Jacqui Armstrong
Jacqui Armstrong is a contemporary expressionist artist based in Perth, Western Australia. Her early love of art began as a young girl, immersed in art books, gallery visits, and the works of masters such as Vincent van Gogh and Salvador Dalí. Growing up on the rugged north-west coast of Tasmania, Jacqui later moved to Sydney in 1982, before settling in Perth in 2010.
For decades, the demands of raising a family and running a successful small business meant her artistic practice remained in the background. In 2020, as the world slowed during the COVID-19 pandemic, Jacqui returned to painting with renewed passion. Her instinctive and self-taught approach, free from formal constraints, has been shaped through experimentation and workshops with both Australian and international artists.
Drawn to the boundless freedom of abstraction, Jacqui explores colour, form and texture as a way of telling deeply personal stories. Influenced by the expressive fluidity of Petra Schott and Beatriz Simón, her works capture raw emotion and a sense of place.
Since 2020, Jacqui’s paintings have been exhibited widely across Perth and regional Western Australia, and her art has been featured in Havenist, Artistcloseup, and Art Edit magazines. In 2025, she was shortlisted for the prestigious Claremont Art Awards, where her painting A Quiet Place received a Highly Commended. That same year, her work was also selected for Art for Aid with Perth Doctors-MAP at the Holmes à Court Gallery.
Jacqui continues to create from her Perth studio, where each new work becomes a dialogue between her inner world and the expressive language of abstraction.
To find out more about Jacqui and her work, go to: https://jacquiarmstrong.com
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Mixed media on canvas
76cm x 76cm
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This painting is all about those messy, colourful memories of childhood — the kind where everything felt loud, bright and a little chaotic in the best way. The loose shapes and scribbly lines echo climbing frames, chalk drawings, and the kind of imagination that only happens at a playground. It’s a snapshot of that carefree energy, captured in abstract form. Includes Tasmanian oak frame.
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Mixed media on canvas
80cm x 80cm
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Jardinière’ is all about the idea of a vessel made to hold life and beauty. The word itself means a decorative container for flowers, and that’s what inspired the loose shapes and layered colours in this piece. It’s not a literal vase of blooms, but more of an abstract garden—fragments of petals, stems, and movement captured in paint. It’s about growth, energy, and the way something simple, like a container, can hold so much possibility.
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Acrylic on canvas
100cm x 120cm
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This one is all about those moments when life feels a little lighter and everything seems to fall into place. The soft colours, playful shapes and energetic brushstrokes capture the feeling of good times, laughter and memories you’d happily relive again and again. It’s a reminder that even in the middle of life’s chaos, there’s always laughter.
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Acrylic on timber
100cm x 100cm
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Carnavali is all about the energy and excitement of a city in celebration. It’s a painting about embracing the colour, the noise and the beautiful chaos of life, where every ending is just the beginning of something new. Carnavali captures the feeling of being swept up in a celebration where music fills the air, colours collide, and every corner is alive with energy. The layers, bold marks and vibrant palette reflect the excitement of a carnival in full swing, where there’s always something new to discover. It’s a reminder to let go, embrace the moment and celebrate life’s colourful, unpredictable journey.
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Mixed media on canvas
120cm x 120cm
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There’s something quietly mysterious about a red ship on the horizon. It could be coming in, or heading out—either way, it holds stories. That’s what sparked this piece. Red Ship is about that sense of possibility you get watching a vessel move across the water, wondering where it's been, what it's carrying, who’s aboard.
The painting doesn’t spell it out for you—it just hints. That little red silhouette in the distance is your anchor point, while everything around it feels like wind, movement, memory. The soft pinks, mustards, and quiet neutrals balance the bold lines like tide and weather playing off the sea.
It’s a painting about journey and curiosity, and the kind of quiet awe you feel when you stop to look out and wonder, what if?
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Mixed media on canvas
80cm x 80cm
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‘Limoncello’ (2025), acrylic on canvas, graphite, varnish. My first painting for 2025. This painting bursts with the vibrant energy of summer, a harmonious blend of zesty lemon, tangy lime, and the bright orange hues. I hoped that this painting would radiate a refreshing summer feel.
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Mixed media on canvas
150cm x 150cm
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‘XXIX’ (2024), acrylic on canvas, oil pastel, graphite. This painting celebrates the significance of the number 29. Intertwining the joy of my own birthday celebration with the promise of artistic collaboration with fellow artist and friend, Dianne Lofts-Taylor, who also shares the 29th January birthday.
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Mixed media on canvas
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This series came from thinking about the kind of love that lives in quiet places—the kind that doesn’t shout, but surrounds you completely. Underwater love is slow, immersive, dreamy. It’s about drifting together, not needing to talk, just feeling it all wash over you.
The paintings are layered in lush sea greens, inky blues, and soft, glowing light—like sun filtering through deep water. There’s movement, but it’s gentle, like seaweed dancing with the current or fish darting in and out of coral. The dark lines? Maybe they’re shadows, maybe they’re embraces. I liked leaving it open.
Each piece in the trio has its own rhythm, but they speak to each other—just like people in love do, without needing to say much at all.
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Mixed media on canvas
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This series came from thinking about the kind of love that lives in quiet places—the kind that doesn’t shout, but surrounds you completely. Underwater love is slow, immersive, dreamy. It’s about drifting together, not needing to talk, just feeling it all wash over you.
The paintings are layered in lush sea greens, inky blues, and soft, glowing light—like sun filtering through deep water. There’s movement, but it’s gentle, like seaweed dancing with the current or fish darting in and out of coral. The dark lines? Maybe they’re shadows, maybe they’re embraces. I liked leaving it open.
Each piece in the trio has its own rhythm, but they speak to each other—just like people in love do, without needing to say much at all.
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Mixed media on canvas
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This series came from thinking about the kind of love that lives in quiet places—the kind that doesn’t shout, but surrounds you completely. Underwater love is slow, immersive, dreamy. It’s about drifting together, not needing to talk, just feeling it all wash over you.
The paintings are layered in lush sea greens, inky blues, and soft, glowing light—like sun filtering through deep water. There’s movement, but it’s gentle, like seaweed dancing with the current or fish darting in and out of coral. The dark lines? Maybe they’re shadows, maybe they’re embraces. I liked leaving it open.
Each piece in the trio has its own rhythm, but they speak to each other—just like people in love do, without needing to say much at all.
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Mixed media on canvas
100cm x 100cm
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Beneath layers of slate blue, charcoal and stone, Under Construction captures the quiet power of a place shaped by time and industry. The lines form hints of a towering crane, its machinery suspended between work and stillness. There’s beauty found in hardworking landscapes, where steel meets earth, and even the harshest places reveal unexpected moments of calm.
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Acrylic on canvas
Purchasing from Jacqui Armstrong:
Domestic and international shipping rates will be determined directly with Jacqui during the purchasing process.
Some of my works already come framed. If an artwork is not framed, you can request a quotation for framing via my website. I use Simon Greetham at Art Canvas Service for all my canvas and framing requirements.
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