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About Bloom
Bloom - verb - /bluːm/ come into or be in full beauty or health; flourish
Brisbane artists Kate Quinn and Emily Day are delighted to welcome you to Bloom.
The Bloom concept is simple - we offer bespoke art experiences for complete beginners through to hobby artists; across unique and beautiful locations around Australia and online.
If you've always wanted to learn how to paint, or you need a bit of encouragement after an extended creative break, you've come to the right place. In 2022 we joined forces to create Bloom Art Experiences. At the time, we noticed that there weren't many options for supportive, all inclusive painting workshops using high quality artist materials. So we made our own!
During an in-person Bloom workshop, you will be guided by Kate and Emily to paint a simple floral still life over one fantastic day, in a relaxed and encouraging environment where group numbers are kept small, all of your materials are included and delicious food and drink are shared.
After many requests, Bloom is also online! You can learn how to paint a simple floral still life in either oils or acrylics from the comfort of your home, at your own pace, with our easy to follow online tutorials. We even sell art kits of our preferred materials, if you don't have your own supplies.
Above everything, we really encourage our students to find joy in the process of painting. A Bloom experience is all about creative self care.
To find out if we are bringing Bloom to a town near you (we predominantly frequent regional Australia), please join our mailing list. Alternatively, if you live within 100km of Brisbane, we can organise a private workshop event with you. Gather your friends and let's chat!
Whether it's in person, or online, we can't wait for you to Bloom with us.
Meet your teachers
kate quinn
Hi there! I'm Kate, I am an artist, social worker and mother of three school aged children, and I live in Brisbane. I recently left my part time social work position, to commence full time art practice from my tiny but abundant home studio.
I paint using oils, and I adore painting flowers, foliage, ceramics, vessels, fabrics and fruit. I don't think I'll ever get sick of painting still life compositions! My preferred colours to use are pink, blue and green, and they feature in some combination in almost all of my work.
I exhibit my art in regional and city galleries and stores all over Australia, and my art career breakthrough moment came from the regional town of Orange, NSW, when I won the 'Jumbled Art Superstar' competition a few years ago. Last year I held my first solo exhibition at Wild Canary gallery in Brisbane.
I regularly teach art classes in my studio and my creative philosophy is this - the process is more important than the product. This means, I encourage students (and try to remind myself) to stop worrying about whether the painting is 'good', and to start focusing on the immense pleasures found of the process of creating it. I love finding flow and complete immersion in the process of painting, and enjoy showing art students how to find the same pleasure using brand new skills.
I can't wait to be offering workshops alongside my beautiful friend Emily, and we look forward to welcoming you to our fun and friendly workshops.
Kate x
emily day
Hello! My name is Emily and I am a full time artist based in Brisbane, where I live with my husband, two young daughters and rescue dog. I live with my little family in a cosy 70's apartment, equipped with my very first studio!
The catalyst for leaving my job in architecture, to pursue a long-time dream of painting full time, was an incredible 6-month road trip around Australia in 2019/2020. I had the luxury of time to paint everyday, and I've never looked back.
I predominantly use acrylics to paint floral scenes, still life arrangements and the occasional landscape. I find the whole process of completing a painting very meditative, from foraging florals and foliage, arranging them to form a lovely composition, mixing beautiful colours and slowly layering loose brushstrokes until I think a piece is done.
My work can be found in regional galleries around Australia and I also sell a lot of my work directly to the collector, because I just love the story behind why someone connects with my work.
I really believe that the act of creating can bring so much joy to our lives, and that everyone has the capacity to express their own unique creativity. I hope to show you that there is really no 'correct' way to paint.
I am thrilled to be teaming up with my lovely friend Kate to invite you to our friendly workshops. They really are something special!
Emily x