"Painting has the potential to change how we see, perceive and value experiences, it can be a dynamic and exciting process"

Karlee Rawkins is recognised nationally for her bold and vibrant paintings examining the symbolic and totemic meanings nature holds within the human psyche. Her practice is greatly influenced by her relationship and collaboration with her son who has a disability.

Rawkins recently received the Margaret Olley Commendation Award for her painting ‘Tiger Tribe’ and in 2003 The Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship and Paris residency. Rawkins has been a finalist in the Clayton Utz, Now Shoalhaven, KAAF Art Prize, Fishers Ghost Art Award and Prometheus. She lives regionally near Bellingen in NSW with her partner and three boys.