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In 2020 fires raged through the Blue Mountains of NSW. The triptych Fire, smoke and ash was made in response to these events. In this relief print, iconic landforms – plateau, escarpment and valley – are subsumed and transformed by the effects of fire.
Landforms were created using the woodcut medium. The atmospheric effects of fire, smoke and ash were overprinted using pieces of etched and cut lino. A series of three prints was made.
Title: Fire, smoke and ash triptych
Medium: Relief print on three sheets of Rives BFK paper, 1/3series
Size: 99 x 186 cm
Year: 2020
Judge: Gary Shinfield
Important dates:
Entries Open: Sunday – September 1
Entries Close: Saturday – October 5
Delivery: Sunday – October 27, 9am – 12pm
Pick Up: Sunday – November 3 @ 5pm
Opening Night: Friday – November 1 @ 6:30pm
Exhibition Open: Saturday & Sunday – November 2-3, 9:00am – 5:00pm
Sizes below are the MAXIMUM whether the works are framed or unframed.
(Unframed must be foam core backed)
For conditions of entry and entry forms click here.
25 May – 7 July 2019 Paper and Place Gosford Regional Gallery
For centuries paper has been used as a medium for keeping record and holding memory. In this exhibition contemporary artists Nathalie Hartog-Gautier and Beverly Smith each use paper to respond to the unique character of significant places.
Nathalie Hartog-Gautier’s work focuses on the concept of the voyage, its transformations, attachments and associations. Her large scale paper installations for this exhibition represent her reflections on the environment and history of Hill End, the Blue Mountains and the Central Coast.
Beverly Smith uses natural dyes from Indigenous trees, earth pigments of ochre, sand, earth and binders on paper to tell visual stories connected to her Aboriginal identity, culture and Country. With rich personal iconography she presents a series of works on paper that explore sites of personal and cultural significance in the Brewarrina area.
Nathalie Hartog-Gautier, Colours of the landscape, natural pigments on hand made paper.
Irena Conomos and Gary Shinfield are holding a second workshop in the Blue Mountains, from Tuesday 16th to Friday the 19th of January. This workshop will be similar to the first.
The basis of this workshop is an immersive experience responding to the environment, climatic conditions and nature in all its manifestations. Your work will be shaped by these experiences and any changes as they unfold.
From this exploration you will work independently developing your own ideas over the period of the workshop, working with two artists with many years experience in their respective fields of printmaking and photography.
Explore the Grose Valley and Blue Mountains National Park through daily excursion and research
Create through printmaking, drawing and photography
Develop your ideas in the studio.
In the workshop you will be working with multiple plates – 3 woodblocks and one piece of lino – to build a composite image or series of images. We will also explore ink painting in the landscape, the transfer of these onto blocks, etching lino, and various methods of multi plate printing.
Printmaker Gary Shinfield email: gary@garyshinfield.info
Photographer Irena Conomos email: irenaconomos@gmail.com
In this workshop you will be encouraged to explore photographically to move past the preconceived or familiar developing images using the photographs ability to reveal what is often unseen. The resulting work may remain as digital files for you to work on over time, images can be printed onsite or you can combine these with overprinting or as inspiration to draw on plates.
To receive workshop details and registration information please enquire on the above contacts. For accommodation options contact Gary Shinfield directly.
A Site specific creative workshop exploring printmaking and photographyover 4 days and 3 nights from Monday January 8 to Thursday January 11, 2018 10am-4pm daily.
Printmaker Gary Shinfield email: gary@garyshinfield.info
Photographer Irena Conomos email: irenaconomos@gmail.com
Make connections with the surrounding area environment, and create in a studio in Medlow Bath.
Explorethe Grose Valley and Blue Mountains National Park through daily excursion and research
Create through printmaking, drawing and photography
Develop your ideas in the studio.
Pathways, woodcut and photopolymer print on 4 sheets of paper, UP
Gary Shinfield 2017
My recent work explores the idea of mapping journeys in the surrounding environment, and combining different printmaking techniques.
In the workshop you will be working with multiple plates – 3 woodblocks and one piece of lino – to build a composite image or series of images. We will also explore ink painting in the landscape, the transfer of these onto blocks, etching lino, and various methods of multi plate printing.
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Coat, Digital print Irena Conomos 2017
This image is based on a single photograph developed into a multiple, mirrored piece morphing into something organic and unknown.
In this workshop you will be encouraged to explore photographically to move past the preconceived or familiar developing images using the photographs ability to reveal what is often unseen. The resulting work may remain as digital files for you to work on over time, images can be printed onsite or you can combine these with overprinting or as inspiration to draw on plates.
The basis of this workshop is an immersive experience responding to the environment, climatic conditions and nature in all its manifestations. Your work will be shaped by these experiences and any changes as they unfold.
From this exploration you will work independently developing your own ideas over the period of the workshop, working with two artists with many years experience in their respective fields of printmaking and photography.
To receive workshop details and registration information please enquire on the above contacts. For accommodation options contact Gary Shinfield directly.
‘WALKING THE TRACK’ IN AUTUMN
Artists’ Workshop Sat 8 April – Tue 11 April 2017
4 days and 3 nights
Gary Shinfield Printmaker email: gary@garyshinfield.info
Irena Conomos Photographer email: irenaconomos@gmail.com
Explore the regional environment in a botanic garden and bush-land in Medlow Bath
Create through printmaking, drawing and photography
Develop an artist’s folio in on-site studio
Suitable for those with some experience of printmaking and photography.
For workshop details and registration please enquire on the above emails.
For accommodation options please email Gary Shinfield.
Tracing the Line
22 October – 4 December, 2016
A Blue Mountains Cultural Centre exhibition curated by Rilka Oakley in association with the Print Council of Australia’s 50th anniversary celebrations
This selection of fifty works is drawn from the Print Council of Australia’s collection of over 500 Australian prints, Tracing the Line celebrates the diversity of print practice within Australia by tracking the last fifty years of print practice.
Join us for the exhibition opening, and launch of the PCA Print Commission 2016.
Saturday 22nd October, 2.00 – 3.00pm
Blue Mountains Cultural Centre
30 Parke Street, Katoomba NSW 2780,
Secret Spaces in the MountainsCreative workshop over 3 days and 3 nights
Autumn Workshop Fri 1 – Mon 4 April, 2016
With:
Printmaker: Gary Shinfield
Photographer: Irena Conomos
Explore lost gardens, walk through native bush trails and create. Develop an artist’s folio in a newly established studio located in a botanic garden in Medlow Bath.
The inspiration for this workshop will be the secret gardens on site and a guided walk through adjacent bush land. In the studio you will develop a folio of images based on your responses, an exploration through drawing, printmaking and photography.
You will work with two artists with many years experience in their respective fields of printmaking and photography.
Come and join us
Suitable for those with some experience of printmaking and photography
To receive workshop details and registration information please enquire on the above contacts. For accommodation options contact Gary Shinfield.
