For Interior Design Studios
Leah Justyce works as an ongoing fine artist for interior design studios -- brought in at the brief stage, project after project, instead of being sourced from scratch each time.
Every time a studio sources a new artist for a project, the process starts from nothing -- a new portfolio review, a new style alignment, a new conversation about turnaround and capacity, new trust built under deadline pressure. Across a year of projects, that is a significant and mostly invisible drain on time that never compounds, because the relationship resets each time.
An embedded artist relationship solves this directly. I work with a small number of studios on an ongoing basis, learning each studio's palette range, client base and briefing style, so every new project starts further ahead than the last.
Brought in at the brief stage
Involved alongside furniture and lighting decisions, not sourced at the end -- so scale and palette are advised on the actual room, not a plan.
Digital approval first
Every commission starts with a digital example for sign-off on composition, palette and direction, before a single brushstroke is made.
Priority capacity
Production is planned around a studio's pipeline rather than treating each commission as a one-off enquiry competing for a slot.
A consistent signature
Original work across multiple projects, in a style clients respond to, becomes part of a studio's recognisable portfolio.
Undersized art is the most common styling mistake in a project, and it is a decision best made early rather than fixed after the fact. As a starting reference: a single statement piece above a sofa, bed or console should generally occupy two-thirds to three-quarters of the furniture's width. Freestanding walls with no furniture reference can usually take more scale than clients expect.
Ratios are a starting point, not a formula -- ceiling height, sightlines and the mood of the room all change what is right. That is exactly why scale is confirmed against real room photos or a site visit before production begins, and why it helps to have the same artist across a studio's projects who already understands how a space reads.
Leah Justyce is an Australian contemporary fine artist with 26 years of independent professional practice, based in Ballarat, Victoria. Her work has been featured in British Vogue, World of Interiors and House and Garden UK, and she has exhibited at Art Basel and The Other Fair.
She works directly with interior design studios -- no gallery intermediary, transparent pricing, and the capacity to deliver at volume in acrylics when a project timeline demands it, or the patience of oils when it does not.
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Start the ConversationAn embedded artist works with a studio across multiple projects rather than being sourced fresh each time. Leah Justyce learns a studio's palette range, client base and briefing style, so every new project starts further ahead than the last, with priority capacity planned around the studio's pipeline.
Sourcing a new artist each time starts the relationship from zero -- new portfolio review, new style alignment, new trust under deadline pressure. One ongoing artist relationship compounds: the second project moves faster than the first, and the work develops a consistent signature the studio's clients recognise.
Every commission starts with a digital example of the work for approval -- composition, palette and design direction signed off before production begins. This makes the process low-risk for a studio and its clients, with no surprises when the finished piece arrives.
Yes. Brought in at the brief stage alongside furniture and lighting, Leah Justyce advises on the right scale for a wall based on the actual room, not just plan dimensions -- which prevents the most common styling mistake: undersized artwork.
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