Torryn Edmonds (29) won the people's choice prize for her Zen Aesthetic painting in this year's City of Wanneroo Art Awards.
Mrs Edmonds said the acrylic and watercolour work took about 40 hours to complete, done in painstaking two-hour blocks, after her toddler was put to bed.
"For about a month as soon as my daughter would go down for her nap, I would escape to my surrealist elephant landscape and thoroughly enjoyed the painting process as well as the final result," she said.
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Having studied visual arts at Edith Cowan University, Mrs Edmonds said she focused on her graphic design business Toro Creative since 2006.
"I operate from home and I have now started attending handmade markets across Perth to showcase my art and a new children's art venture that makes local art more affordable and accessible to everybody," she said.
"I have a supportive husband and an almost two-year-old daughter who keeps me very active but I enjoy every minute of my art as it is my"me" time."
Wanneroo Mayor Tracey Roberts said the elephant landscape proved the most popular in the 2015 awards, earning the $600 prize.
"Torryn is clearly very talented and it is not surprising that her intricate and vibrant painting resonated with so many," she said.