Naomi Hobson first exhibited her creations just eight years ago, when she was 34.
But her history as an artist goes back much further than that.
"I've always been an artist, it's not something I became," she told NITV News.
"Creating things is something I've always done, and never stopped really. That moment I picked up a paintbrush, I never seem to have put it down."
Hobson grew up on Kaantju Country, in Far North Queensland. In hindsight, she now recognises the acute material disadvantage her family existed in. But reminiscing about walks on Country with her grandparents, she has said she felt rich.
"That's why my colours are so bright," she says of her paintings.
Being on Country has always inspired Naomi Hobson's art practice. Source: Supplied
"It's so important to my life here... my landscape, it's bursting with life."
Her painted works are arresting, to say the least. Often depicted on vast canvasses, they are a complex interplay of colour and shapes, full of fine detail. She says the landscape around hometown Coen inspires her.
"When I'm in my landscape, I like to acknowledge the little things, the detailed things, the unseen things in my environment.
"All of my paintings reflect... places and people that I have connections to. It's about connections that inspire me to appreciate life."
The Southern Kaantju and Umpila woman has taken those inspirations and found success. Her works already hang in the National Gallery of Victoria. Now, her distinctive art will feature on one of the country's biggest make-up brands, Mecca.
"The quality of my colours... represent life." Source: Supplied
"Colours are important to me. It's very bright here in Cape York. The light, the environment, everything is in focus," she says.
"It's about the colour of life that comes through in this collaboration with Mecca. It's about accepting who you are... that's what I'm all about, is being honest and true to yourself."
Mecca, an Australian company, has more than 100 stores, and turned revenue above half a billion in 2019. They are a central player in the beauty industry in this country.
For Hobson, it's an exciting opportunity to bring her art, and her vision of beauty, to a huge audience.
"The quality of my colours and shape-forms are a strong point for me. They represent life.
Hobson's collaboration with Mecca Cosmetics. Source: Supplied
"Being grounded in my culture, and living on my land, means it's only natural for me to reflect this in so many ways through my art."
"I love my Country. And that's what my painting represents. Love for my Country, showing it off, through my shapes and lines and colours.
"Colours for me are about being proud. The shapes are about being strong. The lines are about my journey through my landscape, and I'm taking you with me."
Country is a theme Hobson returns to time and again. Beauty, light and colour, inspiration and drive; it all starts from Country. She has a simple explanation for the primacy of her land in her work.
"Connection has always inspired me." Source: Supplied
"Me being on my Country means a healthy life for me. A healthy life is a healthy Country. People being on Country, that's what my art is all about.
"We are a landscape. We are part of this environment. It is who we are. It is who I am.
"It's my culture."
