WELCOME

There are shelves of pots waiting to be fired, clay rolled and stacked, paintings poised on easels, studio dogs on patrol and ~ on weekends ~ the smell of scones. This spring, Happs is home to two Open Studios artists: Myles Happ, whose production pottery and new screen-printed designs fill the workshop, and Karen Seaman, who has brought her paintings and sculpture here for the first time after twelve years in her bush studio.

Myles relishes the opportunity to speak with people who are interested in pottery and ceramics. “It reminds me how strong and generous our industry is, built on shared knowledge, experimentation and a deep human desire to make things that are both useful and beautiful.”

In recent years, ceramics has re-entered Karen’s practice with fresh energy, and she shares the joy of clay teaching hands-on pottery workshops, still finding time to paint the forested landscape surrounding her home.

Myles is also a beekeeper, so the scones come with a choice of jam, cream or honey fresh from the hive.

Come for the art. Stay for the scones.

🕰️ @margaretriverregionopenstudio runs 12–27 September 2026
🎨 @happspottery and @karenseamanfineart

📸 Photography by @biancakatephotography

Sue Briggs is showing her work at Chapel Hall, adjacent to Prevelly`s Greek Chapel. It`s a beautiful setting for paintings that are about light, place and the landscapes of the south west coast.

Sue`s abstract landscapes are built up through mixed media and collage, with a palette shaped by a life long love of ocean swimming. Bold shapes, deep blues and greens, a sense of being immersed in something larger than yourself.

Open Studios starts in eight days, and 153 artists from Busselton and Dunsborough in the north to Augusta in the south, are ready to welcome you into their studios. It`s a self-drive art trail, with no tickets or bookings needed. Pick up a free event guide, choose which artists you`d like to visit, check their opening times, and start exploring.

Who will you visit first?🎨

🎨 @suebriggs.artist
🕰️ 12–27 September 2026
📍 Self-drive art trail across the @margaretriver region

Charlie Guiver turns scrap metal found at the rubbish dump and Lions Shed into sculptures, and incredibly, he`s only been creating for 18 months now, since he was 13 years old.

"I specialise in animal-themed sculptures, using scrap metal, old tools and gearbox components. I enjoy the challenge of taking different shaped pieces of steel and finding where it fits, almost like a puzzle."

Charlie will open his welding shed-studio each weekend during Open Studios ~ school takes precedence Monday to Friday.

🎨 @guivermetalart

🎨 Margaret River Region Open Studios is free to attend, and runs 12-27 September 2026
📖 Pick up an event guide or browse 153 artists at the website.

If Emily Jackson`s work looks familiar, it`s little wonder ~ she hones a unique and joyous style, creates public art across Australia and designs Open Studios` very own event guide.

Emily Jackson works in lino prints, monoprints, drawings and photographs ~ layering them together in a technique she calls stratisart, where each work shifts in depth and clarity depending on how long you look. She`s known for it across WA, with public art commissions that bring the same colourful layers to a much larger scale.

Her studio is centred around an old printing press, with sculptures carrying her prints spilling out into the garden beyond.

🎨 @emily.jackson.art.design
📸 @oviscreative

Make sure your springtime adventure in art makes it out of the group chat and into your diary. Book accommodation through one of our generous sponsors, and mark your calendar: Open Studios is on 12-27 September 2026. ❤️

❤️ @margaretriverregionopenstudios
🕰️ 12-27 September 2026
🎨 153 artists to visit and meet

Accommodation for Open Studios ~ it’s time to book your stay ❤️
We’re grateful to have wonderful accommodation partners generously supporting Open Studios, and we’d love you to book your stay with them.

Many are offering exclusive deals for Open Studios visitors, so it’s well worth a look.

From beachfront resorts to holiday houses, forest cabins and family-run chalets, you’re sure to find the perfect spot to recharge after a day meeting artists.

✨ @privatepropertieswa
✨ @hiltongardeninnbusselton
✨ @smiths_beach_resort
✨ @tanahmarah
✨ @pullmanbunkerbay
✨ @samphire_chalets
✨ @oliobello
✨ @forest_rise
✨ @whalerscovevillas

Visit the Accommodation page on our website for all the details (link in bio)

Salmon pink karri bark, a carpet of ferns and a hundred sentinel-straight trunks in the distance.
Jeff Harris paints Boranup Forest with the kind of attention that comes from a lifetime of looking. He grew up in the Pilbara with an artist mother who painted hundreds of Northwest landscapes ~ art materials always within reach, the colour and scale of the land permanently embedded.

Life took its turns. In 2024, following encouragement from his late wife Pauline, Jeff stopped full-time work to focus on painting and art for the first time. His studio is in the kangaroo-strewn hills down Kevill Road, just out of Margaret River, surrounded by native bush, wildflowers and birds.

🎨 @jeff.harris.art

Discover an abundance of creativity when you visit Margaret River Region Open Studios this spring.
🕰️ 12-27 September 2026
📍 The Margaret River Region
🎨 153 artists to visit and meet

Sam James, Laura Griffith, Angus Watkins and Mel Lamanna are the ‘North South East West’ crew ~ a friendship formed over a shared love of painting, printmaking and portraiture, spread geographically across the Margaret River region.

While Angus and Mel take a break from Open Studios this year, Sam and Laura are sharing Laura’s Cowaramup studio. Come and chat, see them paint and admire their latest works.

❤️Make sure your springtime adventure in art makes it out of the group chat and into your diary. Book accommodation through one of our generous sponsors, and mark your calendar: Open Studios is on 12-27 September 2026. ❤️

🎨 @samjamescreates
🎨 @laura_griffith_artist