It was wonderful to meet visitors to my studio at Open Studios West Gippsland and share time explaining linocuts. I love the feedback and energy I get from people on these days. On this occasion I was printing some thrush linocuts, which folded into a freestanding linocut. It was a hands-on experience for my visitors many of whom…
Coastal Birds, shoreline birds and special places near the sea were all themes for this exhibition of mainly linocuts and pyrography I drew Artists Sue Gilford, Kate Gorringe-Smith and Libby Schreiber together because we share common ground as bird lovers. Kate and Libby are Melbourne printmakers and Sue uses pyrography ( wood burning). Our exhibition was held at Stockyard Gallery in the small…
As a printmaker the 2D printed image is my primary consideration. This doesn’t stop me occasionally feeling challenged to take my work into the third dimension. With the People & Place project the possibility arose to use my Linocut plates in a new way. Sue Acheson of Tarago Pottery suggested we press the plates into clay in…
It was great meeting visitors to my studio on Sunday, I had so many fascinating conversations with people. It was a productive day spent printing orange wombats onto some small pieces of BFK Rives cotton rag paper that had been building up in my plan drawers. This was something small and simple enough to print…
Cards available “..Its celebrating the creative things that are happening in the area as well as the notion of sustainability talks about the way we live, our environment and the way we go about making products and produce. But also it’s bringing community sustainability and talking about how we strengthen the community.” Rosalea Monacella, RMIT…
Come and visit my studio in Drouin and the studios of other local artists in the area on special Open Studios West Gippsland days.
This self guided tour will take you around beautiful West Gippsland.
Click here to visit the Open Studios West Gippsland website to see participating artists.