Ambivalence: the state of having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone … . We’ve all experienced this at some stage, and that’s the way I feel about my latest art work. My initial intention when printing Cotoneaster 2 was to get the colour from a surface...
Ambivalence towards Cotoneaster 2, a collagraph print
On Freedom and Grief in Destroying Old Art Work
Or Repurposing The Frames Of Old Art Works It’s taken me a long time to come to a place where I am willing to let go of old art works for the sake of their frames; to recognise that while I might like the work, I can’t keep hanging...
Ponderings on Procrastination
My last Newsletter started with a sincere hope that I still have – that everyone of you is well and keeping safe; that you are managing physical isolation while maintaining social connectedness. Image left: Conondale Fishbone Fern, EV1/6, ©Jacky Lowry 2020, Collagraph Print with Relief Roll. Like so many others,...
A new collagraph print with surface roll – Banksia serrata 3
After a year of being in sort-of recess, I am getting back into art making and growing an art business. Studio time is blocked out, and and a new collagraph print has been made. It’s a little different this time, as I decided to use a surface relief roll...