I spent many years working as a freelance embroidery design digitiser producing artwork for the commercial embroidery industry. After studying Visual Arts for over 20 years, I finally turned my hand to creating art. I have had a lifelong passion for art from childhood, and have also been strongly influenced by my creative mum throughout my life.
After years of realising I had not pursued my passion I began an art blog – Del-art-ful in 2010 as a way to bring art into my busy life. This quickly led to a commitment to make more art and develop a brand that meant something to me, and so Arli Design began.
With encouragement from my partner Cameron, I took a suitcase full of my art to the markets. Soon I found what I had made over the preceding years was bringing smiles to peoples’ faces and gave my work a purpose. Through the connections I made through the markets, I joined a group of like minded creatives and we opened the Margaret River Artisan Store – a place local artisans could retail their products.
My biggest dream has always been to make big art and in 2015 this was realised by painting a mural for the Unchartered Collective in Mt Lawley. I have since painted various murals throughout the Southwest.