A multi-passionate and multi-qualified Australian creative artist, project manager and lover of painting and colour, Riss' creative interests include contemporary art, creative projects and handcrafted inspired creations for the soul, home, and body.

Through favoured mediums of painting and textiles, Riss explores colour, techniques, sustainability and spiritually, while often extending creativity into 'everyday items' such as prints and books, fashion items, crafted jewellery, and homewares. Having first learnt textiles at an early age, passed down from both grandmothers and mother, it wasn't until 1992 and in her late teens that Riss felt innately inspired to paint. With no high school, nor formal art training behind her, Riss successfully dared herself to apply for a Bachelor of Visual Arts, majoring in painting and textiles (USQ, 2001), and then on to complete a Graduate Certificate in Art Authentication (MelbUni, 2005).

However, only after succumbing to creative hiatus and feeling misled by a 15-year stint with a corporate career, in 2017 Riss returned to pursuing her creative and artistic skills, research, practice, exhibition and engaging with various arts organisations and artists, both locally and abroad.