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I create paintings and drawings expressing my soul, often focusing on significant moments of personal development. I also complete commissioned work such as sketches of beloved pets. I enjoy engaging with people across different backgrounds—whether through public survey work, remote transcription, or online personal development initiatives—and I bring an ethical, diligent approach to every project.…I create paintings and drawings expressing my soul, often focusing on significant moments of personal development. I also complete commissioned work such as sketches of beloved pets. I enjoy engaging with people across different backgrounds—whether through public survey work, remote transcription, or online personal development initiatives—and I bring an ethical, diligent approach to every project.

Lana Stirling

Artworker, Illustrator, Audio Transcriber, +3

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I create paintings and drawings expressing my soul, often focusing on significant moments of personal development. I also complete commissioned work such as sketches of beloved pets. I enjoy engaging with people across different backgrounds—whether through public survey work, remote transcription, or online personal development initiatives—and I bring an ethical, diligent approach to every project.…I create paintings and drawings expressing my soul, often focusing on significant moments of personal development. I also complete commissioned work such as sketches of beloved pets. I enjoy engaging with people across different backgrounds—whether through public survey work, remote transcription, or online personal development initiatives—and I bring an ethical, diligent approach to every project.

Available to hire

I create paintings and drawings expressing my soul, often focusing on significant moments of personal development. I also complete commissioned work such as sketches of beloved pets.

I enjoy engaging with people across different backgrounds—whether through public survey work, remote transcription, or online personal development initiatives—and I bring an ethical, diligent approach to every project.

Skills

Artwork

Acrylic Illustration

Charcoal Illustration

Microsoft Office

Adobe Photoshop

Experience Level

Artwork

Expert

Acrylic Illustration

Expert

Charcoal Illustration

Expert

Microsoft Office

Expert

Adobe Photoshop

Expert

Illustration

Expert

Pen and Ink Illustration

Intermediate

Watercolour Illustration

Intermediate

Intermediate

Intermediate

Intermediate

Language

Māori

Beginner

Work Experience

Court User Survey data collector at Symphony Research, Invercargill

February 1, 2026 - March 3, 2026

Collected data for the annual Ministry of Justice Court User Survey. Engaged members of the public who visited the Court House to complete a 10-minute digital questionnaire about services and facilities, including safety perceptions and usefulness of prior information. Completed 100 surveys in three weeks and enjoyed learning about the Court House system while working with a wide range of people.

Medical Transcriber (Private Contract) at Private contract

October 1, 2019 - December 31, 2019

Transcribed a series of medical interviews from audio to text verbatim according to client specifications.

Co-owner, global marketer at Control Your Future

November 1, 2018 - October 31, 2023

Co-owned and ran an online personal development business. Studied high-end personal development products and applied learnings daily while writing and placing advertisements across online and analog platforms. Interviewed interested parties by phone or video and communicated with potential business partners and clients with appropriate information. Trained new business associates and supported their success. Participated in an online global community of personal development events for weekly upskilling and in-person live events.

Public Policy Interviewer at CBG Research Limited (Southland)

March 1, 2018 - November 30, 2018

Administered various household surveys for government-level departments. Engaged a household in the random selection process and assisted the selected participant to complete the survey in person, including Ministry of Health annual surveys, Ministry of Justice Crime and Safety surveys, and surveys for the Ministry of Transport. Kept travel logs, exported data, and often exceeded key point indicators.

Public Policy Interviewer at CBG Research Limited (Southland)

November 1, 2014 - August 31, 2016

Art owner, artist at Lana Stirling Art

January 1, 2011 - Present

Created paintings and drawings expressing personal growth and meaningful moments. Produces commissioned artwork, including sketches of beloved pets and other commission-based pieces.

Assistant Research Fellow at University of Otago, Dunedin

January 1, 1995 - October 31, 2007

Conducted laboratory research experiments to learn about different disease processes, including identifying proteins involved in the pathogenic pathway of post-harvest bitter rot in apples for prevention targeting; investigating parental imprinting in chromosomal regions implicated in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia; identifying genes involved in early-onset breast cancer; investigating the potential for adenoviral therapy in cancer; and most recently investigating the potential role of Pax2 in the development of cysts in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease.