WELCOME

Libby-Jean Muhling paints birds, plants and flowers in bright colour, capturing the vivid blue wrens and banksias surrounding her Dunsborough home, and bottle-like boab trees from her time spent in Broome.

It`s her sixth time taking part in Open Studios and she loves opening her home to visitors. "It is such a wonderful experience meeting so many lovely people and fellow artists."

Some artists enjoy a day off midweek, so please check opening days in the event guide or on the website if you`re enjoying weekday studio visits.

🎨 @libby_jean_muhling_art
📸 @biancakatephotography

Dreaming of Italy? Circle Silvia Busetto in the event guide ~ her art practice weaves together her two beloved homes. Italy, her birth country, and Australia, her adopted home since 2013.

Silvia captures nostalgic moments and joyous scenes in watercolour, her studio a sunny window seat in her Margaret River home. "I paint joyful watercolours that transform simple, often overlooked moments into evocative visual stories."

Golden light bathing the Rialto Bridge in Venice, a nonna feeding pigeons from her balcony, neighbours hanging washing out their windows, or a farmer and his dog walking the vineyard ~ all painted in luminous detail.

🎨 @shionartbusettosilvia

Discover an abundance of creativity when you visit Margaret River Region Open Studios this spring.
🕰️ 12-27 September 2026
📍 The Margaret River Region
🎨 152 artists to visit and meet

After nine months of welding, potting, printing and painting, 152 artists officially opened their doors Saturday to welcome us all in for a stickybeak. It’s been a joy exploring some of the studios ~ here’s a sneak peek of our travels.

We’d love to know which artists you visited, who you’re seeing next, and what were your magic moments.

And if you haven’t yet ventured out, please do. These artists are ready to share their creative worlds with you, so have a gander, find out what they’ve been working on, where their inspiration comes from and maybe even buy something wonderful to take home.

🎨artists pictured here: Pascale Abbott, Leon Pericles, Kate Wood, Julie-Ann Brown and Nancy Tost.


📸 @OvisCreative

nine months of welding, potting. printing and painting, 152 artists officially opened their doors Saturday to welcome us all in for a stickybeak. It’s been a joy exploring some of the studios ~ here’s a sneak peek of our travels.

We’d love to know which artists you visited, who you’re seeing next, and what were your magic moments.

And if you haven’t yet ventured out, please do. These artists are ready to share their creative worlds with you, so have a gander, find out what they’ve been working on, where their inspiration comes from and maybe even buy something wonderful to take home.

🎨artists pictured here: Rob Malcolm, Richard Aitkin, Charlie Guiver, Christian Fletcher, Stephanie Stokes and Heidi Emma Mullender, Jill Jardine, Sue Smorthwaite, Lee-Anne Townrow.

📸@oviscreative

Moments from a great weekend - which studios did you visit? ❤️
In the studio of Nancy Tost, a timber-paneled space in a pretty garden, perfect for drawing, sketching and painting. Nancy and her daughters (budding artists themselves) made us feel so welcome, and it was lovely bumping into friends and fellow art lovers along the way. So much to see and talk about!

Margaret River Region Open Studios continues through the week, every day until Sunday 27 September.

We encourage midweek studio visits ~ studios are often quieter and there’s more time to chat, though do check opening days in the event guide before setting out, as some artists take a day off midweek.

🎨 @nancytost.art
📸 @oviscreative

Granite cliffs dropping to the ocean. The coastline stretching north past Yallingup towards Sugarloaf Rock. Fields catching the last light of the day.

Mirella Prolongeau paints the Margaret River region from above ~ aerial perspectives inspired by drone footage of the coastline she has walked, surfed and explored since moving here in 2010.

Don`t miss the chance to meet Mirella and 151 other artists during Open Studios this fortnight.

🎨 @mirellaprolongeau
❤️ @margaretriverregionopenstudios is free to attend
🕰️ 12-27 September 2026
🎨 152 artists to visit and meet