Better Days Studio

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Better Days Studio is the work of Claudio Kirac, a Gold Coast artist, photographer and designer with a career spanning more than 25 years. Studio direction comes from Laura Strange.

His background includes 15 years as a designer, photographer and creative director at Billabong International, followed by his own agency, Art-Work Agency. His work sits in the collections of HOTA Home of the Arts, the National Library of Australia, the New York State Library and Louis Vuitton Asia Pacific, and he was a 2024 finalist in both the Harden Landscape Prize and The Darling Portrait Prize.

Claudio's photography and abstract work draw on Gold Coast surf and skate culture, filtered through a graphic design eye. The results are bold, colourful and unmistakably local - pieces built for spaces that want energy and warmth rather than something safe.

Nationality

Australian

Featured collection

Mid-century Palm Springs house with mustard geometric door and palm trees

Palm Springs Lot 914 Portrait

Desert landscape photo with cholla cactus, mountains and pale blue sky

Desert Cactus 4

Close-up of pale spiky cholla cactus with blurred desert mountains and blue sky behind

Desert Cactus 1

Photo of a white mid-century house with a gold door screen among palm trees and desert plants.

Palm Springs Lot 914

White mid-century home with flat-roofed carport and tall palm trees against pale sky

Palm Springs 2

White mid-century building with palm trees, symmetrical doors and pale yellow floats on plinths

Palm Springs 3

Close-up of a cholla cactus with dense pale spines and small green buds with rust-toned tips.

Desert Cactus 2

Curved white mid-century home with palm trees, mountains and parked white cars in Palm Springs

Palm Springs 7

Vintage white and teal caravan parked beneath palm trees with a cactus nearby

Palm Springs 5

Palm trees and a mid-century building against desert mountains with lounge chairs in foreground

Palm Springs 4

Teal-trimmed mid-century house with palm trees, desert plants and mountains behind it.

Palm Springs Lot 1840

Palm trees against desert mountains beside a white mid-century Palm Springs building

Palm Springs Lot 431

Photograph of a Joshua tree in a desert landscape with mountains and sky

Joshua Tree 1

Rounded granite boulders and a rock overhang in a pale desert landscape under soft clouds

Desert Rocks 5

Close-up of weathered sandstone boulders forming a narrow desert rock formation under a pale sky.

Desert Rocks 2

Cholla cactus cluster in the foreground with hazy desert mountains in the background

Desert Cactus 3 Part 2

Photograph of cholla cacti in a desert landscape with mountains in the background under pale sky.

Desert Cactus 3 Part 1

Tall palm trees line a mid-century building with blue and white walls under a pale sky

Palm Springs 6

Palm trees and mid-century pink breeze-block wall with mountains behind in Palm Springs

Palm Springs 1

Weathered wood sign reading Swim Club on a white brick wall with sun flare

Palm Springs Swim Club

Weathered sandstone boulders in a desert landscape with hazy mountain ridges under a pale blue sky

Desert Rocks 4

Close-up photograph of a sandstone boulder forming a natural arch against pale sky

Desert Rocks 3

Rounded desert boulders with weathered tan and cream surfaces under a pale cloudy sky

Desert Rocks 1

Desert road leading to distant hills with a power pylon and wind turbines under a pale sky

Desert Road

Desert path through large boulders with sage scrub under a cloudy blue sky

Desert Path Neutral

Desert landscape photograph with sandy path, granite boulders, sparse shrubs, and blue sky with clouds

Desert Path

Cholla cactus field with hazy mountain range in the background under a pale desert sky

Desert Cactus 3