Collectors Edition: Timeless Prints

Two of my linocuts, including Sunflower, 2024, have been selected for the exhibition Collectors Edition: Timeless Prints at ART & COLLECTORS.

Artists include: Adam Cullen, Alethea Richter, Bill Henson, Brett Whiteley, Bridget Riley, Charles Blackman, Chris Lawry, Clayton Tremlett, Cressida Campbell, Damon Kowarsky, David Larwill, Deborah Klein, Elizabeth Banfield, Elk, Ellie Malin, Eric Thake, Garry Shead, George Baldessin, George Gittoes, Guan Wei, Hannah Caprice, Hiroshi Kobayashi, Howard Arkley, Hyunju Kim, James Farrar, Jeffrey Makin, Jenny Kitchener, Jenny Peterson, Jessi Wong, Jim Pavlidis, Joel Wolter, John Coburn, John Olsen, John Perceval, Katherine Hattam, Laura Castell, Lin Onus, Louise Terranova, Maggie Stein, Marion Manifold, Martin King, Martin Sharp, Michael Leunig, Nicole Henry, Odin Strbac Low, Paul Compton, Philippe Le Miere, Rachel Dun, Rachel Newling, Reg Mombassa, Robert Jacks, Rona Green, Sally Mumford, Shepard Fairey, Sophie Zelder, Stephen Glover, Susan Baran, Tim Storrier, Vivienne Adeney, and Warren Cooke

Opening Event: 2pm - 4pm, Saturday August 29

Collectors Edition: Timeless Prints

ART & COLLECTORS

Level 1/165 Gertrude Street I

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Opening Hours:

Monday - Saturday, 10 am - 4 pm

Or by Appointment 

Collectors Edition: Timeless Prints continues through to September 24, 2026.

Sunflower

Ways of Being, my solo exhibition at Stephen McLaughlan Gallery, Melbourne, opens in less than a month. It’s primarily a painting show, but will also comprise a small number of relief prints, including Sunflower, 2024, linocut, 15 x 10 cm, edition 40. (Pictured top).

The sunflower, so named because of its constant orientation towards the sun (which it closely resembles), is an enduring symbol of optimism, longevity and resilience. 

Coincidentally these are all character traits shared by our cat, Alice. In recent months she has diligently overseen the progress of most of my paintings and linocuts. My small upstairs studio adjoins a spacious room that does double duty as a home cinema and a second dining area. The large dining table, which also serves as an occasional workspace, is overlooked by a reverse cycle air conditioner. During winter I often speed up the drying process of my prints and paintings by placing them on the table where they get the full force of the heater - as well as Alice’s undivided attention. In the photo below she is pictured with the lino blocks from which Sunflower and A Snail’s Pace were printed.

Ways of Being runs from December 4-24 with an opening celebration on Saturday December 7 from 2-4 pm. 

Photo credit top image: Tim Gresham. 

SUNFLOWER - a linocut in progress

Pictured above is a progress view of Sunflower, one of several linocuts planned for Illustrated Women, a forthcoming artist book. The lino block measures 15 x 11.5 cm.

Two earlier developmental views are directly below.

For more about this fledgling project, which is now officially a goer, scroll down to SUNFLOWER, my blog post of Thursday November 11, or click HERE.

SUNFLOWER

 

Following directly from my previous post is an early progress view of Sunflower, the second in a suite of small linocuts I’ve just begun. At this stage, I’m planning to make six of them and will print a small edition of each one. Collectively titled Illustrated Women, they will possibly form the basis for an artist book too - in which case, I’ll also design a title page. Each block measures 15 x 11.5 cm, which means I will be able to print them on my small craft press, or alternatively, burnish them by hand.