2010 Print Council of Australia Member Print Edition

Above (from top)

Red Lacewinged Woman 2010, linocut, hand coloured. Image: (irregular) approx 36 x 32.5 cm, Paper size: 45 x 38 cm
Photograph by Tim Gresham

Printing Red Lacewinged Woman, the artist's studio, September 2010

The following (slightly edited) information and list of venues appears courtesy of Damian Kelly, General Manager, Print Council of Australia Inc.

"Each year the PCA calls for nominations and independently selects artists to produce a commissioned edition of high quality prints especially for our members. This year's judges were Thomas Middlemost, Curator, Charles Sturt University and Linda Elliott, Curator of Public Programmes, Wagga Wagga Art Gallery. The prints are purchased in advance, through a mail order system.

Details of the prints are released in the September issue of IMPRINT magazine. The artist proofs of all editions are on display at venues in Adelaide, Brisbane, Canberra, Hobart, Melbourne and Sydney. Order Forms are made available in the September issue of IMPRINT, and members select their print (or prints) in preference order. In total there are some 300 prints for subscribers, these are allocated in order of Order Forms being received. Allocated prints are posted to subscribers at the end of November.

Numerous public art museums, schools and galleries have been long time participants of the program, and many individual collectors are now also joining. This means that it's possible to buy prints that are also being purchased by many of Australia’s well known state and regional galleries."

Each commissioned artist has produced 6 artist's proofs which were forwarded to each of the venues below on 30 August. It is recommended to check individual galleries for hours and viewing times, but the works should be on show somewhere between 10 September and 24 October. The ten prints will initially be launched at Handmark Gallery in Hobart on Friday 10th September 2010.

Megalo Print Studio + Gallery
Canberra Technology Park
49 Phillip Avenue,
Watson, Canberra, ACT 2602
alisonalder@megalo.org

Grahame Galleries + Editions
1 Fernberg Road
Milton Qld 4064
editions@pacific.net.au

Tin Sheds Gallery & Art Workshops
Faculty of Architecture
University of Sydney
148 City Road
SYDNEY NSW 2000
lever_a@arch.usyd.edu.au

Port Jackson Press Print Room
61 Smith Street
Fitzroy, Melbourne VIC 3065
info@portjacksonpress.com.au

Handmark Gallery
77 Salamanca Place
HOBART TAS 7000
Flinders University
GPO Box 2100
Adelaide SA 5001
info@handmarkgallery.com

Flinders University
GPO Box 2100
Adelaide SA 5001
celia.dottore@flinders.edu.au

Artist and Author Talk, The Melbourne Athenaeum Library, 22 September at 1 pm

For further information, click on flyer to enlarge.

I hope to meet some of you at the Athenaeum on the 22nd. For those of you who haven't visited before, it is one of Melbourne's gems. Check out their website HERE.

Premature Primavera

Purple Azure Winged Woman emerged on the very last day of winter - a harbinger of springtime and some warmer weather (at least let us hope so.)

Image above:
Purple Azure Winged Woman, 2010, acrylic on linen, 36 x 36 cm
Photograph by Tim Gresham

Newly Hatched

Although butterflies typically hatch in spring, this example of recently discovered hybrid subspecies Macleay's Swallowtail Winged Woman has just emerged from her chrysalis cocoon, boldly defying the current Melbourne cold spell.

Image above:

Macleay's Swallowtail Winged Woman, 2010, acrylic on linen, 36 x 36 cm

More Exquisite Palettes

I was thrilled (and also humbled, given the extremely high standard of this year's entries) to learn that my palette (see Blog Entry below) has just been awarded the 'The Most Exquisite Palette Prize'. Pictured above are just some of over 200 extraordinarily diverse artists' palettes that make up this year's show. Despite my best photographic efforts, these shots simply don't do them justice. If you are in the area, do call in and have a look for yourself. The address and opening hours of St. Luke are also detailed in my previous Blog Entry.

A selection of palettes and a list of participating artists can also be viewed on St. Luke Artists Colourmen Blog.

