Tall Tales bound for Hand Held Gallery

My artist's books have all been bound and now await their debut at Hand Held Gallery on 13 June.

Pictured below: One of a kind artist's books, 2013, ink and acrylic on Khadi paper, 80 x 15 cm (open). Photograph by Tim Gresham.

For full page spreads of these and others in the series, visit Moth Woman Press HERE.

Final paintings for Tall Tales show

Pictured below are the last of the Shadow Women paintings destined for Tall Tales, my forthcoming exhibition at Hand Held Gallery.

From top:
Predator, 2013, acrylic on canvas, 9 x 7 cm; and
Homarsupial, 2013, acrylic on canvas, 9 x 7 cm
Photographs by Tim Gresham

Homarsupial was also the basis for a unique artist's book of the same name. To preview the book, visit Moth Woman Press HERE.

Borders and Crossings

A Goldfields Printmakers exhibition: Art Gallery of Ballarat, Australia, University of Dundee, Scotland and Wharepuke Gallery, New Zealand.

Borders and Crossings was co-ordinated by James Pasakos, Lecturer in the Visual Arts, University of Ballarat and curated by Dr. Loris Button, Antoinetta Corvin-Behrer and Dr Carole Wilson, Honours and Research Degrees Co-ordinator - Creative Arts, University of Ballarat. Following its launch at the Art Gallery of Ballarat (see below) the work will be exhibited at Impact 8, the International printmaking conference at the University of Dundee, Scotland (28th August – 1st September 2013):

Foregrounding the inherent experimental and interdisciplinary nature of print practices Impact 8 will provide a critical and interactive platform for the varied interests that make print such a unique discipline.  From its hybrid roots in industry and scholarship, through traditional design applications and fine art practices to its consistent significance within emerging technologies and theoretical debate – print continues to play a crucial role in the exploration of borders and crossings – be they geographical, ideological, cultural, theoretical or practical. (1)

Two of my prints have been curated into this group show. They are part of an ongoing series of "unnatural history" illustrations in which the border between human and nature has not only been crossed - it has also been obliterated. Sadly, the highly evolved creatures that inhabit this brave new world can only survive in the realms of mythology, folk tales and fairy stories.

Borders and Crossings will be launched on Sunday, 26 May from 2 - 4 pm

Art Gallery of Ballarat

Gordon Victor King Gallery

40 Lydiard Street North

Ballarat VIC 3350

Telephone: 03 5320 5858

Gallery hours: 10 am - 5 pm daily.

Dr Jennifer Jones-O’Neill, Deputy Dean Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, School of Education and Arts, University of Ballarat will give the opening address.

The exhibition concludes on Sunday, July 7.

Borders and Crossings will travel to Wharepuke Gallery, New Zealand in 2014 (further details to be announced nearer the time).

(1) From Impact 8 website.

Pictured above, from top: 

Emergent Cicada Woman, 2013  and Red Bodied Swallowtail Winged Woman (Second State) 2013, hand coloured linocuts, 26 x 14.5 cm and 22 x 18.5 cm respectively (image size). Photography by Tim Gresham.

More Mysterious Maps - The Sketchbook Project, Part 2

In this post, additional Secret Sites of the Shadow Women are revealed. They have a distinctly seaside theme, which reflects something of my own history. I grew up in  St. Kilda, a beachside suburb of Melbourne. During the years I lived in London, the sea was one of the few things about Australia that I missed. Maybe this is why I became (and steadfastly remain) so attached to London's River Thames.

The Mysterious Map fourth from the top is called Shipshape. Its title comes courtesy of my friend and fellow artist Deborah McMillion-Nering, who lives in Arizona, which is in the desert. 

The final image (photographed by Tim Gresham) shows the complete directory of Mysterious Maps. The book now resides on a shelf in the Art Library, Brooklyn (call number 214.1-10, if you ever want to check it out).

To see inside the book - and save yourself the airfare to Brooklyn - visit Moth Woman Press HERE.