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“A third of the gallery was being utilised by [Jacinta Leitch] for her own exhibition and we had a great talk.<\/p>\n
“The other thing that enthralled me was the judge Michael. A learning I came away with was that he called my linework contemporary which was great to hear because I hadn’t identified that myself.”<\/p>\n
Western’s first place-awarded piece is joined in the exhibition by two of her other prints, King of the Bush – Kookaburra, which won in the other class at the Warrnambool & District Easter Arts Festival, and an earlier work Wedge-tailed Eagle. Yellow Tailed Black Cockatoo is one of a cluster of Western’s works inspired by photos from Ballarat wildlife photographer Anna Every.<\/p>\n
“It was a section of a larger photo she’d taken,” Western said.<\/p>\n
“I wanted to strip it down so there was a lot of negative space, and that would allow for the contrast of the deep black ink and make it very dramatic.<\/p>\n
“What drew me to Anna’s capture of these cockatoos was the foliage was so spiky and really dramatic. It lends itself really well to linework.<\/p>\n
“It’s a nice 3D piece where one of the cockatoos is quite forward from the rest which I could accentuate.”<\/p>\n
Following Linework’s conclusion,Yellow Tailed Black Cockatoowill be on display at the Mercure Ballarat after which it will feature at Western’s dedicated space Restore Gallery.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
LINO printmaker Amanda Western has won a blue ribbon for a piece featured in Geelong Art Society’s Linework exhibition. On show at the Shearers Arms Gallery until Sunday 2 June, Western was awarded the top place for her Yellow Tailed Black Cockatoo print on opening night. Judged by printmaker Michael Fitzgerald, formerly of Melbourne Etching […]<\/p>\n