About Bridgette Ferrier, Painter and Graphic designer located in MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA

Hello, I’m Bridgette a painter based on the far South Coast of New South Wales, creating works that gently flow between abstraction and still life. My practice is rooted in a deep curiosity about memory, impermanence, and the quiet significance of everyday relics. I’m drawn to the way certain objects — a familiar mug, a weathered shell, a ceramic handle found on a meaningful day — can hold entire stories or transport us back to moments, people, and places that have shaped us. These pieces often find a resting place in our homes, quietly anchoring us in memory.

Shells, vessels, and other collected artifacts often appear in my compositions, objects that feel both personal and universal, holding subtle traces of place and time. Each painting begins intuitively and is guided by what resonates most in the moment, sometimes taking shape as atmospheric fields of colour, other times as carefully rendered arrangements of still life. I’m drawn to the meeting point of the ephemeral and the preserved: where something fleeting can be held.

I have a background in graphic design, particularly in brand identity and web design, which has shaped the way I consider composition, layering, and storytelling. Whether I'm painting in my abstract or still life style, my work remains a kind of visual meditation — a place to hold reflection, softness, and a calm curiosity.

Paintings that flow between abstraction and still life, rooted in reflection and feeling

A LITTLE insight into me and my practice

A LITTLE insight into me, my practice

and what brings me inspiration