New Dunsborough art venture, Trish Waters Art Studio, fuses art and teaching.

A Busselton creative has taken a brush at a new venture that perfectly fuses her love of art and teaching. Artist Trish Waters recently opened her brand new studio in Dunsborough, where she is set to display her works, complete new pieces and pass her knowledge onto other community members. The Busselton Senior High School teacher said she hoped the Trish Waters Art Studio would become a collaborative space where people could learn and be creative. “I want it to be a place where people feel safe, nurtured or don’t want them to feel like they’re being judged,” she said. “Just to be a place to play because adults forget to play. As well as a place to display her work, Mrs Waters also hosts workshops on various skills including drawing, painting, mandalas and rope basket weaving. “I find that whatever group of people I have here is also very . . . sweet, I don’t know how else to explain it,” she said. “It’s been a lot more community building than I would have thought, the people that have come together to do my workshops end up chatting the day away. “We do a lot more than just art, which is what I thought it would be about, but it’s also become about bringing people together.”