CREATIVE COLLECTION LIVING COLOUR

ENDLESS CREATIVITY IS INSTANTLY UNLOCKED WHEN SALLY JOUBERT STEPS INTO HER STUDIO AND GETS TO WORK WITH OIL PAINTS, MUSIC AND THE RIGHT KIND OF COMPANY

- ANDREA TOMAZ

At a glance

Who: Sally Joubert.

What she does: Creates figurative and landscape oil paintings on canvas or board.

Where: In her studio in Richmond, Victoria. When she's not there she works from her partner's property in Barham, in the Murray River region of NSW.

Why they do it: "I enjoy doing what I love on my own terms, completing a painting I'm happy with and seeing people's reactions to my paintings."

Visit: sallyjoubert.com.au.

When Sally Joubert discusses her art, she also talks about the unfolding of her life. Everything just goes together naturally. I didn't do art at school because I needed to do maths God knows why, I hated it! she says, recalling her creative journey "But after school, I read about a graphic design, course and it was a lightbulb moment. Every part of the course excited me I created an entrance folio and got in! I've never looked back.