Process
My art practice is interdisciplinary and includes background training in printmaking, drawing, painting and movement and dance. At the Leongatha space, I will develop a new body of print-based work. The new work will be a continuation of a series started early in 2021 while undertaking a printmaking residency at The Baldessin Press and Studio in Melbourne. (Funded partly by a Regional Arts Victoria Quick Response Grant).
I will be using the monoprinting technique to print onto multiple sheets of paper which I will then use to create an installation in the space. I love what happens when pressure is applied to inked surfaces and the unpredictable results of that process. They remind me of natural forces such as the wind, rain and sun, and their relative impacts on both terrestrial and oceanic environments. I use an experimental approach to printmaking that wrestles with relinquishing control of the medium to allow the unexpected to occur. I am looking forward to spending a month in the Leongatha space, experimenting, exploring, making art, meeting other artists and chatting with people about the work that I am making.
Artist statement
I live in a small town close to the sea. The sound of waves crashing in Waratah Bay provides a rhythmic reminder of the ocean's proximity. I am particularly interested in the force, power and mystery of the ocean and our psychological and physical connections to them. Paul Klee's famous formula informs my approach to making artwork. I aim to render visible not render the visible.
I aim to render visible unseen forces such as psychological states and pressure systems that can affect our minds and bodies. When we are confronted by unimagined worlds, landscapes submerged in water and general concern over the future of the planet, our anxieties become heightened. Such concerns cause us to feel as though we're drowning in a world that's too overwhelming to comprehend.
In my work, psychological states manifest themselves as subliminal seascapes, submerged topography, shifting forms, transient spaces, ephemeral water, energy and mass, light, shimmer and intangible liquid landscapes.
