Memory 2014 Umbrella Members Exhibition 7.11--14.12.14

Floating Warm Memories  Mixed Media includes pigments, marble dust, graphite on wood 70 x 67
Artist statement: Memory is a person's real possession in nothing else are you rich, in nothing else are you poor. Alexander. O. Smith.
Most entrants attended a fun end of year exhibition.

Merge Printmaking Exhibition

I was fortunate to be included in Merge, a selected collaborative group print project of Inkmasters Inc with Griffith University Printmakers Club /Queensland college of Art, Brisbane, culminating in
Exhibitions:
Canopy Art Centre, Cairns, 24 Oct—08 Nov 2014
Queensland College of Art early 2015 ( date to be confirmed)

Artist Statement

Title: Merging messages

Our world is filled with a deluge of messages and information in which we merge.

Imagining the future through fragments of the past, a sense of place, and deep resonances in the elements I work towards a dialogue to inform my art.

Wanderlust: PressNorth Printmakers A travelling Exhibition opened at Judith Wright Centre for Contemporary Art Brisbane

 

The project was a collaboration between PressNorth Printmakers, and Umbrella Studio of Contemporary Arts and presented in Brisbane in association with Flying Arts Alliance and the Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts,  the exhibition demonstrates the exemplary skills and talents of printmakers who are based in the North Queensland region and beyond. Next year it travels further,  Townsville and hopefully New York city included
The Wanderlust exhibition comprises of 27 framed prints by 21 members of PressNorth Printmakers.

This exhibition was officially opened by Judy Watson at the Judith Wright Centre, Brisbane, on the evening of Tuesday 21 October 2014 

 

My 2 works  Many Paths to the Waterhole 2014 (50x 30 cms) and Each Venture is a New Beginning 2014 (50 x30 cms) feature on the left side of image above.

 I am delighted to have sold one of each ( An edition of 5 they may be purchased through Umbrella Studio of Contemporary Arts )

Wanderlust Artist Statement:

My work in Wanderlust relates to my art’s practise in how I feel about life, it’s a journey of discovery and challenge, no matter which path we choose.

I aim to create poetic relationships between heaviness and lightness, between the language of the materials and the forms, and using my intuitive method and interventions in the processes to express the wonders of our wanderings.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Compact Prints 2014

Beginning in 2002, Compact Prints is Umbrella Studio's trademark biennale exhibition showcasing North Queensland's printmaking talent alongside national and international artists. ( 176 artists from 14 different countries were represented )


My entry and Artist statement:

Strategic Edge series ” Caught on the Edge”
Life is full of various predicaments

 

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Postcards from the North and South 2014

A simultaneous exhibition of postcard fine art prints between the PressNorth Printmakers in Townsville, North Queensland, Firestation Print Studio in Armadale, Victoria and Cork Printmakers in Cork, Ireland. (Curator Rhonda Stevens)

Dexterity Exhibition Review published in Print Council of Australia's Magazine Imprint ( Spring edition) 2014

Dexterity PressNorth Printmakers 18.7--24.8.14 Perc Tucker Regional Gallery

An exhibition showcasing selected works by workshop participants and visiting Artists in Residence from a series of professional development projects engaging four master printmakers, GW Bot, Peter Lancaster, Trent Walker and Judy Watson.

Rhonda's entries for Dexterity from GW Bot workshop

Artist statement:

Inspired by GW Bot‘s words of diving into the act of creating, and relishing that act of uncertainty, I began playing with forms from my drawings into the lino. I am fascinated with totems and masks particularly in relation to antiquity and the present, and how they configure in the nuances of our sense of self and place. My work is concerned with interconnections in common humanity’s voyage of life and how we negotiate differences.

                                                          Warm and Fuzzy  Linocut                                                       

Shadows on the Edge linocut 50 x 30cms