Ellie Desire
Exploring the raw and surreal through Acrylics and Ink
The Color of Her Story
2026 Collection
Other Artworks
Dear Creative,
I am an artist and graphic designer driven by curiosity, exploration, and self-growth. My work examines life in its rawest form, using surreal and dreamlike elements to shift how we perceive the world around us. Through acrylics and ink, I explore the meeting point between the eerie and the beautiful. Where imagination and emotion reveal deeper truths.Storytelling through color lies at the heart of my practice. I often work in tinted black and white, allowing one or a few elements to emerge in color. A way to guide focus, evoke narrative, and illuminate what might otherwise remain unseen. This balance of restraint and revelation creates an atmosphere that feels both vintage and timeless, both unsettling and poetic.I believe beauty misses no creation. Even in the strange, the imperfect, or the overlooked. Each piece I make is both an observation and an evolution: a study of how perception, experience, and respect for the creative process can transform what we see and how we see it. My practice is guided by a simple idea, that once you master one medium, you begin to understand them all, because every mark teaches you how to see more deeply.Keep on Creating,
Ellie Desire
Education
McKENZIE COLLEGE
GRAPHIC DESIGN
Diploma | 2022
HONOURS: PRESIDENT’S LISTVISUAL ARTS FOUNDATION
Certificate | 2021
HONOURS: PRESIDENT’S LIST
Recent Showcases
DECEMBER 2024
Order & Chaos Finalist | Art Competition
Art CollideMAY 2022
Peculiar Dreams | Solo Exposition
Struts Gallery
Quote
"Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world.
Today I am wise, so I am changing myself."
Rumi
Collections
The Color of Her Story | (Coming Soon)
Ten Days of Summer | 2023
Valentine's Advent | 2023
Twelve Days of Christmas | 2021