2022, lithograph

paper size: 78cm x 53cm

image size: 57.5cm x 41cm

Image courtesy of the artist

Eight Lines Falling 2022 was created using both hard and soft tusche wash that had been dissolved separately in water to make two dark washes that were texturally different. The concept for the idea was to discover how the chance merging and settling of pigments would appear when dropped across horizontal lines that were drawn with a water-laden wide brush onto a lithographic stone. The lines were drawn one after the other with the tusche applied progressively and allowed to flow from one to the next. Additional water and pigment were added to manipulate the wet image. Dried tusche washes can appear like the granular weathered texture of rocks, the visceral movement of light on water or wind-blown clouds. The simplicity of the composition and the element of chance allowed the properties of the materials to reveal their own narrative.

As an emerging artist based in Nipaluna / Hobart I pay my respects to the Palawa peoples of Lutruwita/Tasmania as the true custodians of the land on which I work and live. Surrounded by bushland my minimalist approach responds to the changing nuances of light and shadow and the effects of weather on my outdoor environment. I am drawn to the detail in textural surfaces that can be seen as both microscopic and expansive. Chance and accident are embraced to explore and deepen my way of seeing the world, revealing new rhythms, narratives, and abstract spaces.