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Open Studios West Gippsland

Come and visit my studio in Drouin and the studios of other local artists in the area on special Open Studios West Gippsland days.

This self guided tour will take you around beautiful West Gippsland.

Click here to visit the Open Studios West Gippsland website to see participating artists.

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LINOCUT WORKSHOP decorative letters & type on July 6, 2018
LINOCUT WORKSHOP cards & wrapping on July 13, 2018

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When you buy a big print from my website it's delivered free in a tube. When you buy a small print from my website it's delivered in a flat package, also free in Oz. I offer free postage all over this wide brown land ( ahem, Australia). I do ship overseas, enquiries welcome. Hop on to my website for a Sunday evening browse, link in bio
This print makes me ache! It's too big for my little press so is hand pulled. I'm using sturdy BFK Rives 250gsm paper, so quite a bit of pressure is needed through my arms and hands with my grandmother's spoon as a baren. This is a detail of my Indigenous Psychedelia print. You can see the finished one in my shop, link in bio
The Gift, is one of a series of linocuts referencing dyslexia. Dyslexia is sometimes described as a blessing or a gift: creativity, ability to visualise problems quickly, good coordination are a few of the gifts I can think of as I write. Dyslexia is still not well understood by our academic institutions and our culture of linking academic success to reading and writing can make education difficult and exhausting for those with dyslexia. This print is available from my website shop, link in bio
Parrot Day! When I stepped out of my home studio to stretch my legs last week I met this young princess parrot and his owner Hannah out enjoying the sunshine. I love where I live.
Progress is slow but here's a rough sketch for a linocut on the black chartist convict, William Cuffay who was transported to Van Diemens land.
Life imitates art for a few moments last week when I met a girl with a bird on her head in my street. Visit my previous post to see the 'real life' birdie. He was a princess parrot with healthy self esteem
Sketch for a new linocut about William Cuthy of old Hobart Town
Shhh... linocut from 'The Magic Orchard' series of illustrations I made depicting a fable by Hedy Kirkbride. Grey ink on cream Hahnemuhle paper.
The chance to muck around: another print I made at last weekends' @heathershimmen Marong workshop.
I'm not known for selfies but captured myself in this intriguing set of shadows in the 5pm sun creeping under our back verandah
Print wall! I attended a workshop in a great studio in a metal shed hidden deep in a whipstock eucalpt forest near Bendigo. Led by @heathershimmen much valuable learning was imparted over the weekend. My photo shows our wet prints attached by magnets to the shed wall. The sun warmed the metal outside and the prints dried quickly. Thank you Heather for a wonderful workshop. #littlethings #motherofinvention #shedstudio #arnoldstreetgallery #linocutworkshop #marong #bendigo
Battalion of blue wombat cards freshly printed