Jessi Rebel Art - Prints

Jessi Rebel is a proud Wiradjuri woman living on Wadawurrung Country.

She grew up on the Mid North Coast of NSW on Biripi Country, and now lives on the Surf Coast of Victoria.  

She creates art that works with flow and energy, and love using lines throughout my artworks to explore the connection between things. 

She draws inspiration from my love of surfing and being deeply connected to Sea Country through this love, as well as understanding the importance of taking care of it and caring for Country also. I am currently expanding my artistic repertoire into mural work, and this is something I want to continue to learn and explore. 

Look and See

I am Alive - “Baladhu Murangurra” - I am alive (Wiradjuri).
I created this piece as a reflection on some of the times in my life when I have felt most alive or have come out the other side, thankful to be alive.
I’ve surfed and been connected to the ocean my whole life so I am no stranger to the humbling powers the ocean possesses. I believe the ocean has so many valuable lessons to teach us about how to live in this world. This particular artworks reflects the beautiful chaos of the ocean and its depths. So many times I have found myself caught up in the chaos, tumbling around in the darkness below the surface…it’s so easy to lose yourself in those moments, fearful that you might not come back up. You’ve got to look for the light and swim for your life to get to it…
I am alive.

Golden Lands - This artwork is a reflection piece of how Country existed before colonisation - in harmony, abundance and cared for with knowledge, connection and ancestral spirit by the First Nations people of this land. 

Poems of the Shore - “There’s something about the wind and tide carved stories beneath my feet as I walk through the sand that gives me deep comfort; Little prayers from the earth to the sky that remind me that life is energy and flow, and there is time to float when the tide is high and space to dance when the tide is low.“

The Spirit Within - There has been so much happening in the world recently and there’s this weight, this energy that we’re all carrying. An exhaustion, a frustration, a heaviness deep in our bones. It makes showing up every day a real challenge. Some days, I just want to stay in bed and not have to carry the heaviness around. Alongside this energy, this weight, there’s something else…Something that reminds me there’s a reason I do get out of bed every day. Something that reminds me to take that deep breath, stretch out my bones and step into the world. It doesn’t matter what you call it or how you connect with it…it’s there, that thing inside of all of us that makes us feel alive. It doesn’t ignore the heaviness but it gives us the strength to carry it, and it gives us the empathy we need for ourselves to rest, to slow down, to laugh, to cry, to dance, to pray, to celebrate, and to just be.