Containment

I was intrigued by things hidden. Often bodies of water apparent only by their surface, or the rim. Various explorations of that idea included a simplified dissected view of bodies of water contained in land vessels - mountain shapes either side, a series of bowls, floating islands in sea scapes.

The idea of fluid was important, running over, through, into and out of.

Processes included watercolour, gouache, monoprint, scoring and pastel.

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Image credits: Photography B McConchie

T- B and L - R

  1. Bound (detail), mezzotint, drypoint, dimensions variable, 1999. Photo: Courtesy the artist

  2. Floating knot, aquatint, spitbite, 270 mm H x 270mm W, 1999. Photo: Courtesy of the artist.

  3. Ashley, Clifford. W, The Ashley Book of Knots, Doubleday Press, 1944, title page.

  4. Ashley, Clifford. W, The Ashley Book of Knots, Doubleday Press, 1944. L - R pp 15; 27; 219; 425.

  5. Shroud laid rope with a heart, linocut, 2000

  6. Splicing 4 strands, linocut, 2000

  7. Details from the installation Bound, mezzotint, drypoint, stamping, dimensions variable, 1999

  8. Not Knots, woodcut, frottage, stamping, watercolour, 1175 mm H x 1050 mm W