Christelle Grey paints in a small studio in the front room of a yellow Victorian cottage on a quiet Australian avenue lined with jacaranda trees. The sunshine streaming through the large window bordered in stained glass necessitates an ergonomic backless chair to dissuade a demanding fluffy cat named Mischief from claiming the artist’s seat. A picture rail around the walls hosts a rotating collection of brushstrokes that captures an appreciation of nature’s beauty and life’s quieter moments of love and happiness.
Christelle has always had an interest in art, whether it be the finger painting of the children she used to teach, or