Carlton Cox’s artist talk on Saturday 7 November commencing at 11 will provide insight and highlights to linocut printmaking. Carlton is a well established printmaker working with this medium for many years and is very erudite in the way he speaks about his artistic love.
Carlton’s images are inspired by scenes from within his local surrounds, particularly the gardens, landscapes and historic properties of the Tasmanian northern midlands region.
Carlton Cox mostly uses the traditional technique of linocut, which evolved in the early 1900s from the age old art of woodblock printing. Linocut generally produces a bold image with the use of rich oil based inks that are layered to create a picture from individually hand carved blocks, one for every colour.