Carla Grace has built her career painting the wildlife she grew up with in South Africa. She’s just landed back in Australia after a piece of hers went under the hammer at Sotheby’s in New York for an astounding $40,000.
In this episode of The Edit, Carla tells Home Beautiful Editor-in-Chief Elle Lovelock about her childhood surrounded by rhinos, crocodiles and elephants, and how a stint without electricity in rural Zambia sparked the art career she’s built over the past 12 years.
Plus, Carla takes us through the art studio she and her husband spent a decade planning and saving for. The design is deeply intentional, down to the exact colour of the walls, so nothing would throw off-tone light onto her paintings. She also shares her honest advice on choosing frames and displaying art purposefully.
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From the Sotheby’s-exhibited lion painting ‘Pride’ to the black cockatoo and grizzly bear tutorial works she mentions in this episode, see the wildlife artworks behind Carla Grace’s conversation with Elle at carlagraceart.com
“You don’t have to understand an art piece in order for it to connect with you emotionally.”
Carla Grace
“Allow yourself to make a home yours, regardless of what trends are, what other people’s opinions might be.”
Carla Grace
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