Since emigrating to Australia in 2018 my style of painting has been transformed. Inspired by the bright Australian sunshine, influencing the colours on my palette, the varied landscape and diverse wildlife. I have forever been drawn to the ocean and love to capture it on canvas. I like to inject lots of energy into my paintings by using a palette knife and large gestural strokes. I love being outdoors and taking in my surroundings. I like to take people on a journey with me through my paintings. I live next to the ocean, which features greatly in my work. I hope my energy and love for where I live comes across in my paintings.
The Northern beaches is certainly a beautiful place to be. I’m never short of painting inspiration.
Katie Thomas
Acrylic on Canvas
104cm x 104cm
Framed in Raw Ash (FSC Certified)
Glowing softly through the stillness, creating a sense of calm and inner warmth. Pause, to feel, observe and connect with a quieter reflective space within.
Katie Thomas
Acrylic on Canvas
79cm x 125cm
Framed in Raw Ash (FSC Certified)
A quiet steadiness settles in.
The land holds its own silence. The trees rise lightly into the sky, carrying both tenderness and time.
Not strength that insists, but strength that stays.
Katie Thomas
Acrylic on Canvas
79cm x 125cm
Framed in Raw Ash (FSC Certified)
Light lingers, soft and uncertain, moving through trees that hold and release in equal measure. Nothing fixed, nothing forced—just a gentle return.
Not where we arrive, but where we begin to glow.
Katie Thomas
Acrylic on Canvas
79cm x 125cm
Framed in Raw Ash (FSC Certified)
I felt as though the trees were calling me, pulling me further into the landscape. Standing among them, I am always aware of my smallness. The Blue Mountains feel ancient, almost prehistoric, and being dwarfed by something so enduring is deeply humbling.
I have drawn into the surface with charcoal, a material born from timber itself. That gesture felt like a direct connection to the land — marking trees with the remains of trees. This work reflects that quiet moment of surrender.
Katie Thomas
Acrylic on Canvas
79cm x 79cm
Framed in raw Tasmanian Oak
Lying in Wait by Katie Thomas is a compelling landscape painting that masterfully captures the tension between a tranquil day at the beach and the overwhelming power of nature.
The piece is defined by its stark vertical contrast, splitting the canvas between the carefree leisure of the shoreline and an impending atmospheric event.
Artist: Katie Thomas
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
Measurements: 120cm x 120cm
Framed in Ash
Spending time as a family is what we love to do on the weekends. Walking, talking, beach visits, coffee and cafe visits. Shelly was the first beach we spent time on with the new addition to our family - Baby Arlo.
I love that the beaches hold different meanings and memories for different people.
Artist: Katie Thomas
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Measurements: 56cm x 56cm
Framed in Tasmanian Oak
Artist: Katie Thomas
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
Measurements: 90cm x 60cm
Framed in Tasmanian Oak
Artist: Katie Thomas
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
Measurements: 40cm x 40cm
Framed in Tasmanian Oak
Artist : Katie Thomas
Medium : Acrylic on Canvas
Measurements : 60cm x 60cm
Framed in Tasmanian Oak (FSC Certified)
“Autumn” was part of a series of Still Life paintings. A look at everyday objects around the house. I like to use my dresses to create patterned backgrounds and play with pattern on pattern and contrasting colours together. I started painting Still life during the Sydney lockdown, when we couldn’t venture too far away from the house and generally being indoors due to
homeschooling, I used the objects around me to influence my paintings.
Medium : Acrylic on Canvas
Measurements : 40cm x 40cm
Framed in Tasmanian Oak (FSC Certified)
Katie Thomas
Acrylic, oil stick, cold wax and charcoal
83cm x 83cm
Framed in Raw Ash (FSC Certified)
Painted intuitively, this work is less a depiction of a landscape than an exploration of how a place is held within us. Layers of weathered rock, shifting light and heavy atmosphere emerge through memory and instinct.
Although inspired by Tasmania, it continually drew me back to my homeland of Wales—its rugged terrain, ancient stone and ever-changing weather.
The soft circular form becomes a looking glass or the mind’s eye, inviting us beyond the physical landscape into memory, emotion and imagination. A place weathered by time, quietly enduring, where what is seen and what is remembered begin to merge.