Chelsey Qian Hao will be taking over the feature wall behind the front counter at BOOKFACE St Ives for a 2 week exhibition of her Just Sydney illustration series of works, with prints of multiple sizes available for purchase in-store.
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Chelsey Q Hao is an illustrator with a background in landscape design and urban planning. She has always been drawn to the quiet and often overlooked connections between people and the places around them. Since moving to Sydney, she has found endless inspiration in the city’s gentle balance of nature and urban life — from lazy afternoons in the park, to dogs racing through stands of eucalyptus, to the pastel glow over a seaside cemetery at dusk.

Just Sydney is her quiet love letter to this city: a collection of small, poetic moments that make Sydney feel like home.

Chelsey works in mixed media, enjoying the way watercolour, acrylic, coloured pencil and oil pastel each bring their own weight, texture and warmth. For her, mixing materials makes the process more playful, and allows each piece to carry a sense of softness and intimacy.

@chelsey72illustudio (Instagram)   @108935925(rednote)