Grace Bailey, Contemporary Realist Prophetic Artist
connecting the seen with the unseen world........ (prophetic art)
This body of work is called "Still Standing".
Following the sudden death of my niece and then my son, 10 months later, these works evolved.
They're strong, beautiful women who look out through veils that resemble flowers, insects, or cracks.
The veils represent lockdown, suppression, depression or a whole host of other things but in the end, they're........
Still Standing!
The underlying theme is to depict beauty, and strength, whether overtly or as a concept within the work designed to bring out the good, the noble or the lovely.
I draw my images with great care and then let the paint find its own path to actively go after the happy accident.
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The Still Standing Women series will be displayed at an exhibition happening at the Inner West Art Fair in Melbourne in November 2023.
24 - 26 NOVEMBER
THE SUBSTATION
1 Market Street, Newport,
Victoria 3015, Australia
New Course......
Painting Contemporary Flowers
The course is a quick fun one to learn some techniques and create six finished pieces.
You'll get; Comprehensive videos to watch as many times as you need, and a downloadable workbook.
You don't need to have painting experience to do these works as there are step-by-step instructions. And if you have a little more experience, you'll love the later exercises.







These are the kind of paintings that you'll do but maybe subject to change. Drop me an email at [email protected] for more info and to register.
So much is Happening......
This year has been a whirlwind and I’m loving it! |
So much has been crammed into this year already and its only July! So far this year I’ve had a solo exhibition, works in five combined exhibitions, hosted seven workshops, been published in two books, and painted live in Singapore, Melbourne, Warrnambool and Ballarat. |

I'm back from a world trip!
The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, Soho galleries in New York, The National Gallery in Washington DC, and four workshops, 2 live painting sessions, and an extended ministry time. It was an amazing trip but more on that later.
Start Your Own Art Adventure With Online Courses
Learn all the stuff you need to know and wish that someone had taught you.
- Composition
- Colour
- Drawing
- Tone
- Form
- Backgrounds
- Quality videos to watch as many times as you need.
- Workbooks with step-by-step exercises
- Dispel confusion.
- Know what to buy.
- How to start.
- How to mix paint.
- How to look after your brushes.
- How to finish, all with a sense of humour!
- Get the confidence to splash out and paint, even if you've never done it before!

Do You Wish You Could Really Paint? Painting Birds is a great place to start.
- Brushstrokes
- Eyes
- Drawing
- Beaks
- Feathers
- Backgrounds
- Quality videos to watch as many times as you need.
- Workbooks with step-by-step exercises

- Create six finished pieces that are all different.
- Comprehensive videos to watch as many times as you need.
- Downloadable workbook for each different painting style.
- No painting experience is needed.
- Step-by-step instructions.
- Extension exercises.
Did you know....
that you can get a high-quality file of most of my images that you can print up to 30” x 30” for $20US? That’s right, from anywhere in the world you can download your image and take it to a printer to create a high-quality reproduction for only $20! It completely cuts out the issues with freight and makes it super quick.
Check out the range here.



Coming To The USA East Coast And New Zealand In 2024
Christ-centred art workshops in Singapore in March and the United States, and New Zealand in July-August, 2024.
For more info: https://gracebailey.net/overseas-prophetic-art-workshops/
Check out some of the recent student results. Good, eh?
Grace's Paintings




Portraits
I Am Woman
Acrylic on Canvas, 100cm x 100cm
$1950AU
Melanie
Acrylic on Canvas, 90cm x 90cm
SOLD
Coming through the hard times
Acrylic on Canvas, 90cm x 90cm
$1950AU
Give me eyes to see the beauty
Acrylic on Canvas, 120cm x 120cm
$2990AU
Jess
Acrylic on Canvas, 120cm x 120cm
SOLD
Looking Forward
Acrylic on Canvas, 90cm x 90cm
SOLD
My Beloved
Acrylic on Canvas, 120cm x 120cm
$1750AU
Metamorphosis
Acrylic on Canvas, 120cm x 120cm
$2490AU
Abstracts
These works came out of time of deep grief for my son, who passed away unexpectedly last July.
Initially, I didn’t think I would ever paint again.
He was my best friend. The one person I talked to about my art and it’s practise. The one person who was always at every exhibition and every public art appearance and now he wasn’t there.
But gradually, I gravitated to the studio. I had no intention in mind. I started to play around and gradually, it drew me in and I kept going.
I thought I was creating abstract images but after a while, I began to see I’d been painting subconscious subjects. Images that illustrated the crossover between our dimension and the one my son now inhabits.
In doing so, they became Works of Healing.

Birds
Crested Hawk
Acrylic on Canvas, 75cm x 50cm
$400AU
Tui
Acrylic on Canvas, 120cm x 120cm
SOLD
Cockatiel
Acrylic on Canvas, 75cm x 50cm
$400AU
The birds all represent different personality traits. Which one do you connect with?
Animals
Free Spirit, (Fox)
Acrylic on Canvas, 75cm x 50cm
$1950AU
Ox
Acrylic on Canvas, 120cm x 120cm
SOLD
Resilience
Acrylic on Canvas, 120cm x 120cm
SOLD
Gentleness
Acrylic on Canvas, 75cm x 50cm
$1950AU
The Honey Is Coming
Acrylic on Canvas, 150cm x 120cm SOLD
Love
Acrylic on Canvas, 120cm x 120cm
SOLD
Books
Testimonials
Start Your Own Art Adventure With Online Courses

Do You Wish You Could Really Paint?
- Brushstrokes
- Eyes
- Drawing
- Beaks
- Feathers
- Backgrounds
- Workbooks with step-by-step exercises
who is grace bailey?
Once upon a time, I was a watercolour painter for the sheer love of it. I adored how watercolour takes its own path if you let it! Mix pigment with water and it flows and not always how you expect…..
Then I went off to uni and got a Masters in realist oil portraiture. Despite moving to oils, I used the watercolour technique of loads of medium (turps) and let the paint take its own way!
Years later I discovered the immediacy of acrylics!
And then I began painting live. A lot. In front of an audience with a limited time span.
Hundreds of times…..
Which meant make it quick, baby! It developed my style into a much quicker application than ever before, creating a wonderful looseness and life.

As an artist, It felt like a coming of age of style after so many years of painting realistically.
I use large brushes, loads of water and let the pigment take it’s own path, up to a point. But I still use the realist focus on eyes to ground the works, whether they are people portraits or bird and animal portraits. (My bird and animal paintings are portraits of a personality trait that people have)…..
The artsy language defines that as….. metaphors for the human condition…..