Images from top:
Window display, St. Luke Artist Colourmen
Interior view with exhibiting Exquisite Palette artist Shane Jones pictured with Exquisite Palette visionary and founder Louise Blyton.
Click on images to enlarge.

Warm thanks to Louise, David and everyone at St. Luke for the endless enthusiasm and incredible organisational skills that helped make this the best Exquisite Palette show yet.

The Exquisite Palette 2010

Image above: Recent studio view of my 2010 entry Behind the Mask, 2010, acrylic on wooden palette

The Exquisite Palette exhibition never ceases to delight, surprise and dazzle. For many artists it provides an opportunity for play, experimentation or to test drive some new ideas. One of the challenges I most enjoy is finding a way of incorporating that oval hole into my composition.

The opening night celebration of this eagerly anticipated biennial event is this coming Friday, 30 July, from 6 - 7.30 pm.

St Luke Artists Colourmen
32 Smith Street
Collingwood Vic 3066
Phone 03 9486 9992
info@stlukeart.com

Opening hours: Monday-Friday 10 am - 6 pm
Saturday 10 am - 5 pm

The exhibition continues until 1 September.

Contemporary Australian Printmaking Exhibition at Metropolis Gallery, Geelong

Image above: courtesy The Age A2, Melbourne, Saturday, July 17, 2010

Contemporary and Collectable Australian Printmakers opened on Saturday, 17 July. The exhibition was launched by Anne Virgo, Director of the Australian Print Workshop, Melbourne.

The artists in the exhibition are Tony Ameneiro, Graham Fransella, David Frazer, Rona Green, Greg Harrison, Robyn Hassall, Kate Hudson, Anita Iacovella, Deborah Klein, Debra Luccio, Marco Luccio, Marion Manifold, Jenny Peterson, Margie Sheppard, Heather Shimmen, Sally Smart, Sophia Szilagyi and Joel Wolter.

View the exhibition online here: www.metropolisgallery.com.au

Better still, call into see the show if you are in the area:

Metropolis Gallery
Director Robert Avitabile
64 Ryrie Street
Geelong Vic

(03) 5221 6505

Hours: 10-5.30 weekdays
10-4 Saturday

The exhibition runs until 31 July.

Return to the Art Vault

On June 24 I flew to Mildura to join my partner Shane Jones for the last days of his busy and productive month as Artist in Residence at the Art Vault in Mildura, which also included a successful solo exhibition and 2 day painting workshop.

It was wonderful to catch up with old friends, and to meet some new ones. We were privileged to be in the audience of over 300 people at the Sett, Mildura on 26 June for the presentation of the prestigious 2010 Powercor/PRIME Mildura Business Excellence Awards, when first time entrant the Art Vault won the Retail Category Award.

Images (from top):
Art Vault Director Julie Chambers accepting the Retail Award at the 2010 Powercor/PRIME Mildura Business Excellence Awards on June 26. To her right: Master of Ceremonies Mark Beretta

Centre:
During my brief stay I presented a set of Swarm linocuts (see previous blog entry) to the Art Vault Archive. Pictured from left: work experience student Michelle, Art Vault staff member Andrew Svrta, Art Vault Director Julie Chambers, Art Vault staff member Robert Watson, Art Vault studio artist Anjelie Beyer, Art Vault volunteer Darcy Mulaney, and Artist in Residence and exhibiting artist Shane Jones. Background: works from Shane's solo exhibition, which concluded on 29 June

Base:
Shane Jones (at right) pictured with Mildura-based artists Kate Cotching, Filomena Coppola, Mia Kolpin and Mia's handsome new son Fletcher at Gallery 25. Background: a group exhibition of prints from the Art Vault

Taking Flight

This week I began editioning the 18 lino blocks for the forthcoming installation and artist book Swarm. It has been a long process - the project had its genesis at the Art Vault in Mildura where I undertook a month-long residency just under a year ago. The printing is going remarkably well, although with such a large project, I am feeling the need for drying racks more than ever before. The finished works will form part of the solo exhibition Natural Selection at Chrysalis Gallery in October, and will also be exhibited at the Art Vault in June, 2011.

