My hand-coloured linocut Everything’s coming up roses, 2025 (pictured above) will shortly make its debut in Irrepressible at Whitehorse Art Space. The exhibition is curated by Rona Green, who is pretty irrepressible herself.
The work takes its title from the Stephen Sondheim/Jule Styne song Everything’s Coming Up Roses, originally penned for the musical Gypsy: A Musical Fable (1959) and performed by its complex central character, the thorny, indefatigable Rose. Similarly, in my own work, her namesake flower is a signifier of eternal optimism, often in the face of almost impossible odds.
IRREPRESSIBLE
Opening 1pm – 3pm Saturday 21 March 2026
For Irrepressible, Rona Green brings together 53 artists from across Victoria, inviting them to express what currently captures their imagination – from the provocative to the evocative.
Featuring creators ranging from emerging talents to accomplished practitioners, the exhibition highlights relief printmaking and explores the possibilities of this technique within the intimate format of a 28 x 28 cm work of art. Each print encapsulates a concentrated glimpse into the artist’s vision, and together, the works reveal the remarkable potential and inventiveness of the medium.
Artists include: Vivienne Adeney, Patricia Agus, Emma “Ruby” Armstrong-Porter, Rosalind Atkins, Elizabeth Banfield, Areka Brown, Loris Button, Jazmina Cininas, Elizabeth Cole, Tonia Composto, Paul Compton, Mya Cook, Miranda Costa, Di Ellis, James Farrar, Philip Faulks, Eleanor Franks, Tyronne Gietzmann, Jackie Gorring, Kate Gorringe-Smith, Britt Gow, Jill Green, Rona Green, Richard Harding, Bill Hay, Kate Hudson, Anita Iacovella, Kyoko Imazu, Deborah Klein, Astrid Lempriere, Ellie Malin, Cassie May, Robert Mihajlovski, John McClumpha, Aaron McLoughlin, Karen Neal, Kat Parker, Jim Pavlidis, Fleur Rendell, Michael Reynolds, David Rosengrave, Lisa Sewards, Gwen Scott, Heather Shimmen, Sophia Szilagyi, Helen Timbury, Clayton Tremlett, Carolyn Vickers, Miguel "Andy" Villanueva, Peter Ward, Amanda Western, Jessi Wong and Lala Zarei.
Whitehorse Artspace
Box Hill Town Hall
1022 Whitehorse Road
Box Hill VIC 3128
IRREPRESSIBLE runs from 21 March - 16 May 2026.
Gallery hours
Tuesday – Friday 10am – 4pm
Saturday 12noon – 4pm
artspace@whitehorse.vic.gov.au
03 9262 6250
