Lanisarty

05/08/2026

Hello!
I've published a visual 'diary' of sorts of our fertility & pregnancy journey.
Take a little peek x

This is such a tricky topic and often comes with pain and heartache, but I wanted to share my story so far via artworks because I know there are other people who have also been there (or currently still ‘there’…in the uncertainty or waiting or disappointment) Firstly, whenever you see posts ab...

23/07/2026

“I Am Your Place Of Safety” 2026 pencil and pen
A parallel dialogue between God and I, and me and unborn baby. Symbols in the background correspond with life decisions and spiritual choices that I can make in my life - light and dark etc- and that one day my baby can make.

23/07/2026

Can you recognise which countries these were painted in?
In August I will be at a multicultural festival in Logan and will have some interactive art activities as well as some of my travel watercolours as high quality prints for sale.

Details to come 👀

07/07/2026

Had the absolute delight of presenting at SBL International this week with my colleague and friend Emma Austin on the topic of Visual Culture and the Bible. We presented on my use of whimsy in my body of art as an artistic tool to explore and expand engagement with biblical texts. I love whimsy and delight and this was a joy to present on.

03/07/2026

Working titles.. “The Wall” or “Try Walking In My Shoes” “The Wall, The Suit, The Shox”
What do you see? What would you title it?

02/07/2026

Newest quirky signs for my favourite cafe client La Vita Pure Café ☕️ 🎨 tasty and affordable.. check them out if you’re in Bowen hills! (They’re opposite the old museum) 🤩

19/06/2026

Dr Katie | Clinical Psychologist | EFT Therapist & Supervisor and I spent the day at Caddies Community Centre at Jimboomba hosted by Impact Care Services to run our second day of workshops around emotions and mental health.

Today we focussed on depression and sleep and had an art making component of both workshops.

We’d love to invite you to come along next Friday for the final two workshops: relationships (next Friday 10-12) and parenting (next Friday 1-3). These are totally free! Food included! Come along!

Register here: https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing/1583232

And share with anyone you know who would like to come along 😊

20/05/2026

We Have Long Arms To Hold You
2026 pencil and pen 29.7x42cm

20/05/2026

IVF/ pregnancy series

1. poem about ivf “the holy jar”

2. Artwork made during injection and retrieval stage of ivf. That stage is no joke. “The holy jar” visual correspondent

3. Artwork made after our first transfer “waiting”

4. Artwork made around implantation time. The heart was injected into the holy room and grabbed on. The maintenance man figure was waiting in the room already.

5. “Trimester One Studio Spill” this was was based on a big water stain, it would have been easier to discard but I wanted to reflect the sense of lack of control of this stage- feeling sick, having no control of how the journey will play out- and building in details around the new life. This reflects the absolute tiredness and “upside downness” of trimester one

Thoughts to anyone else in or experienced in this process. Not for the faint hearted.

22/04/2026

New JoCAT content
Alana Sawrey presents her illustrative work ‘Post traumatic shadows in suburbia’, a creative exploration of some of the trauma experiences described by the people she worked with as an art therapist.
Image: Alana Sawrey, ‘Post Traumatic Shadows in Suburbia’, 2023.
https://www.jocat-online.org/c-26-sawrey