Emerging from the Emberdream

Emerging from the EmberdreamApril Rose is a Brisbane based mixed media artist whose work is deeply informed by her lived experience of unseen disability and mental health challenges. Through an intuitive and experimental process, April creates layered, surreal landscapes that that give shape to unspoken emotions and the hidden moments beneath the surface. For April, art is her way of navigating a world that often overlooks invisible struggles. Her practice serves both as a tool

Aylee Kim draws inspiration from scenes in everyday life

where we were visiting a family member in palliative care

Flowers often arrive with physical sickness

Signs from the Stars also works alongside others who experience complex mental health challenges

most recently

seeking to offer support and convey positive messages to those navigating mental health difficulties

and sustaining life

I remember thinking how wonderful it would be to come across signs with uplifting

Each form becomes a soft metaphor for personal transformation and overlooked stories

and individual

art has remained Shruti's constant companion - offering comfort

Carmen now reflects on these struggles in her forties by weaving them into artwork