Vinegar and Vitriol Exhibiiton

Recently I've been hard at work on a new linocut of London City, which will be appearing soon in Vinegar and Vitriol, a printmaking exhibition. The exhibition will be held at Light Square Gallery (39 Light Square, Adelaide) and features all kinds of wonderful prints by the printmaking staff and alumni of AC Arts.

The exhibition runs from May 8 until May 30 and the opening hours are:

Monday - Friday: 9 am - 5 pm

Come along to the opening this Wednesday evening at 6 pm for fantastic art, live printing and Fox Creek wine!

Here is a sneak peek of one of my works appearing in the exhibition:

London City: Across the Millennium Bridge, 2014
Hand coloured linocut (edition of 4)

Hope to see you there!

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)

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)