Featured Artists
Discover the artists bringing creativity and colour to SMARTS 2025.

Ted Lewis
Ted Lewis has been painting full-time for over 30 years and is recognised as one of Australia’s leading outback and landscape artists. Throughout his career, he has received numerous awards for his work and continues to captivate audiences with his distinctive style.

Sophie Corks
​Sophie is an Orange-based artist, mother of two young daughters, and a vibrant storyteller through her whimsical acrylic paintings. Her work captures the essence of regional and suburban Australian life, drawing on her upbringing on a sheep farm in Boorowa, NSW and her experiences living in major cities around the world, including Paris. Sophie’s art reflects the contrasts between rural and urban landscapes, celebrating the personalities and stories of regional communities with a playful, nostalgic touch. Her paintings are showcased in galleries across Australia and have found their way into homes around the world. Recognized as a finalist in the 2024 Regional Landscape Art Prize and the 2023 Jumbled Art Superstar Competition.
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Photography by Madeline Young

Jude Keogh
Jude Keogh is a potter based in Molong NSW. Her work is primarily functional ware but often creates woodfired work and saggar fired work as part of her art practice.
Jude completed an Associate Diploma of Ceramics at Orange TAFE in 1995. Her major work being woodfired salt glazed ceramic sea shells. Jude worked as a professional photographer in Orange for 28 years and is now a full time potter teaching and creating in Molong.