New Lino prints

These two Lino prints were recently completed ready for an exhibition at Firestation Print Studio called ‘Built’.

The main focus of the exhibition is for talented artist Angela Cavalieri to display her work based on the Firestation. I finally decided on the colours for the 4 level houses, I think of them as 1,2,3,4 bedroom units as there has been a lot of apartments being built in the local suburbs, something we never really had here. Where I am, next to the Yarra Valley, we don’t have much in the way of apartments yet.

The other Lino print is Assisi, not that I have been, it is on the wish list to do one day but I made it for mum. She visited Assisi as a young woman, in her twenties and she is in her eighties now. I think it would be lovely to spend sometime over there working on my art! That’s on the wish list too!

Community Art

Visiting Geelong yesterday it was great to see the bollards that decorate the foreshore area. It is lovely to see councils spending money on good art to make their communities more appealing to visitors and locals alike.

Often we see sculptures along highways, in town centres and public gardens. I enjoyed these local art works while in Austria on a previous trip. The lion sits on the street of Bad Ischl and the straw people are created yearly to celebrate harvest time in Zell am See.

If you think about it, the beautiful Bernini fountain in Rome’s Piazza Navona is an art work that the community has been able to enjoy for a long time!

So the more good art work we see in our communities the more often we will see a smile on our neighbour’s faces. And that can only be a good thing!

Exhibiting opportunities.

I am planning on using this 2 plate Lino cut to exhibit at Firestation Print Studio for their up coming exhibition 3-27 of May. It still needs some cleaning up and deciding what colours I will use but I feel quite happy with the way it is going.

It will be an extra special exhibition, as Angela Cavalieri will be exhibiting her work that she is currently researching and creating about the Firestation Print Studio in Armadale, Victoria. It was actually an old Firestation which now houses the print studio, runs workshops and is home to a number of individual and shared artist studios.

It really is a great opportunity for an artist to participate in group exhibitions like this and for the public to see a wide variety of artworks. I’m always so impressed and amazed with the work that people create. It really is such a pleasure spending time doing something creative. I just need a bigger spare room for all the work!