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Artist Sarah Matsuda holding a children's book outside the Robyn Bauer Gallery. She has shoulder length hair and red jeans and is smiling.

Welcome.

I believe that art can inspire you and bring so much joy..

I’m Sarah and I love creating work about the bond between mother and child, the feminine form and the relationships created by movement and space.

You’ll see a fashion illustration element to my work from my background in couture wedding dress design, with a style inspired by the old masters. 

Recent work has involved illustrations for an Australian animal book series. I hope you enjoy!

Read the Artist Bio
 
 

Mixed media.

Sarah works in a range of materials..

On paper and canvas including pastel pencils, conte and acrylic. 

Creating from her home studio in Brisbane, Australia in the leafy suburb of Clayfield. 

You can also see the work in person at the Robyn Bauer Studio Gallery

54 Latrobe Tce, Paddington, Brisbane, Australia.

Open Saturdays only 9.30am - 4.30pm or by appointment.

 

Exhibition runs

31 Aug - 7 Sept

More details including a week of launch events here:

nature in style.

A mother bilby and baby in the red dirt at night painting.
Detail from a painting framed of two bush-stone curlews dancing with outstretched wings at night with yellows and purples in the background.
An example of framing of a painting of two bush-stone curlews dancing with outstretched wings at night with a full moon casting yellows and purples in the background.

New HOMEWARES.

Be transported to the world of the Australian bush, while you sip your morning beverage. Or elevate your daily ensemble with these totes. They’re not just a fashion statement; they’re a tribute to the charming and often quirky inhabitants that define the essence of Australia's wild beauty.

Cotton tote bag with Australian animal design and a blue background and the words "Totes into Nature."
Two mugs with blue handles and interiors, one has a Powerful Owl and chicks in a hollow on the side and the other has the tail and edge of the face of a Greater Glider.
Cotton tote bag hanging from a chair with the text Gliding Through My Day and a Powerful Owl and two chicks and a Greater Glider.

Enjoy helping your children learn about your local wildlife with gently educational, rhyming stories.

 
Snuggled Away Children's Book Front Cover with quoll, phascogale, bilby, sugar glider, frogs, honey possum and moths around a blue shape of Australia with a yellow moon.
Snuggled Away - Children's Picture Book
$27.00

Children’s Book SNUGGLED AWAY!

Snuggled Away is a richly visual, rhyming story that explores the habits of Australia’s nocturnal animals. A beautiful, hardcover children’s book illustrated by Sarah Matsuda and written by Cate Storey.

love for our books

  • I bought a copy of the SUPERBLY illustrated book and a framed print of a platypus ( also from the book).

    Elizabeth Ruth Stein (Artist)

    Platypus diving into the water framed print with a pine frame and a copy of the hardcover book Snugged Away behind it with many Australian nocturnal animals and Australian banksias around the cover.

  • I've just purchased a copy of this beautiful new children's book Snuggled Away - Book Launch and Art Exhibition. Illustrated by the talented Sarah Matsuda. "A must for anyone keen to introduce and celebrate Australia’s unique wildlife to the next generation of human youngsters."

    Von Hosking

    Hard cover book Snuggled Away a linen blanket.

  • Joey Wil

    If you're on the look out for a beautiful book featuring Australian animals, I can highly recommend Snuggled Away by Cate Storey. And if you happen to be lucky enough to be in Brisbane you could even go to the book launch!! and see the illustrations in real life.

    It's so nice seeing something featuring our natives.

    Two children wearing red hoodies with their heads down, reading a book with a page of platypuses in the water.

  • Luke Hamilton

    Received my stunningly displayed Childrens Book “Snuggled Away” today by a local Author Cate Storey and beautifully illustrated by Sarah Matsuda.

    Based on the night hours of native Australian Flora and Fauna along with some amazing true facts in the back, I know what book my kids will be going to bed with tonight.

    Compilation of photos of Snuggled Away book featuring front cover with Aussie animals and inside page with platypuses.

Fine Art Prints.

 

art that tells a story: paintings from snuggled away.

 
“I wish I was a millionaire... I’d buy every single one! Just gorgeous 😍”
— Tiffany Jacinta
 

“Sarah Matsuda we love all your paintings - it was hard to choose.”

— Collectors Narelle & Danielle Todman

A caucasian man and woman holding a copy of Snuggled Away book in front of a painting of a Platypus that they have bought in the gallery.

Find the art piece that completes your home

Portraits that transform your memory into a work of art

A caucasian woman breastfeeding her child. The mother is upside down and the baby is reaching upwards. Painted with mixed media by Sarah Matsuda.
A Japanese father looking down at his little baby as he holds her. One arm is stretched around her. The baby is looking towards the viewer. Painted by Sarah Matsuda in mixed media.
A portrait of a baby sitting up and breastfeeding. Part of the mother's breast and her hand around the child can be seen.

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“They both loved the portraits! They were so touched and impressed, you truly did an amazing job!””
— Bonnie
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A woman reaching upwards, with her back to the viewer. She is wearing ruffled shorts and a white top. Painted in mixed media by Sarah Matsuda.
A portrait of a sleeping baby from two angles. Drawn in conte on toned paper by artist Sarah Matsuda.
A portrait of a nude woman's torso and face. She is covering her face with her arm and her breasts are covered by her other arm. Painted in mixed media by Sarah Matsuda.

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“The cover art is beautiful! Everyone loves your work.”

Book & Album Covers, Product design.

Artists Sarah Matsuda and her Mother Robyn Bauer doing a talk in front of Robyn's big Charcoal trees.