Artist Spotlight: Kylie Harber, Watercolour Places for the Wall

Every Kylie Harber design starts with a place.

Kylie is an Australian artist and the founder of Tiny Giraffe, an art and design studio in Brisbane that creates large-scale murals, original wallpapers and public art. Her first design with Luxe Walls is Agung, from her Bali Nights series, and you can see all five colourways on her artist page.

A Landscape Architect's Eye

Before she painted walls, Kylie spent 18 years in landscape architecture and urban design. That work was about people, places and how they connect, and it still shapes everything she makes. She thinks about how a space feels to walk into, where the eye lands and what makes somewhere memorable.

Her style brings three things together: delicate, modern line art, expressive watercolour and organic hand lettering. She works across traditional and digital techniques, so a painted wash can sit alongside a line drawn so finely it looks etched. Her studio work covers offices, hospitality venues, childcare centres and community spaces, which is why her designs are made to hold a whole wall, not just a corner of one.

Bali Nights

Kylie's work celebrates travel: the places we leave our hearts, our everyday adventures and the places we dream of going. Bali Nights comes from late nights on her favourite tropical island. Think palms against a darkening sky, the outline of a mountain on the horizon and that particular blue that settles in after sunset.

Agung shares its name with Mount Agung, the highest peak in Bali. Watercolour mountains rise in soft, pooled washes, each one holding its own small grove of palms, while taller palms stand between them in fine, feathery strokes. The pattern repeats, so it runs cleanly around corners, doors and windows.

Five Colourways

Agung comes in five colourways, from almost-white to deep midnight:

• White: blue watercolour on a crisp white ground. The lightest and most versatile, lovely in a dining room or hallway.
• Sky: a pale, airy blue that keeps a bedroom calm.
• Dusty Blue: a softer, slightly greyed blue that sits easily with linen, timber and natural textures.
• Navy: pale mountains against deep navy. A confident feature wall behind a sofa or bed.
• Night: the moodiest of the five, almost black, made for a study, a home office or a powder room you want to feel cocooning.

Where It Works

The lighter colourways (White, Sky and Dusty Blue) work across a whole room as easily as a feature wall, and they pair well with natural timber, rattan and white linen. Navy and Night are statement walls, best where they can be the first thing you see from the door, and they look beautiful under warm evening light.

Because Agung is a repeat, you choose the pattern scale with a slider when you order. Go larger for a big open living room wall, or smaller for a powder room or a narrow hallway. It is suitable for well-ventilated bathrooms, powder rooms and laundries, not direct splash zones.

Every wall is custom printed peel and stick wallpaper, made to your measurements and printed to order. Artist collections are $99/m², with our core range from $79/m², and there is a 3m² minimum. Stick a $10 sample up on the actual wall first and see it in your own light; the cost is credited to your order if you buy within 30 days. Designers and stylists can find trade pricing on our trade page.

Original Art, Properly Supported

Every Kylie Harber design is used under licence and printed on demand, with a share of each purchase going directly to Kylie. It is original art, supporting the artist who painted it.

More of Bali Nights is on the way. Follow Kylie at @tinygiraffe.co and see the full collection on her artist page.