WELCOME

Twitchers, you’ll love Christopher Spiker’s immersive garden and art studio set below towering trees in Margaret River town.

“Growing up in the bush of Central Victoria in Yellow Gum and Ironbark country, I became a bird watcher from an early age. In my earlier adult years bird photography dominated my creativity, and painting took a back seat until about 1993.”

Christopher designed a native garden with his beloved birds in mind, and since retiring has found the freedom to paint his favourite bird subjects - full time.

🎨 @spikercs.art
📍 Margaret River
🎨 Margaret River Region Open Studios is free to attend, and runs 12-27 September 2026
📖 Pick up an event guide or browse 155 artists at the website.

"I see the way light moves through the trees, birds come with the seasons, how mist rolls across the paddocks. Small shifts in atmosphere or the seasons, change everything."

Karen Seaman has been part of Open Studios since the very first event ~ and this year she marks 13 years with something new. For the first time, she`s showcasing her work at Happ`s Pottery in Anniebrook near Dunsborough, joining Myles Happ in a space with its own rich creative history.

Karen works across oil painting, sculpture and ceramics ~ each medium a different way of catching the same fleeting moments. In recent years, clay has come back into her practice with fresh energy, and Happ`s feels like the perfect place to show why.

🎨 Visit @karenseamanfineart and 154 other artists this spring
🕰️ 12–27 September 2026
📍 Happ`s Pottery, Anniebrook

"I create my artwork to share my knowledge, pay my respect to my ancestors and family and to pass down knowledge to community and our future generations."

Kim Kiosses is a Contemporary Aboriginal Artist whose paintings are a visual narrative of her heritage as a Noongar, Banyjima and Nyiyaparli woman.

"I am passionate about sharing stories of my connection to Country, culture and family history."

Kim opens her Dunsborough home studio this spring, to welcome art lovers to learn about her art practice, connection to Country and culture.

🎨 @kimberley.creative
🕰️ 12–27 September 2026
📍 Dunsborough, Margaret River Region

The joy of opening the kiln and bringing out beautifully glazed artworks!

Please welcome Chester Nealie and Matt Almera, both new to Open Studios this year. Chester, a potter of 60 years, is currently mentoring Matt Almera through the ‘Foster a Potter’ program.

Fascinated by wood kilns and Japanese anagama (tunnel) wood kilns, Chester fires his kiln over several days and nights, which requires a team of firers taking shifts.
“We build temperature until the kiln holds at 1300oC for some 50 hours to fully flux the ash and glazes, then seal the chambers and leave it to cool for around three days,” says Chester. “There is always an anxious excitement to unloading the pots and surveying the results.”

🎨 Chester Nealie (find him on Facebook)
🎨 Matt Almera @nine_lives_pottery

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

Kate Debbo creates life affirming, joyful landscapes about love, family and connection, painted in buttery oils. This year, Kate shares a rural Witchcliffe studio with her husband Anthony and son Tom.

They’re three of the 155 artists preparing for Open Studios this year.

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. ❤️

🎨 @katedebbo
📍 Witchcliffe