The Firing Squad Meets The Press

This exhibition came down yesterday. We had a group show with 2 printmakers and 3 potters. I exhibited 2 print installations, a framed print and a set of collage prints as well as some boxes.












title: '2 Heads are Better Than 1'
It is quite large and takes up almost the full height of the wall.
artist statement:

I love the harbour. I love the sea. I love the water. To create this work I spent time drawing on the harbour, mostly from a ferry. From out there to here; the heads are the nexus of international movement in Sydney. The world enters and returns.

I first looked closely at a ship being loaded with coal in Sydney harbour. Taking that image and an aerial view of the heads, I thought about access to the whole world of ships and ideas, above the water, under the water and maps that guide and record.

I have used film negative sleeves to contain the images; all the same shape but different images imprinted on each one. I reworked the original image and gave it a new life, altering its size and relationship to the other ships and boats. I’ve over-printed the images to suggest the layers of life on the harbour.

The other installation (below) is called 'fish ' n' ships'

Boats ‘n’ ships ‘n’ fish ‘n’ water. I love the harbour. I love the sea. I love the water.

I have usually made prints that are flat, on paper and go into frames. In this work I explored my life as a sculptor who makes prints. My life has changed and now I feel the need to make sculptures with most of my works. I spent time drawing on the harbour mostly from the water, on a ferry.

People in the buildings are connected to the rest of the world by the water in the harbour. The boats and ships on the harbour are reflected in their buildings. We like to be on and look at the harbour. Many people like to catch and eat fish from the harbour. The water and the harbour have many layers of meaning and purpose as have these prints.

Recycled vegetable container/boxes hold the prints like windows into their worlds.

Title: ‘Souler Sailor 4’

I spent some thoughtful hours drawing on the harbour; mostly while on a ferry full of tourists.

Water links the 2 areas of Mosman and Manly. The harbour is the central influence. I struggled with an idea I had been agonising over for weeks. The sail boat works with nature to create transport for pleasure. Maps on paper are more interesting to me even though they seem to be less used these days. Digital images don’t give the same feeling as a map. With these ideas I tried to create work that involved the lovely glass float I have. I made lots of prints (about 50) and intended to cut them all up, but discarded that idea as some interesting compositions were created. This work did not fully reveal itself to me until the very last moment. Eventually, I changed my mind. The prints struggled to stay whole and end up going into a frame. Not what I had planned. The work has its own soul.