Exhibition by Open Bite Printmakers

Open Bite Printmakers are holding an exhibition in Northbridge, opening on Friday night 30th October.

Faces are my landscapes

 "Red Soliloquy" (128cmHx98cmW)
Mixed media on paper            

The face is the landscape I am drawn to; it is just one way of illustrating a story. Working through its contours and observing the passing shadows and light on its surface, the face expresses a personal narrative.

Hornsby Art Prize

My monotype called "Madrid" won the printmaking section of The Hornsby Art Prize at the end of last year.

Birds as surrogates in human narrative

"Rebuke" (1300cmHx1000cmW)

Mixed media on Hahnemuhle paper

"Censure" (77cmHx 57cmW)

Monotype (oil on BFK paper)

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More monotypes inspired by Spain

We visited Toledo on the Feast Day of Corpus Christi; music, banners, religious processions- we were so glad to be there!

Inspired by Spain

A trip to Spain inspired a few more monotypes. There is a certain flavour in the street life there!

Granada
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Madrid

Camden Art Prize

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This mixed media work, "Witness to Calamity #2" won the Open Section in the Camden Art Prize May 2013.
His counterpart, a drypoint, won Third Prize in the Printmaking Section at the Royal Easter Show in April.

Gallipoli Art Prize 2013

"The Call"- oil on BFK Rives (73cmH x 90cmW)

"The Call" was hung in the Gallipoli Art Exhibition which is on show until Sunday 5th May. This work is also a monotype.

Some more prints and another show

Our group show Plate Paper Block is now on in Mudgee at the Fairview Art Gallery with a few changes and additions.  The show runs for four weeks.

"Progeny" -drypoint (30cmx20cm- image only)

"Brown Study" - monotype (53cmx37cm- image only)

I have added another drypoint to my Job series, "Progeny"(see above), and I am still exploring the potential of monotypes (see "Brown Study").

Monotypes

"Progeny #2" - Oil on Stonehenge(28cmHx42cmW -image only)

Having fun experimenting with monotypes. They are a wonderful way of combining painting and drawing and there is always the element of surprise.