About

Hi! I’m Saskia. Nice to meet you!

I’m the creative mind behind Saskia Illustration. I’m a self-taught portrait artist specialising in the use of graphite pencil and gold leaf in my works. I was born in Sydney, Australia, and then grew up in the town of Farnham, England. 

My creative inspiration is often drawn from the stunning and peaceful countryside that I grew up in, where my love for all animals started. Since a very young age I have been fascinated in capturing the human psyche in my works. In my High School Art Major Work I explored themes of human psyche through video and digital art. Similarly in my university Animation & VFX Honours Thesis I explored academic writings on Terror Management Theory through a special effects video piece, which won me the Honorary Screen Award and Industry Commendation! My love of the representative qualities of gold leaf started here as it played a major role in my Honours work and experimentation. 

I went back to my roots of drawing by hand, and I now use a combination of my love for animals and animal welfare, human psyche studies, and fascination with gold leaf to create my works featured here. 

I work full time as a Graphic Designer and use my spare time to create more high quality works for Saskia Illustration!

Saskia x