Rona Green has just provided photographs of the “Freak of Nature” exhibition recently shown in the USA. The prints were installed at the King Family Exhibition Space at the University of Colorado in Boulder, Colorado. The photos were supplied to Rona by Melanie Yazzie, Associate Professor of Art at the University of Colorado in Boulder, Colorado.
Further to my post on the Freak of Nature exhibition/print exchange, the catalogue has just been released. It shows amazing diversity in how artists have approached the theme.
In January this year, I was very fortunate to be invited to join an international print exchange/exhibition curated by Rona Green. The exhibition is called ‘Freak of Nature’. It opens on Tuesday 6 September at the Gippsland Centre for Art and Design, and runs until the 2nd October 2011 (see invitation below).
Due to the relatively large print edition (49), and the fact that I was printing in my home studio, I knew I needed to work on a fairly simple image, in black and white. Lino was my medium of choice. I explored a variety of themes, and finally settled on an image of two sea dragons drifting through a kelp forest. There are many aspects of the sea dragon which make them appear a ‘freak of nature’, from their strange shape to their paternal habits.
The following photos show the final image and key aspects of the production process. The ink used was T.N. Lawrence’s oil based black ink, on Dutch Etch 250 gsm paper.
