The ebb and the flow

Anna-May Moir is an emerging Australian artist, mother, and teacher based on the Central Coast of NSW, where she was born and raised. With a degree in communications and secondary teaching, she is a self-taught painter who has spent nearly a decade as a creative arts educator while balancing her own creative practice and raising her young family.

Since sharing her work publicly in 2020, Anna-May’s artistic practice has evolved organically, shifting from a focus on still life to more abstract and expressionistic forms. She draws inspiration from the physical and psychological landscapes that have shaped her journey, spirituality, and identity. Blending traditional and unconventional materials, she creates rich, textural layers, often working with soft, muted palettes and delicate fabrics that evoke a sense of introspection, memory, and personal growth.

She is particularly drawn to the visual articulation of motherhood and the evolution of a woman as she becomes a mother. Anna-May has exhibited her work in numerous group shows and was commissioned to create a body of work for the North Gosford Private Maternity Ward in 2020.