About

Deeva Muir is an established watercolour and textiles artist, with a vibrant practice that bridges three cultures, her childhood home of Malaysia, her family origins of Sri Lankan Tamil heritage and her adult home in the rich Indigenous cultural landscape of the West Australian Deserts. Drawing on over 30 years of creative practice in Leonora, Western Australia and surrounding Goldfields and Desert landscape, Deeva’s work is deeply inspired by the desert’s natural beauty and her family's cultural connections.

Her paintings capture the interplay of light, texture, and spirit found in the arid environment, while her recent explorations in ceramics bring new depth and tactile dimension to her visual language. Deeva’s emerging ceramics practice merges her refined watercolour techniques with the earthy materiality of clay, pushing her creative boundaries and affirming her dedication to continual artistic growth.


“I am bringing cross cultural insights to work with how I design and tell stories from an artistic point of view. My landscapes and ceramics seek to capture the attraction of beauty, veiled by the brutal extreme of desert conditions. The harsh, unforgiving heat of the sun on rocks, dead trees and blue skies, yet my relationship with the landscape is filtered through my exposure to my husband’s and children’s family’s spiritual and cultural connection to country, giving me insights into country I seek to communicate through these works.” Deeva