Proof North - Poimena Gallery LCGS

Grace Gladdish is currently in a group print exhibition “Proof North” in Launceston, Tasmania.

Grace’s artist statement outlines not only her work process, but how she has moved through the printmaking skills to something that results in her own artistic style with works on paper.

Artist statement.

I explore the alpine landscapes of Tasmania through the medium of hand painted linocut.  I took up printmaking because it is a many-stage medium which allowed me to break up the creative process and fit it into time around my responsibilities as a carer for a family member.

I love the carving part of the process – repetitive and calming.

I love the way oil-based ink and watercolour repel each other and yet work together to create the image.

The certainty of the linocut image and the subtlety of the watercolour is a combination that speaks of the landscape itself – so solid and yet so fragile.

I have recently begun tearing and cutting up my linocuts and refitting them, following lines found within the pieces and finding points of connection.  It feels like drawing. I love that this tearing and refitting allows me to explore ways I connect with the landscape rather than just depicting it.  The collages have evolved into maps or walks and journeys, maps of connections and interior landscapes.  

Grace Gladdish    June 2025 Works coming into the Blenheim Gallery stockroom at the end of June

Blue 2024  A/P

Edition of 8 Linocut and Watercolour on Stonehenge paper

45 cm h x 30 cm w Framed $1,000

Summit Walk 4, Tumble 2025

Collage, Linocut and Watercolour on Stonehenge Unique work

45.5 cm h x 125 cm w Framed $2200