Congratulations Peace of Green Gallery 25th Anniversary.
See the Silver Celebration Window at Peace of Green Gallery Maleny for April
Some of my contributions are:
-“Bryozoan” 1 and 2 in black and silver oil linocut prints –
depicting small, precious sea creatures that are currently in danger through their exposure in
our rapidly diminishing local reef environments in coastal Queensland, Australia.
Also look out for my “Forest Armour” – silver leaf assemblage on display nearby.
I Love to Stitch in Red at Maleny Library for Christmas
Keep an eye out my my mini exhibition at the Maleny Library in December.
I Love to Stitch in Red 2017
hand dyed silk organza, thread
The title can be loosely translated as “I love to live life”, and this body of work embraces the parallel worlds of women internationally. By using textile techniques, stitches and materials common to many places, and some not so well known, it embraces the diverse aspects of women’s existence. In doing so it explores the red in our lives: passion, strength, romance, excitement, speed, heat, ambition, leadership, danger, blood, war, anger, respect – but most of all a love of humanity.
I’m adding to that Christmas feeling with these fragile red translucent pieces that allude to the human venous system – so essential to life.
I Love to Stitch in Red 2017
Hand dyed silk organza, thread
Plein Air Printmaking
Printmaking in our North Maleny Garden on a beautiful July day.
This is a practise for the Arts Connect Artist Markets to be held during Art Street Maleny:
part of the HORIZON festival of arts and culture
9am to 4pm Friday 1 Sept to Sunday 3 Sept on “The Green”, Maple Street (next to Peace of Green)
I will be conducting “Have A Go” printmaking opportunities with my portable printmakers press.Participants will be able to print their own personalised Art Card using the collagraph method.
Haven’t you always wanted to be a printmaker????
See you there!!!
Quilt Boxes : memories of a quilting obsession
These works were inspired by the very cute 8″ x 8″ freestanding MDF “canvasses”.
Acrylic overlaid stencil prints, enjoyable to create while holed up in my cosy studio waiting out the Cyclone Debbie weather.
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- Dorothy Haig. Quilt Box 2: memories of a quilting obsession. Acrylic on board 2017
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- Dorothy Haig. Quilt Box 1: memories of a quilting obsession. Acrylic on board 2017
It’s beginning to feel like Autumn
Not so many autumn coloured leaves to fall here in Maleny where its green all year around. I miss the distinct seasons of the southern Darling Downs but I’m compensated by having fun this week creating collagraph prints on small cards and also on lovely Fabriano paper – destined for Peace of Green, Maleny.
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- Collagraph leaf print with acrylic inks on Fabriano
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- Collagraph leaf cards in green and pink from printsPLUS studio
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- Collagraph Prints, framed and unframed available
Homage to Herculaneum
Homage to Herculaneum Exhibition
I had a lot of fun experimenting with printmaking techniques to achieve the Fresco “look” I wanted. Most pieces are a combination of processes. The Artist Statement follows:
“Homage to Herculaneum is inspired by a recent visit to the frescos of Herculaneum, some of which remain intact.
For Roman architect, Vitruvius, the only way to appreciate artistic excellence in his day was ‘by the use of colours and the brave show they make.’ The fresco artists of Roman days were inspired by nature and the world in which they lived in the same way that artists today respond to their environment. They explored and represented their world using materials at hand and techniques developed to represent their ideas.
This work responds to and represents the “brave show” that artists of the time made with the pigments and techniques available to them.”
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- Woodcut, stencil. Relief printed woodcut highlighted by hand painting and stencils recalls the frescoes of herculaneum
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- Homage to Herculaneum IV. Lino etch and silkscreen print, hand coloured. This piece reflects the vibrant details which remain in the wall frescoes of Herculaneum.
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- Homage to Herculaneum III. Lino etch, silkscreen print and stencil. Inspired by the amazingly preserved wall frescoes of Herculaneum
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- Multi-print work ( Acrylic etch and Lino etch) pays homage to the wonderfully intact frescoes of Herculaneum.
The above works and more are available framed or unframed at Peace of Green Gallery Maple Street Maleny or by contacting Dorothy.