I went along to Somerset House after work and spent a blissful couple of hours browsing through the wonderful artwork on display at Somerset House. Not only was I captivated by the artists selected to exhibit in the Festival, but I was just as fascinated by all the work by the studios and collectives upstairs.

I love ink as a medium although I have struggled to use it effectively myself – which is perhaps why it holds such a power over me – but Rop van Mierlo has taken it to the next level, creating beautiful animal images from vividly coloured ink blots bleeding out in neat figurative shapes. I could only afford a postcard of his thompson’s gazelle, but it sits in pride of place on my mantle piece.

Upstairs, the work from Supergraph – a Melbourne-based three-day fiesta of graphic art, design and illustration, featuring leading graphic artists and Australia’s brightest emerging talent – really caught my eye. There was a wide selection of graphic styles and subject matter and I was very pleased come away with a cheery colourful print by Milija Trueman which is now brightening up my flat.