Metamorphosis of a Moth Woman

Pictured above: The evolution of Dysphania cuprina Moth Woman, 2010, acrylic on canvas, 25 x 20 cm

New works in progress

My studio building was badly damaged during the recent hail storm, but some good has come out of it, as long overdue repairs are currently being carried out. In the meantime, I've been working on some small linocuts (some of which are pictured above). Now that my room is nearly finished (and looking its best ever - the builders have done a fantastic job) I am looking forward to editioning a back-log of work in an environment that is completely dry and leak-free for the first time since I moved into the building.

Pictured above: Moth Women Vigilantes # 1 and 2 (blocks) each 15 x 15 cm

Contemporary Woven Tapestries from the Victorian Tapestry Workshop at Walker Street Gallery

The exhibition features tapestries designed by Australian contemporary artists, including Peter Atkins, Jon Cattapan, Peggy Napangardi Jones, Tim Jones, Deborah Klein and Stephen Wickham.

Images above, from top:

Red Comb # 1, 2007 (from 8 Women series by Deborah Klein) 39 x 39 cm
Woven by Rebecca Moulton

Red Comb #2, 2007 (from 8 Women series by Deborah Klein) 15.5 x 16 cm
Woven by Cheryl Thornton

Photography by Viki Petherbridge

Opening night: 6 May, 6.30 – 8.30 pm
Opening address by Joe Pascoe, CEO and Artistic Director, Craft Victoria

Walker Street Gallery,
Cnr. Walker & Robinson Streets,
Dandenong, VIC, 3175


Phone: 9706 8441

Fax: 9706 7651
Email: walkerstgallery@cgd.vic.gov.au

Open:
Monday to Friday: 11am – 5pm

Saturday: 11am – 3pm

Closed Public Holidays



The exhibition runs from 1 - 26 May, 2010

New Work

Sword-grass Brown Winged Woman, 2010, acrylic on linen, 36 x 36 cm

This work will be included in the forthcoming solo exhibition Natural Histories at Chrysalis Gallery, which will run from 7 - 30 October, 2010.

Photograph by Tim Gresham. Click on image to enlarge.

Artists’ Ink: Printmaking from the Warrnambool Art Gallery Collection 1970–2001

Curated by Anne Virgo, Director, Australian Print Workshop, this selection of prints is drawn from the collection of the Warrnambool Art Gallery and documents thirty years of Australian printmaking. Over 170 printmaking artists are represented in the Warrnambool Art Gallery Collection. The works selected for the exhibition at Deakin University represent a diversity of styles and approaches to the print medium. Also included in the exhibition are works by Yvonne Boag, Dean Bowen, John Coburn, Tim Jones, Graeme Peebles, Geoff Ricardo, Deborah Williams, Marion Manifold, Deborah Walker, Rona Green and many others.

The exhibition runs from 14 April to 22 May.

Deakin Art Collection and Galleries
221 Burwood Highway
Burwood, Victoria 3125 Australia
General enquiries: +61 3 9244 5344

Images from top:

Deborah Klein, Untitled, 1999, relief print, 73 x 62 cm

Installation view: works by Guan Wei, Rona Green, Hertha Kluge-Pott, Tate Adams and Deborah Klein

Pictured with participating artist Deborah Walker (centre) and Artist's Ink curator Anne Virgo (on right.) In background: triptych by Marion Manifold)

Professional Development Day at Camberwell Grammar

Pictured (on far right) at lunch with some of the Camberwell Grammar Art Department following my presentation as part of the school's Professional Development Day on Monday 12 April.

From left to right: art teacher Marita Kelly, unidentified Camberwell Grammar staff member, ceramics teacher Kevin Boyd, art teacher Anne Walters, Art Department technician Brian McManus, and David Williamson, Director of Art, Camberwell Grammar School. Photograph by Shane Jones.

Contemporary Australian Drawings 1

The exhibition, which opened yesterday evening, focuses on the artists whose works appear in the forthcoming publication Contemporary Australian Drawing Volume 1 by Dr Janet McKenzie. It is held in conjunction with the 2010 International Drawing Out Conference at RMIT University.

