Wendy Binks

About the Artist

Wendy grew up on a dairy farm in the beautiful town of Denmark, South Western Australia and from an early age developed a keen interest in animals and the outdoors.

After her graduation with a BA in Art & Design from Curtin University in 1982 Wendy has developed and extended her range of products to include mugs, stationery, books, prints, bags and her much sought after original paintings.

Her humorous designs are popular with all age groups, but particularly with children. The enthusiasm of children for her designs prompted Wendy to write her first children’s picture book, ‘Where’s Stripey?’ with ‘Stripey’ a baby emu as the main character.

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Having written, illustrated and self published the book to great acclaim (It won the prestigious WA Premiers Award for Children’s books), Wendy produced two more books starring Stripey: ‘Scrambled egg’ which was shortlisted for the WA
Premier’s Awards and ‘Invisible Me’. ‘Where’s Stripey?’ has become a best-seller, having sold over 150,000 copies.

Stripey and other characters from Wendy’s books are printed larger than life on the walls of the Paediatric ward of Fiona Stanley Hospital in Perth, Western Australia. These almost 90 images were kindly financed by the Lions Club of Bullcreek.

There will be pop-up interactive activities during Peel Open Studios.