About the artist

Heidi Lustig is an Australian artist known by her pseudonym Violet Portrayal. She conjures worlds that are softly strange, weaving ethereal portraits that hover between reality and reverie. Her largely graphite and oil works explore themes such as loss, sacrifice, fertility, and surrender.

Heidi’s creative path began with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Fashion Design in 2009, followed by a decade entrenched in the fast-paced fashion industry. The birth of her child during the pandemic sparked a profound shift, leading her to explore painting as a new and deeply gratifying self-taught art practice. Her work made its debut in 2023 with Nanny Goat Gallery marking the start of a new era. This September 2024, Lustig will present a solo exhibition titled ‘Offerings’ at Nanny Goat Gallery in Petaluma, California, a significant milestone that underscores her evolution into oil painting which has attracted a dedicated following of collectors.

Drawing from the wild abandon of her childhood holidays spent on her grandparents’ remote Australian outback farm amongst the birds and baby animals as well as her personal battles with secondary infertility and PTSD, Lustig’s art is imbued with an intimate and visceral quality. 

Lustig’s works are in private collections in Australia, London, South Korea and most recently California. Her original work is available through Nanny Goat Gallery an independent gallery with a focus on figurative and narrative art located in Petaluma, in the North Bay region of the Bay Area of San Francisco California.

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