The Great Wave and Friends of the Night

The Great Wave

Recent prints The Great Wave and Friends of the Night
They are available on my online shop and galleries - Port Jackson Press, Printmaker's Gallery, Lauriston Press and will be part of my solo exhibition at Odd One Out in Hong Kong in October.

Friends of the Night

Yatagarasu

Yatagarasu, 2013

Yatagarasu is a three legged crow in Japanese mythology and legend, revered in particular shrines in mountains in Japan as a divine messenger.
Three legged crow is also depicted in various mythologies around the world such as China and Northern Africa.

There is a close relationship between crows in mythologies around the world and the sun.
In Japanese mythology, it's considered an embodiment of the sun too, the concept that's likely to have come from China.
Ainu ( indigenous people in northern island of Japan and islands in Russia), Greek and Inuit mythologies also show the relationship of the sun and crows.

This image of Yatagarasu is actually a rare albino crow.
I started reading about the significance of crows after I found a drawing of it in my sketchbook.
I decided to call it Yatagarasu as a white crow looked ethereal and otherworldly to me.

Images of crow in relation to the myths and folklores is something I would like to pursue further in the future. I hope this Yatagarasu print is the first of many more crow prints to come!

This print is edition of 50 and available at Port Jackson Press and Printmaker gallery in Melbourne, Odd One Out in Hong Kong as well as my online store.

Adore - opening

Thank you so much for coming to the exhibition opening at Bird's Gallery earlier this week!

It was amazing to see many new as well as familiar faces.

Thank you so much also to the gallery owner and artist Brigita La made such a lovely space and turn this opening into a great event!

Another special thank you to Jazmina Cininas, artist and my ex-lecturer at RMIT University, who made a sweet and warm speech to open my exhibition. 

She is in fact my first teacher who showed me the inky world of printmaking in TAFE back in 2004. 

I then followed her to do my Bachelor of Fine Art in printmaking where she moved from TAFE.

It was fun to listen to her when she read my work assessment written by her as well as her first impression on me.

Thank you so much to everyone! It's become such an unforgettable event for me.

5 Press on!

I'm very pleased to be part of a group print exhibition 5 Press on! at PG Printmaker Gallery.

This show brings together 5 printmakers in Melbourne - Georgina Ross, Damon Kowarsky, Chris Ingham, Hyun Ju Kim and myself who use etching as the main medium.

Exhibition runs from 1 to 30 March 2013

Please join us on Friday 1 March from 6:00 to 8:00pm to celebrate this event with us!

PG Printmaker Gallery
227 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy, VIC 3065
printgal@printgal.com.au

Gallery hours:
Monday - Friday: 10:00am - 6:00pm
Saturday: 10:00am - 5:00pm