very month, Bella McGoldrick packs up her life and moves to a new country. From what started off as circumstance while the Kiwi-born artist and her husband waited to get visas for the US and Australia, now the nomadic lifestyle informs her art in a way like no other. “I soak in where I am, eat the food, watch the people, think of ideas and begin to draw whatever I’m wanting to draw,” says Bella. Currently, her latest collection, is inspired by hot days in Vietnam and the coffee obsession that followed. While Bella pines for the day she has a permanent studio, currently her “600 or something pencils”
