Sunday 16 February 2014

Adelaide Park Lands Art Prize

I currently have a work in the Adelaide Park Lands Art Prize, which is an inaugural exhibition organized by the Adelaide Park Lands Preservation Society. It showcases 85 artists and is held in the Adelaide Festival Centre Artspace Gallery (above Dunstan Playhouse). The exhibition runs from February 15 until April 6, and the opening times are:

Wednesday - Sunday: 12 pm - 4 pm
Thursday: 12 pm - 8 pm

There are many different media and subjects, but all reflect some aspect of the park lands. Below is my entry, which depicts the view of the park lands and Adelaide City from Colonel Light's statue. I like how the open spaces of the park lands contrast with the constant changing and evolving of the city, and I feel that they are a very special and unique part of Adelaide. Hopefully they are here to stay!

Adelaide City and the Park Lands: Colonel Light's Vision, 2013
Hand coloured lincut (edition of 4)



Wednesday 5 February 2014

Australian Bookplate Design Award

Exciting news to kick off 2014...I am delighted to announce that I am the winner of the Best Australian Relief Bookplate in the Australian Bookplate Design Award 2013. The award celebrates the art of bookplates (decorative labels, often on the inside front covers of books, to indicate the owner or from whose library the book came). Bookplates are fairly small and usually have images relating to or symbolizing the owner. My bookplate contains the words Ex Libris (Latin for "from the library of") and my name. I have also included an image of Adelaide, a city which often features in my artwork.

An exhibition will be held later this year of selected entries in Victoria. At this stage I am unsure of the exact details, but will keep you posted!

Hand coloured linocut (uneditioned)