Celebrate the Spring Equinox with Artist and Life Model Elsa Thorp
This intimate, untutored life drawing session merges the human form with raw botanical elements, inviting artists into a space of shared contemplation.
Drawing inspiration from Ikebana and her photographic collaboration with Amaury Grisel, Elsa weaves her deep relationship with seasonal local flora into life modelling. Posing in harmony with fresh, structural blossom branches, she offers artists a unique study of fleeting seasonal beauty and human form.
About the Artist
Elsa Thorp holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Elam School of Fine Arts, University of Auckland. After completing her degree in 2004, she took her cameras and her interest in black-and-white analogue photography to Berlin, where she experimented with self-representation through nature photography. Over seven years there she exhibited across Italy, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, and Greece, before relocating to Melbourne in 2016. For more than twenty years, her life and art practice has centred on sharing her connection to nature through photography, botanical sculpture, collaborations that situate her body in the landscape, life modelling, and nature art workshops.
All Skill Levels Welcome: Whether you are an absolute beginner looking to try something new or an experienced artist refining your practice, this class is suitable for all levels.
Please note that the venue is accessible via stairs only.
Image Credit: Photograph by Amaury Grisel