About

Jody Ess is a mixed media artist and painter based in Perth, Western Australia. Her signature style draws broad influences from crude realism, dark expressionism, street art and fantasy.

Beauty in the unconventional is the core theme found amidst the grime and the grit. Her works predominantly feature figurative subjects; faces and bodies that each have a story to tell. Using heavy textures paired with delicate layers, she brings bold and striking personalities to life, laced with obscurity, shadows and hidden messages.

Each painting is a statement of honesty and reality. Some stunning, some quaint, some utterly terrifying – but all captivating. Each piece invites you in to celebrate the unusual, the unexpected, the damaged and the different.