Fleurieu Living Magazine

How the light gets in

Upon admiring her kaleidoscopic works, you could easily assume Chris Small has a life-long love affair with the canvas, but the blossoming Adelaide artist was walking long before she ever held a paintbrush.

Some time after realising she could draw in high school, Chris took her art to North Adelaide’s Stanley Street School of Art on a whim. ‘I literally waved my hand around and it landed on painting, so I just chose that,’ Chris laughs. She does admit, though, she’s often felt the weight of imposter syndrome

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