commercial illustrator +
visual storyteller

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A person lying in bed with sock puppets on their hands, only arms are showing, the rest is hidden under a blue/white striped duvet. On each side of the bed are lamps hanging from the ceiling with smiley faces on the lamp shades.

As seen in

Valerie Auersperg painting mural in Bondi Beach, Sydney

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Custom illustration by Valerie Auersperg of a girl with a disco ball on a popsicle

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School holidays have me feeling like this again 🫠🫠🫠🫠

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Happy chocolate weekend 🍫🐣🤎🤎🤎

Couldn’t help myself and added some valerism to one of the many amazing headshots that the super talented @marzanneklein took of me at @tada.creatives studio last week. Wearing my absolute favourite Rocket jumpsuit from @webandits 💕

Boo! 👻

Seriously though, no caller ID is the scariest

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Lighten your load

(👋 bye emotional baggage)

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Getting ready for the puppet show 🎪

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Morning magic ✨

Mmmh that first cup of coffee on a Monday morning while you prepare for the day and week ahead and everything is possible - bliss!!

(Not an ad, just genuine appreciation for my @breville coffee machine 👌)

(PS: open to collabs tho

Get comfortable in the uncomfortable 🐟

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Your steps are magic ✨

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Keeping Up Appearances.

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Finally made it to the Connection show at @kumeuarts - BEAUTIFULLY curated by @creative___connections and hanging in very good company with @restless_infectious 💕

This show is still on until Saturday (19th July), so you haven’t yet, make sure

Mind full?
Best to just get out sometimes 🧘&zwj;♀️

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I Hear You
Acrylic on Canvas
762x762mm

This piece was created for the Connection group show and will be on show from today until 19th July at @kumeuarts curated by @creative___connections

My interpretation of connection was how we can connect deep