wine) and expressing something wordless from inside ourselves with colour, movement and form.
Today, this practice of putting colour to paper continues to be one of my favourite ways to get out of my head and back into my senses.