As an artist-printmaker drawing is an integral part of the printmaking half of my work, sometimes preceding at other times following the printmaking process
In my current work prints were made at a later stage, from these plen air drawings
This direct connection to the subject and the immediacy of the moment are intrinsic to my work
This diptych comes from a series done in an area close to my home in NSW on the Nattai River
This area was visited by artist Fred Williams in August of 1957
His initial eight week stay with the Stephens family at the property now known as “The Crags” produced the first of many iconic Fred Williams landscapes
I’ve return regularly to draw in these same areas that Williams worked in, mindful of seeing and drawing from a totally different time & perspective, and similarly to Williams, working with no artificial boundaries between between print or drawing.