Artists in Residence
Visiting local artists and photographers, making our walls looks beautiful and giving you the opportunity to browse and buy while you’re here!
Tori Corcoran is a contemporary abstract Australian artist living on a farm in the remote rural town of Lake Cargelligo, NSW. She is deeply inspired by the landscapes, colours and resilience of mother nature and humanity and is drawn to creating intuitive pieces that highlight the joy and unique beauty of her surroundings through an abstract expressionist lens.
Tori loves creating intuitive pieces that are raw, energetic and full of life. Her art is joyfully inspired by many Australian artists, layering acrylics with pastels, oils and other mediums. Tori also draws inspiration from uninhibited childlike creativity and aims to bring happiness to her audience through her works.
In March 2025 Tori and her partner Darcy welcomed her first baby into the world. Her journey of pregnancy and motherhood have deeply shaped her artistic path, adding a deeper level of feeling and femininity to her work.
Stephanie Corkhill Hyles lives and works on a sheep property near Jugiong, NSW. Her husband and she have four beautiful children near adulthood who have grown up around the comings and goings of Stephs art world. She hoped to teach them to use art as a tool when words failed them.
Steph has been creating since she was small, encouraged by her beautiful parents. Being number 8 of 10 children they were surrounded by the arts and lived on a sheep and wool property at Boorowa, NSW. Her beautiful mother used to cover the hallway walls with brown paper and change it regularly to encourage her children to draw!
Steph went on to study Art Education at COFA UNSW, majoring in painting and etching. She loved this experience and has since absorbed herself in a full art practice, creating most days. She is inspired by her surroundings, experiences and music. She loves colour and the joy that it brings!
She currently works in mixed media with the subjects mainly being landscapes and still life with loads of colour and always drawing from her imagination. She also creates smaller pen and watercolour pieces.
Steph’s hope is that her art helps make people feel good and above all, feel joy. She strongly believes that the world needs more joy at the moment and feels so joyful when she is creating. She works creatively each day and it’s a very big part of her overall wellbeing.
Steph currently hangs at The Longtrack Pantry in Jugiong, Corkhill’s Art of Living in Boorowa (her brother’s shop), Merchant Campbell in Yass and through her own website and socials. This year Steph is also publishing her own book based on jer Love Letters, photographs taken on her adventures, and her artworks.