FIREBRAND acquired by the State Library of Queensland

This just in from our sister blog, Moth Woman Press:

Firebrand, 2017, my one-of-a-kind concertina book, has just been acquired for the permanent collection of the State Library of Queensland, together with selected MWP zines. For further information, visit Moth Woman Press HERE.

Pictured above: Firebrand, 2017, unique artist book, pigmented drawing ink and acrylic paint on Khadi paper, cloth cover with debossed text, 15.5 x 16.5 cm (closed). Collection: State Library of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD.

Looking to the future

The closing day of CODA, at Stephen McLaughlan Gallery, Melbourne on Saturday, February 8 couldn’t have ended on a happier note. 

Pictured above, L-R: Spring Growth and Acanthus, both 2024, acrylic on canvas panel, 30.5 x 30.5 cm.

CODA also featured works by Helen McInnis, Peter Brook, Robert Colvin, Nicholas Elliott and Warren Nichols. 

A big thank you to Stephen for having us. 

CODA and WAYS OF BEING, my solo exhibition that immediately preceded it, marked the first stage of a new beginning. 

Now to move on to the next phase with an open mind, a stout heart, a free spirit, and as little baggage as possible, remembering always the importance of play and experimentation, of trusting in the process and myself. It will require stepping back for awhile and working in my own good time, free from the constraints of external deadlines. I’m excited (and not a little nervous) to see where it will take me.

Photo credit for top image: Shane Jones.

CODA - Last Day

 

All good things, as they say, must come to an end, and so it is with CODA, Stephen McLaughlan Gallery’s opening exhibition for 2025.

Please join the artists for closing drinks on Saturday February 8 from 2-4 pm. We’d love to see you there.

Image on invitation: A book by its cover l, 2024, acrylic on canvas board, 10.5 x 10.5 cm. Like the majority of my works in the exhibition, the face decoration draws elements from the work of British Arts and Crafts designer, artisan and educator, May Morris, in this instance, a book cover, c. 1888-91, she designed and hand-embroidered for the book Love is Enough, 1873, by her father, William Morris.

CODA was curated by Stephen McLaughlan. Pictured below are my works that were selected for the exhibition.

Above, L-R: Spring Growth, 2024, Acanthus, 2024, and Climber ll, 2024, all acrylic on canvas board, 30.5 x 30.5 cm.

Above, L-R: Secret Garden, 2024, Orange Tree ll , 2024, and Tender Grapes ll, 2024, all acrylic on canvas board, 30.5 x 30.5 cm.

Above, L-R: Hand Embroidery, 2024, Climber l, 2024, and A book by its cover l, 2024, all acrylic on canvas board, 10.5 x 10.5 cm. 

Above, L-R: Sunflower and Other, both 2024, linocuts, 15 x 20 cm, ed. 40.

More Magritte

Part of me is still back in Sydney at the MAGRITTE retrospective at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, so with your kind indulgence, here are some more Magrittes. 

The artist’s singular persona has even infiltrated the gallery’s cloakroom.

MAGRITTE runs to February 9, and  if it’s geographically possible, you should run to see it.