impress members show..

Opening Fri. 9 April, 6-8 pm
Circle Gallery upstairs, 9-14 April 2010,
274 Montague Rd West End. Bris Q Australia
Gallery Hours 10am - 4pm Weekdays

ribbon series...

..the first proof of the ribbon series- a figurative bunch that may work as screenprints..no thinking in reverse(text)headache too..not that i mind too much here.Begining life as lino ideas then moving to etching & maybe now screenprinting...thats printmaking.

..post workshop..

The screenprinting workshop was terrific - a great 2 days with participants engaged in individual projects. I was amazed at how keen they were,all full of ideas & willing to give them a go.Wonderful.
My lines were too light & after i had exposed the image on the screen the image dissipated...As such they (the drawings) are now going onto etching plates as there is the surface quality to carry them.. BUT screenprint ideas occupy my mind now - such is printmaking..

..screenprinting workshop

Practice time..i have an introductory screenprinting workshop to tutor this sat & sun with Impress Printmakers Brisbane & need to brush up on my screenprinting skills so ive made these drawings to experiment with.. Initially i was thinking of doing backgrounds & these line drawings over the top...i know not very adventurous but ill try layering w exposed items too & maybe a stencil????????????
Some of these lines do not appear strong on the transparency so i dont know how it will look..

..nightladder in townsville...

A beautiful & dark journey with poetry, etching, linocuts & monoprints.. culminating in 2 limited edition books- Nightladder & Twelve Labours.
Whilst in North Queensland pop in to Umbrella Studio to view Nightladder a collaborative exhibition featuring Angela Gardner, Lisa Pullen & Gwen Tasker.
The show is at 482 Flinders Street Townsville, QLD. http://umbrella.org.au
http://www.nightladder.net/ for more...

..favourites from apt gallery of modern art queensland visit ...

Ho Tzu Nyen
H the Happy Robot (still) 2009
High-definition digital video


charwei tsai
..circle drawing on ice..about transience and impermanence..
a lovely small video piece behind the mushrooms with sutras written on them

night whispers.. continued...sleeping/waking

These are the first proofs of prior 5 plates in the night whispers series/suite....now as much as i love the line it looks as though ill need to add tone & just a bit of variation on each of the etchings.. I prefer a lot of space in the picture & floating parts so i hope i can carefully add depth without catastrophe...nothing like burnishing off areas after parts of the plate become too dark...We shall see..

"the rivers"

Dadang Christantos exquisite works..For the past 30 years Dadang Christanto has produced controversial work rooted deeply in the human experience. Originally from Tegal in Central Java, Indonesia, Christanto now lives in Brisbane where he continues to produce art with an unrelenting message of human suffering and the need for compassion...although the show has just finished you can view images online http://www.janmantonart.com/ARTISTS/DADANGCHRISTANTO/TheRivers2010/tabid/2024/Default.aspx ..sorry my links do not comply -copy & paste?

4 drawings for etchings

...these will be in the next few etchings once i get to them. I dont know but suddenly it feels like time is starting to get away..& theres a lot to do. I am still trying etching which i am relatively inexperienced in but i do love the line i can achieve on the plates so ill keep going...

..from Imagining PNG, National Gallery of Australia Collection

John MAN
1953 Golmand, Simbai, Madang, Papua New Guinea – 1982
Kaiul. c.1975
Port Moresby, National Capital District, Papua New Guinea
Print, stencil
Technique: screenprint, printed in black ink, from one stencil
Impression: 31/45
Edition: edition of 45
http://nga.gov.au/imagining/essay.cfm