Chelle Destefano
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Multidisciplinary artist Melbourne, Australia
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Chelle Destefano is a multi-medium and multi-disciplinary Deaf woman artist working in performance art, textiles, drawing, painting, sculpture, installation and mixed media

Artwork images presentation - 10 images

Recent artworks for the Auslan sculptures, part of the Deaf Culture project/The Auslan Movement, and some earlier works showing my style and the development of my style to 2019
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1. YES Marriage; gouache, pen, pencil on paper; 2023; 42 x 56 cm
A commission to a client. This is one of my drawings with use of colours and style in drawing painting and example of drawing of a building and objects.







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2. Jodi's Life; Watercolour, ink, gouache, pen, pencil; 2019; 45 x 60 cm
Another example of my versatile use of mediums on paper and creative expression of a place and people. This was a commission to a client.










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3. Deaf Clap II; gouache and watercolour on paper; 30 x 42 cm; 2022












4.Narre Warren Changed; Watercolour, gouache and oil pastel on paper; 2023; 60 x 89 cm
A depiction of my old home area where I grew up in the 1980s, and the changes that have happened to the area since. I used my colours and a rainbow to depict the concerns of issues of the area in urban developments.








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​​5. Port Noarlunga Jetty, South Australia; pen, watercolour and pastel; 2014; 60 x 76 cm
When I resided in South Australia, I created a series of drawings of my home town which was Port Noarlunga, that was my home for 18 years until 2017. 









​6. Antiques Port Noarlunga; watercolour and gouache on paper; 2014; 30 x 21 cm
Part of the Port Noarlunga home town series











7. Abandoned Toy Nursery; pen and watercolour on paper; 2020; 21 x 30 cm
My work on abandoned places and antique items

























8. Toilet Break; watercolour, pen and gouache on paper; 2019; 42 x 56 cm
A series of parody drawings relating to my VW bug Taxi, this incorporated my colours and style, as well as the perspective of a place, location in Broken Hill.



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9. Thebarton Houses II, Adelaide; Watercolour, ink, pen and pencil on paper; 2015; 76x56 cm
Part of my ongoing work on drawing and painting houses of many locations, and this one was in Adelaide's inner suburb Thebarton. Development of my style and colour, to a more freestyle style.







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​​10. She Left A Minute Later; gouache on canvas; 2024; 100 x 77 cm
One of my recent works (on canvas) where colours are depicted strongly as well as freedom of style development










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Chelle Destefano - copyright 2013 - 2025
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