Sad Cats, Happy Demons
Sad Cats and Happy Demons is a collection of paintings created from 2023-2025. Working outdoors, on large scale canvas, with gritty - finger paintings techniques, the duo uses twisted fairytale landscapes and characters that explore mental illness, family and domestic violence, child abuse, addiction and queerness. The artworks uncover a complex lived experience of two autistic friends, their neurodivergence and extreme mental states through textural, energetic imagery.
Funded by Propel Youth Arts in 2025, the project encompasses both the exhibition and an accompanying poetry book scheduled for publication in 2027.
Lakeside Daydreaming
A Good Day to be a Pelican
Ding Dong the Bitch is Dead
Somewhere Among the Clouds
SAD CATS HAPPY DEMONS
2 Asexual Spooning Hoarses
God Doesn't Have Toes, He Told Me in a Dream
METH NOW CUNT
Hang Man
Coobelup Galahs
Big Red Dog
The Lion Sleeps Tonight
How It Feels to Wake Up
Flower People
Mother and Child
Happy
Sad Caterpillar
Self Portrait by Possum, on the Neurodivergent Experience
Monster Protecting his Castle
The Sound of Murder is not a Good Song
To Float to the Bottom of the Ocean and Just Be
All Angels Need Friends
All Angels Need Friends is the debut collection by Neisha and Possum. Curated by Piper Peggy, and exhibited at Pig Melon in 2022, the works exhibit an imaginative array of bright colours, sad creatures, childlike drawings and finger paintings. The works visit curiosities of the inner child, exploring memory, trauma and extreme mental states. These works represent the beginning of Possum and Neisha’s ongoing collaboration that honours a safe, non judgemental creative space.
