I’m Katerina - a painter, director, and seeker based on the Surf Coast of Victoria.

My practice moves between canvas and camera, exploring intimacy, energy, and the feminine form. I paint the spaces between seen and unseen, where presence becomes story and anonymity invites recognition. Influenced by photography, film, fashion, and memory, my work treads the line between painterly and photorealistic - unguarded, nostalgic, and modern all at once.

I founded Catch the Bird, an award winning creative studio producing films and campaigns for arts organisations and global brands, and I continue to direct alongside my painting. Today, I’m also the founder of Raising Light IRL, a children’s publishing and design venture born from the same thread: art as remembering, light as legacy.

Author John Marsden once described my work as “just perfect - a beautiful and lyrical thing.”

Across every medium, my mission is the same: to create art and experiences that remind us who we are, and the light we carry.