I'm in season 2 of Under The Vines on TVNZ and was asked to do participate in Face Time in early February. It took me a week to write my answers because this was a kind of publicity I hadn't done in a long time. The questions matter and I wanted to choose my words carefully but also have some fun. I found the process really enjoyable and, mercifully, they published my words without changing anything major.
When Artfull Director Jess Agoston invited me for coffee and asked if I wanted to be, in her words, an "Artist with a Capital A" byjoining theArtfull team, I saidHell yes!Then I was hit with a wave of impostor-syndrome-like doubts that always comes with taking a bigger step than I'm used to into exciting but slightly unfamiliar territory where, crucially,other people might be watching.
This is BIG - I have gallery representation. Still can't quite believe it! I am very proud to have been invited to join the diverse stable of visual artists brought together under the banner of artfull.co.nz.
I encourage you to follow the #jesuistrop hashtag on LinkedIn and Instagram so you can track posts from other women sharing how they are beginning to value their too-muchness and becoming whole and authentic in their self-expression.
I spoke at a careers night at Baradene College on a freezing night in August and the experience made me snap awake at 1am, thinking hard. Everyone...
On Saturday 14th June 2025, I held the second art workshop I've ever done and the first in my Grey Lynn studio. It was full. Everyone had a good t...
Shoot The Breeze is an idea I'm taking for a walk, whereby I have conversations with my headshot subjects about the portrait photography experienc...
Me in 2022 by my friend Katie Fell, with my camera, after some else's headshot shoot. I edited this deliberately to accentuate the contours of my f...
Yours Truly on opening night, with all my ladies. Photo: my BF on my shitty old iPhone 8+. Every artist needs to have an Artist Statement handy. M...
I'm in season 2 of Under The Vines on TVNZ and was asked to do participate in Face Time in early February. It took me a week to write my answers because this was a kind of publicity I hadn't done in a long time. The questions matter and I wanted to choose my words carefully but also have some fun. I found the process really enjoyable and, mercifully, they published my words without changing anything major.
When Artfull Director Jess Agoston invited me for coffee and asked if I wanted to be, in her words, an "Artist with a Capital A" by joining the Artfull team, I said Hell yes! Then I was hit with a wave of impostor-syndrome-like doubts that always comes with taking a bigger step than I'm used to into exciting but slightly unfamiliar territory where, crucially, other people might be watching.I have a habit of doing this to myself.
This is BIG - I have gallery representation. Still can't quite believe it! I am very proud to have been invited to join the diverse stable of visual artists brought together under the banner of artfull.co.nz.
In my studies at Browne School this year, I have tended to make clusters of paintings. The last few months, each painting has been small. They’r...
This time last year I was beginning to learn my lines for Valentina, Isabella’s perpetually anxious Italian mamma in the first feature I’d ever be...
I encourage you to follow the #jesuistrop hashtag on LinkedIn and Instagram so you can track posts from other women sharing how they are beginning to value their too-muchness and becoming whole and authentic in their self-expression.
Last year it was the THINKING CAP (all sold out now). This year it's MOTHER TRUCKER. The ignition point of this idea is my of my best girlfriends, ...
