Drea Darling is a tattoo artist, illustrator, and painter whose work centres on Australian flora and fauna. With more than twelve years of tattooing experience, she is best known for her neo-traditional botanical and wildlife pieces, and also works confidently across a wide range of tattoo styles, including fineline, greywash realism, and colour realism.
Drea has been drawing since childhood and trained for several years with a local artist before studying fashion design, but her focus naturally evolved back toward art. Her tattoo work is supported by a broader practice across drawing, oil & gouache painting, and digital media.
She is currently travelling around Australia in a 1966 GMC pickup and vintage caravan, guesting at studios and creating new work inspired by the plants, wildlife, and landscapes she encounters along the way. Brisbane remains her home base between travels.