Meet our 2026 featured artist!

Local Sutherland Shire artist Marnie McKnight will be joining us at the Oyster Bay Art & Craft Festival 2026. An internationally collected artist, Marnie burst onto the scene in 2016 with striking abstract works and has earned acclaim for her Light Reading series — a captivating exploration of the connection between art and literature.

We had the pleasure of visiting her studio last week, interviewing her, and seeing her incredible talent up close — and we can’t wait for you to experience her storytelling creations at the festival!

A finalist in the SBS Landscape Prize, Online Portrait Prize, and Bluethumb Art Prize, her work is frequently showcased in exhibitions and highly sought-after at sell-out art fairs.

Thank you, Marnie, for supporting our local school, festival, and community — your support truly makes a difference. Marnie has also very generously donated a piece to our auction, and you’ll be able to view her work up close from Friday night at the launch party!