Anita Laurence lives and works in King Valley, North East Victoria with her husband master printmaker Bill Young. Together they operate professional printmaking studios that cater for their own ongoing collaborative projects and those of visiting artists.
‘Under a Blue Sky’ linocut 60x84cm
I am thrilled to be a to be exhibiting in Melbourne.
‘Where We Live’ is an exhibition of a selection of linocut prints and
etchings that celebrates the landscape I live in with a focus on
architecture. The starting point begins from my home in King Valley
where the central building of a farm cottage sits in a layered landscape
with iconic shaped trees and buildings including the distinctive
tobacco kilns silhouetted in the distance and far-off mountains in the
background.
The exhibition is at ART AT ST FRANCIS 326 Lonsdale St Melbourne from Tuesday 24th September till Monday 21st October
The gallery space is open Monday to Friday 9am -5pm and Sunday 9am -3pm
From country to city I find ‘where we live’ to be an inspiring subject
matter where I can explore shape, texture, space and contrast in
linocuts or the line, texture and pattern in an etching.
Printed in our King Valley Studio by my husband, Master Printmaker Bill
Young, who has also handcrafted the frames from upcycled Kauri Pine
floorboards.
If you are in or near Melbourne I hope you get an opportunity to pop in to see this body of work.
This new, rare and exciting range of colourful paintings focuses on iconic elements within the King Valley and adjoining regional landscape. The paintings include houses, churches, silos, fields, sheds, trees, paddocks, hills and other beautiful features of the local environment that I often utilise and have painted in extraordinary detail.
I’m thrilled to also be in this group exhibition at The Art Vault in Mildura
| This summer I have been inspired by the intense colours of the pink, mauve and purple crepe myrtles that line the streets and grace the front yards of homes in Wangaratta. The dry summer makes me notice that the colours and the patterns of harvest still abound in the landscape against the intense green of the ripening grape vines. I have been painting on canvas this summer, exploring all these elements in my local landscape and other places that are near and dear to me. You will be able to see these new paintings at my exhibition Middle Ground 5 April – 6 May at Off Centre Gallery + Studio in Milawa VIC ( Milawa Cheese Factory Complex) To be opened on Saturday 6 April 3pm bySimone Nolan, Gallery Director Wangaratta Art Gallery Group exhibitions I am currently in Drawing From the Line 34 Artists make a printmaking response to poetry, quotations and the words that shape us. Cascade Art Gallery 1A Fountain St Maldon VIC Exhibition can be viewed March 5 till May 5 Burnie Print Prize 2019 The Burnie Print Prizeis one of Australia’s richest printmaking awards. 63 artists were selected for this year’s exhibition and competition. Award opening 22 March and continues until 5 May Burnie Regional Art Gallery 77-79 Wilmot Street Burnie TAS |
Artists:
Roz Avent, Dean Bowen, Lyn Raymer, David Frazer, Anita Laurence, Robert Maclaurin, Liaadan Fahbien, John Howley, Judy Holding, Hilary Finch, Clayton Tremlett, Kyoko Imazu, Jeff Gardner, Rhyll Plant, David Moore, Anne Smith, KJ Bishop, Michael Leunig, Sam Varian, Kevin Foley, Kareen Anchen, Nicky Carey, Lydia Poljak, Phillip Edwards, Betsy Forster, Smiley Williams, Brendan Nicholl, Louise Davidson
Exhibition can be viewed from the 2nd of January until the 3rd of March, 2019.
Gallery Director – Kareen Anchen
0408 844 152 / 03 5475 1053
kareen@cascadeart.com.au
Open: Tue – Sun | 10:00am – 5:00pm
1A Fountain St / PO Box 180 Maldon VIC 3463
www.cascadeart.com.au
