Go and have a look. Peterborough Art Gallery and Antiques is exhibiting a large number of my prints. Their shop is tastefully displayed and it is great to see my artwork amongst beautiful furniture. It is easier to imagine the work in someone’s home. As you travel there you will also have the pleasure of enjoying the beautiful scenery along the Great Ocean Road in Victoria, Australia.
I am excited to be part of a printmaking group show at the Warrnambool Art Gallery. I get to exhibit with printmakers that I studied while getting my Diploma of Visual Arts – Angela Cavalieri, Heather Shimmen, Rona Green and Marco Luccio. Below is my print. It is of the wildlife you can see at the Warrnambool Breakwater and is called ‘Coast Guard’. This print is a nod to the Coast Guard boat that is moored in the background, but also the behavior of the Seal who has a commanding presence and keeps an eye on all the comings and goings at the breakwater.
I have just made a drying rack for my studio. This rack was cheap to make (two pieces of wood, nails and clothes pegs). It holds large prints – the ones below are 56cms x 70cms. It fits about 18 prints.
Waiting Lino cut on Japanese Hosho Paper, 42 x 29.5cms AUD $375
The beep beep of the monitor punctuated by the word ‘waiting’ is straightforward, cold, hospital grey. The form in the hospital bed floats on the knowledge she has a long wait for test results to return. Her symptoms make up her person it is a jumble not quiet decipherable. Like a puzzle the viewer, or doctor, has to solve.
I have just finished a workshop on eco dying paper and book binding. It was really interesting. Lorraine O’Brien from Lobly Arts is a great teacher. The colours you can get in the paper is fantastic and it smells great too! Looking forward to trying it at home and lino cut printing on the paper.
Thanks to 9 in Hand Press in New Hope, Pennsylvania I have my first opportunity to exhibit internationally. It is very exciting. It is a group show curated by Dave DiMarchi. You can see the works in the show on their website. All are for sale.
http://www.9inhandpress.com/print-exchange-2016.html
I have just won the ‘People’s Choice Award’ in Warrnambool’s International Woman’s Day Art Prize with the work below. The art prize is run by Women’s Health and Well being Barwon South West and the award was sponsored by Bluestone magazine. 48 artists exhibited at The Artery in Warrnambool.
I got an honourable mention in the Warnibald art competition this year.
The Warrnibald has a similar format to the famous Archibald Prize, with a local focus. Artists currently residing in Warrnambool, Moyne or Corangamite are invited to enter a portrait of a subject who has made a significant contribution to local culture, charity, business, sport or politics in our region or has represented our region in these areas nationally or internationally.
I created a portrait of Len Byron who is the president of the Triton Woodworkers Group. For the last 15 years, Len and his group of retired wood-working men have been cutting, sawing and drilling wood into kits for children to make a toy at the Fun4Kids Festival.
The Fun4Kids Festival is a fun-packed seven-day event, offering kids interactive workshops, games and activities. Including the popular Construct It Area, where children hammer together their very own wooden toy, supervised by the Triton Woodworkers Group and a group of volunteers.
I was the recipient of the Peter Lucas Memorial Prize through South West Tafe’s annual graduate exhibition in 2013. Through the award I had a solo exhibition at the Warrnambool Art Gallery called Roundabout.
The work was a celebration of the environment that I live in. The South West of Victoria, Australia, is a great place to live. Warrnambool especially, being between two rivers, beside the sea and surrounded by volcanoes. This landscape also contains a wonderful range of wildlife that we cohabit with.
http://www.thewag.com.au/index.php?q=node/589
Garden Surprise, Lino cut on Fabrino paper AUD $350
ABC:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-11-15/embeded-warrnambool-art-exhibit-aims-to-cut-fears/5893508
Australian College of Emergency Medicine:
https://www.acem.org.au/About-ACEM/Inside-ACEM/EmbedED-an-outsiders-view-of-inside-the-ED.aspx
South West Health Care:
http://www.southwesthealthcare.com.au/swh/events/australia-first-exhibition-embed-yourself-in-embeded
