Danielle Creenaune

9. Danielle Creenaune, Alchemy, 2021, mokulito, 60 x 210 cm. $2250.

Alchemy (2021) follows the flux of water from a waterfall on Dharawal land through a creekbed. This passage created by water, rock and vegetation is witness to the vital process of transformation that occurs within our ecosystems. With a small flowing creek outside my workshop, the sound and movement after rain led me to explore the connection of being part of something much greater but right on my doorstep – a green corridor connecting the escarpment to the sea. I have found that over time, the energy and positive atmosphere of flowing water has become a reference point for me for healing and positivity and represents a grounding that comes with preserving green spaces in urban environments. Mokulito is an innovative printmaking technique using wood as a matrix for the lithographic process instead of limestone, therefore offering a visible wood grain texture to the drawn image.

Australian born artist, Danielle Creenaune, lived and worked in London and Barcelona for 18 years before returning to live in Wollongong Australia in 2019. This experience informs her work which deals with “the intrinsic dialogue between landscape and people, how landscape is perceived through our library of pre-lived experiences and the ways in which this is reflected through the visual language of gesture.”

Creenaune exhibits nationally and internationally and her work has received numerous awards including the René Carcan International Printmaking Award 2016 Belgium, the Corsair Prize for Innovation at Inkmasters Cairns in 2018 and the Manly Artists Book Award 2013. Her lithographs were selected for exhibition in the International Print Triennial Krakow 2015, Biennale Internationale D ́Estampe Contemporaine de Trois- Rivières, Canada 2009 the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition London 2018 and 2019.

She has undertaken artist residencies in remote regions in Spain and Ireland and has been invited Artist/Lecturer at KHiO National Academy of Arts, Oslo Norway and the Facultat de Belles Arts Universidad de Barcelona, Spain.

Creenaune’s work is represented by Australian Galleries Melbourne and Sydney and held in public collections including the National Gallery of Australia and State Library of Victoria. She was awarded Associate Member ARE of the Royal Society of Painter- Printmakers UK in 2021 and completed a Bachelor and a Master of Art at the University of New South Wales Art & Design, Sydney in 1997 majoring in Printmaking.