Tell us about your creative process. What drives your practice?

My practice explores journey, mapping and place through contemporary printmaking. Heavily process driven, I create impressions of various Australian rural, suburban and residential areas. It stems from an obscured act of looking as I am on transit, experiencing an eb and flow in pace and movement. These prints take the form of semi-abstracted landscapes to convey an evocation of place. I am intrigued by the graphic qualities the rugged landscape offers, which is expressed through line, texture and mark making. Naturally this has geared my practice towards experimenting beyond the frame, and incorporating collage in my works.

Your works often move beyond the print. Can you tell us more about post-print manipulation and the use of collage in your works?

Of course! In terms of composition, I am making formal decisions into cutting, carving and fragmenting representations of these landscapes. The eb and flow of moving between places is of strong interest as I attempt to position my place in the world. The glimpses of sites are a key visual interest as I am intrigued by the materiality of place. It is the act of gathering elements of the site in conjunction to memories that aid the development of my works. Hence why I isolate particular motifs such as long grass, and utilise repetition. It is by producing multiple impressions that I am able to strengthen my understanding of the varied sites. At the moment I intend to install the collages sprawling across multiple panels, allowing for the audience to part take in the journey of being in the landscapes.

Are there any female artists that influence you / any female printmakers that influence you? 

Yes absolutely! Monika Lukowska and Danielle Creenaune are big ones for me, as well as the works of Susanna Castleden, Elisabeth Cummings and Susan Wald. I have recently discovered this Adelaide based artist Ellie Weckert, she makes such strong work. I feel like her and I are talking about similar ideas too in our prints. I would like to research some more female artists from my own cultural background too, engage more in what’s happening in the South American art scene.

Finally, what exciting projects are you working on at the moment? 

2020 has been a busy and fruitful year! I am currently completing my MFA at the National Art School, so loads of writing and making in the studio. I will have some new work included in a group exhibition at Down / Under Space in Chippendale titled ‘Wasteland Pt 2’ series with other female printmakers. It’s a pop-up exhibition intended for the end of this month however, has been postponed due to COVID-19. Other than that, I will be in another group exhibition in June, and possibly another before the final post graduate exhibition at the National Art School in November.