Tanya Smart is a Brisbane artist who uses emotional idioms to explore and remark upon personal and interrelated identity, comforting our inner child on its path of discovery and release. She employs commercial design principles, her distinguishing palette of colours and strong metaphorical compositions to create her works. By drawing attention to otherness, she creates meditations and commentary adapted to today's sentiment, “my painting are mirrors of my mental and emotional patterns, they illustrate my experiences, my relationships and my life.”

History
Tanya's exploration of art, publishing and design started long before the birth of her sole trading business in 2002. Tanya studied art and film & television at secondary school and completed an arts degree in media communications in 2000. During her arts degree she explored desktop publishing, graphic design and copy writing as editor of the student union magazine, Gravity. In 2002-2003, she focused on painting the idea 'there is a difference' and manifested the 'creation' series. In 2004, Tanya exhibited a new series titled 'yogini performs asana'. These four paintings were the precursor to her future directions in design and printing.
After becoming a mother and undertaking further study, Tanya re-established herself in visual arts in 2006 - this time focusing on fibre arts - dyeing, stenciling and fabric painting. The 'kaleidoscopic clothes' era spanned until 2008. Tanya created more than 500 pieces of wearable art within this period, primarily for children, and sold them through her online stores. She also exhibited in 2007.

Current
Tanya currently focuses on creative writing. A fan of metafiction and gonzo journalism, she loves deconstructing life's conundrums into short, colourful anecdotes. Tanya is a communications professional with a background in digital publishing and visual arts and qualifications in journalism and education. She is an experienced blogger, web all-rounder and avid social media user.