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Hemakshi Valera

Every painting begins as a feeling that refuses to stay silent.

Based in Victoria, Australia, I paint what sound, silence, and emotion look like: the frequencies you feel but can’t see, the moments that leave an imprint long after they’ve passed. Working in acrylics across originals and commissions, with prints coming soon.

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Hi, I’m Hemakshi.

I paint because some feelings are too big for words. Based in Victoria, Australia, I create original acrylic works that live in the space between sound and silence, chaos and calm. Every piece on this site was made by my hands, for someone who feels it.

Features & Exhibitions

  • Featured in Artist Closeup Magazine — Read the feature
  • Contributing artist — Artful Kindness Collective

A Few Things About Me

Studio: the spare room, mostly after 8 pm

Home base: Shepparton, Victoria

Day job: lab and calibration technician

Training: none — entirely self-taught

Explore My Paintings

  • The Echo Remains painting — a large mauve and white swirl opening into a dark centre, with gold flecks and vertical paint drips

    The Echo Remains

     $1,295.00

    A large mauve and white vortex turning into a dark centre, marked with gold and long vertical drips. Part of the Where Stillness Lives collection.

    Original acrylic on canvas. Size: 61 x 91 cm

    ✨ What’s Included

    • Original artwork
    • Certificate of Authenticity
    • Studio Palette Card
    • Handwritten thank-you note
    Add to cart Where Stillness Lives
  • Large abstract acrylic painting in teal, emerald green and deep blue with sweeping brushstrokes and gold accents, by Australian artist Hemakshi Valera

    When Stillness Moves

     $1,295.00

    Teal, emerald, and deep blue surge across a large canvas in sweeping arcs — the kind of movement that exists only within stillness.

    Original acrylic on canvas. Size: 61 x 91 cm

    ✨ What’s Included

    • Original artwork
    • Certificate of Authenticity
    • Studio Palette Card
    • Handwritten thank-you note
    Add to cart Where Stillness Lives
  • Small abstract acrylic painting in multiple vivid colours including pink, yellow, blue, red and green in an expressive layered composition, by Australian artist Hemakshi Valera

    Becoming

     $225.00

    Every colour at once, every feeling simultaneously — the smallest canvas carrying the most.

    Original acrylic on canvas. Size: 10 x 15 cm

    ✨ What’s Included

    • Original artwork
    • Certificate of Authenticity
    • Studio Palette Card
    • Handwritten thank-you note
    Add to cart Between Silence and Becoming
  • Abstract acrylic painting in golden yellow, amber and white with a diagonal seam of light, by Australian artist Hemakshi Valera

    Held in Light

     $299.00

    Warmth before words. Golden amber and white light pour through this canvas as the first exhale after a long silence.

    Original acrylic on canvas. Size: 20 x 25 cm

    ✨ What’s Included

    • Original artwork
    • Certificate of Authenticity
    • Studio Palette Card
    • Handwritten thank-you note
    Add to cart Between Silence and Becoming

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