‘Just an illustrator trying to change the world, one cause at a time.’

VALENTINES DAY RANGE!

VALENTINES DAY RANGE!

Purchase a personalised gift for your loved one this Valentines day!

Custom Pet Pawtraits
+ Products

Purchase a custom cartoon portrait of your pet, or have it printed on various products!

Custom Family Portraits

The perfect gift for the special someone in your life that has it all.

Greeting Cards

Personalised Greeting Cards

For any occasion

The perfect way to show youre appreciation to the special teacher in your life

Teacher Gifts

Wholesale

Hello! I’m Carla.

I’m from country Victoria, Australia. I live with my partner Jacob, my two kelpies and my 7 month old daughter, Matilda.

Before starting my art business, I dabbled in lots of careers from firefighting, sheep shearing, catching wild buffalo and crocodiles, managing a pub, vet nursing, and I even ran away and joined the circus as a teenager!

After falling pregnant in 2022, I returned to my artwork in the hopes of being able to create a life in which I could stay at home with my daughter and watch her grow, so Second Chances was born.

Some of my favourite things (other than art) include; food, taking my dogs on hikes, gardening and reading books.

I love what I do and feel so very blessed to be able to do what I love most each and every day.

Happy Customers

  • Carla is fantastic to work with! She is so accommodating and easy to communicate with. She has so much talent and the final product blew me away. I thought I was asking too much when I wanted 5 adults and 4 different dogs in the photo, but Carla did it with no hesitation! There was also no hassle for her when I asked for small things to be changed or added. Would definitely recommend Carla and her unreal talent to anyone!

    -Emily

  • I commissioned Second Chances to design a picture of my new to be husband and myself. This image was going to be used to make homemade thank you cards for our wedding. I am so thrilled as to how they turned out. Carla was great to work with. She kept showing me progress and worked with me to get exactly what i wanted. She even made last minute changes when I decided I wanted to add my dog to the image. I got so many beautiful comments from wedding guests when they received their thank you cards in the post as they were so unique.

    -Karen