Kara Art and Design

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Kara Art and Design

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Art My Way

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Create Breathe Heal

Image: Permission to Die Exhibition. Artists Ruth Maddren and James Gentle. 2019 Albany WA

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Art My Way

Art My WayArt My WayArt My Way

Create Breathe Heal

Image: Permission to Die Exhibition. Artists Ruth Maddren and James Gentle. 2019 Albany WA

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About Kara Art and Design

My Dream

 As a creator with chronic illness, I wanted somewhere to exhibit my work and build my portfolio without the pressure to perform or deadlines closing in.

So, I created this page as a way to permanently display my artworks and as a place to send prospective clients and art enthusiasts.


Thank you for visiting my safe space where I gather and share all that I create. Please enjoy exploring my various artworks and musings while I continue to develop this space into something wonderful.

About the Artist

Riker Matters - Artist/Designer/Illustrator


I am a queer/trans Noongar artist in Perth Western Australia. I have extensive experience in acrylic painting, digital art, illustration, and design. My skills have been honed through professional employment and personal desire to create art that is emotive, has meaning and demonstrates a reflection of my lived experiences.


Art was an outlet for my imagination, my feelings and my self-expression. This led to a passion in developing creative outlets to help with mental health, help me communicate with people around me and gave me something to strive for. 


I use my creative energy to heal myself and share the knowledge I learnt through development of my artwork. My skill sets have grown from visual and digital art through to illustration of children’s books and writing. This has provided me with opportunity for professional development in illustration, commissioned works, character design and alternative logo designs.


Inspiration comes to me from the Earth, the Ocean, and Australian bushland and rainforest.

Commissions - Scroll down to blog for write-ups and links

    TRADITIONAL Art Gallery

    We have no control

      Illustration - NOT FOR SALE, SHOWCASE ONLY

        Digital Art

        Migraine

          Logo design - contact me for a quote

            it's blog time

            Read With Me - pdf The Black Cockatoo, Finding His Songline

            The Black Cockatoo, Finding His Songline

              

            I wrote a children's book! 


            The Black Cockatoo. A story about Songlines and what they mean, told through the imagination and dreaming, of 4 children. 


            I was given the opportunity to write some children's books for Library For All, and I couldn't stop writing! This is only book 1 of many to come. We have managed to get 3 books published, 2 are level L and Level 1 children's books, and The Black Cockatoo is upper primary.


            This creation has started something inside me, I can't wait to write even more in the new year. I also illustrated this one, while others are being illustrated by other wonderful artist's at LFA. They're very cute.

             

            Being able to create something for children like me, to have stories where they can see their values, culture, skin tones! and family structures, it's something I feel passionate about. I didn't grow up with books with indigenous children in them, every book was Tom, Dick, Harriette, or Rose. Even when I started reading more advanced books, I don't recall ever having picked up a book that had people like me as the characters, outside of historical and informational books. 


            I believe that children deserve to see themselves in the story, to be able to relate and be inspired.

            Download PDF

            Read With Me - pdf the Kimberley Pregnancy Book

            The Kimberly Pregnancy Book

            From 2018 to 2020 I was commissioned to create the Kimberley Pregnancy Book for the Kimberley Aboriginal Medical Service in Broome WA. This was my first ever illustration commission. From the page layouts to the illustration, I consider this to be one of my biggest achievements. 


            This book was designed to deliver information to indigenous peoples of the Kimberley and has since made it's way as far south as my (at the time) home town Albany WA! 


            This work was made possible by, Nindilingarri Cultural Health Service, The Yiriman Project, The Kimberley Elders, Kimberley Aboriginal Medical Services, WA Country Health Services and the Nini Helthiwan Project and the wonderful Pat McCready who provided me with the correct midwifery information and more, we were able to create this beautiful little booklet for new and returning mothers/fathers and families. Special thank you to Barbara Bynder for the use of her artwork 'Manta Ray'


            I will forever be grateful for the opportunity and am always on the lookout for another like it.

            Download PDF

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