Editions Exhibition

I am very fortunate to be one of the artists in this current exhibition of Melbourne printmakers.

The show opened last Tuesday 12th February with great fanfare, and is on for the next 2 weeks. As you can see I am in some great artistic company!

Whilst this gallery is not new itself, the exhibition opening was also the grand opening of TACIT Gallery in its new location, just a stone's throw from Vic Park station.

And well done to Stephanie Jane Rampton for curating such a great show.

Here's one of my new copper plate etchings that is in this exhibition.

The Plastic Gyre of Port Phillip

There were quite a few people at the Opening night who were confused by its title and meaning. It was inspired by idyllic summer days in Altona, looking back across Port Phillip Bay to the (partially imagined) city of Melbourne. It also references the great oceanic gyres. These oceanic currents have in recent times trapped manmade ocean debris into huge floating islands of plastic rubbish and have come to be known as the Great Pacific or North Atlantic Garbage Patches. And I just learnt today from my friends Helly and Helen, that Port Phillip Bay does indeed have its own mini gyres. Hopefully this is food for thought about where we put plastic in our lives.

Under the Bolte

This is another new etching in this exhibition. For those trying to spot the location, it is the Upfield train line, next to the Moonee Ponds Creek, in West Melbourne. I have a little thing about bridges (and train tracks)!