Carla McRae

◎ Carla McRae is an artist and illustrator living in Melbourne, Australia | carlamcrae.com | carla-enjoys.tumblr.com

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Blooming and Buzzing Confusion, a collaborative exhibition by me and Morgan Blue. Catalogue via Boom Gallery. Photo: Savannah van der Niet

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Protesting poppies A3 riso print for Helio Press Pages for Palestine fundraiser Available here

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Window in Tokyo

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Leonardo's

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Fan art for Booey the cat

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Sally at the art show

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Pencil box

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Beep beep

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Self portrait inspired by M/M's Björk dvd covers from the 2000's.

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Desk mess feat. my poster for Food For Everyone.

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CIBI's miso soup poster for Food For Everyone.

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Single artwork for Estelle Conley.

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Window graphic for Winepress. Photo: Nic Stephens.

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Ink and crayon WIP for Art Helps Heaps.

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Design for Art Helps Heaps.

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‘Portrait of Ursula K. Le Guin’, ink on paper, 27 x 33.5cm.

Here’s my portrait of the late epic author Ursula K. Le Guin for the 2024 LOCALS group show at Outré Gallery. I admire Ursula a lot and started reading her books during the lockdown years, enjoying slowly learning more about her and working through her epic collection of work. There are many of her writings and quotes that feel so relevant to this time we’re in right now —

From ‘The Dispossessed’:

“You cannot buy the Revolution. You cannot make the Revolution. You can only be the Revolution. It is in your spirit, or it is nowhere.”

And a favourite from ‘The Left Hand of Darkness’:

“Love doesn’t just sit there, like a stone, it has to be made, like bread; remade all the time, made new.”

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Available for purchase here.

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