Artists include: Godwin Bradbeer, Mike Parr, Mandy Martin, Bernard Sachs, Jon Cattapan, Hilarie Mais, Alan Mitelman, Pam Hallendal, Euan Heng, Helen Maudsley, Phillip Hunter, Jenny Watson, Deborah Klein, Wilma Tabacco and Jan Senbergs.

RMIT Gallery
RMIT, Storey Hall,
344 Swanston Street
Melbourne, 3000
Monday - Friday 11 - 5
Saturday 12 - 5.

The exhibition continues until Saturday, 26 June.

Image above:
Far left: Drawing by Jenny Watson; centre: participating artist Pam Hallandal; far right: Anonyme, 1998, linocut, 73 x 62 cm by Deborah Klein

One Cup Exhibition at Hand Held Gallery

Come along to Hand Held Gallery this Thursday (April 8th) between 6 and 8 pm for the opening of

One Cup
an exhibition of 48 teaspoons

by Melissa Cameron (Vic), Sandra Winkworth (Vic), Rachel Bell (N.Z), Jenny Meier (U.S.A/Guam), Lyndsay Reine (N.Z), Victoria Mason (Vic), Penny Peckham (Vic), Jill Hermans (Vic), Victoria McIntosh (N.Z), Soxy Flemming (Vic), Deborah Klein (Vic), Kate Wheeler (Vic), Anna Varendorff (Vic), Chloe Vallance (Vic) and Megan Herring (Vic).

Click HERE for a sneak peek. (Invitation designed by Megan Herring).

48 teaspoons measure one cup. My own two contributions to One Cup are pictured above. The images reflect my longtime interest in Elizabethan miniature portraiture and Victorian mourning and sentimental jewellery.

Top spoon: Eye, synthetic polymer paint on found teaspoon, 2010
Below: Braid, synthetic polymer paint on found teaspoon, 2010

The exhibition will continue throughout April.

Hand Held Gallery
Suite 18 (upstairs) Paramount Arcade
108 Bourke Street Melbourne, 3000
(03)9654 4006
www.handheldgallery.blogspot.com

Linocut in progress 18-19 March

Genesis of Chenuala heliaspis Moth Mask linocut, 30.5 x 30.5 cm.

Closing Drinks, Gallery 101 Melbourne

On Friday, 5 March, Gallery 101 held its final celebration after nearly 20 years of being a vital part of Melbourne's cultural life. Director Dianna Gold, Gallery Manager Martina Copley and Gallery Assistant and Media Liaison Officer Cate Massola were all a pleasure to work with, and I hope our paths will cross again one day. Many artists whose work I admire enormously, including Judy Holding, Heather Shimmen, Tim Gresham, Christopher Heathcote, Deborah Walker, and Angela Cavalieri, were exhibiting artists at Gallery 101. A number of us are also old friends, which added very much to the feeling of being part of a family. The Gallery will close its doors on March 13.

Images above:
Top: Director of Gallery 101 Dianna Gold with Vincent Alessi, Artistic Director Latrobe Museum of Art.
Lower: Angela Cavalieri, Martina Copley, Steven Kafkarisos, Lisa Barmby, Tim Gresham, and Grace with her mother Heather Shimmen.

New Work - Monarch Butterfly Winged Woman

The Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) is a milkweed butterfly (subfamily Danainae), in the family Nymphalidae. Although it originated in the US, it has been found in New Zealand, and in Australia since 1871, where it is called the Wanderer. In Europe it is resident in the Canary Islands, the Azores, and Madeira, and is found as an occasional migrant in Western Europe. Its wings feature an easily recognizable orange and black pattern, with a wingspan of 8.9–10.2 centimetres (3½–4 in). (The Viceroy butterfly has a similar size, color, and pattern, but can be distinguished by an extra black stripe across the hind wing.) Female Monarchs have darker veins on their wings, and the males have a spot called the "androconium" in the center of each hind wing from which pheromones are released. Males are also slightly larger.

The Monarch is famous for its southward migration and northward return in summer in the Americas which spans the life of three to four generations of the butterfly.

Image above: Monarch Butterfly Winged Woman 2010, acrylic on linen, 36 x 36 cm.
The artist's studio, March, 2010.