Margaret Preston and Thea Proctor were female trailblazers in the interwar modernist art movement in Australia. Ever since I saw the Sydney Moderns Exhibition in Sydney at the NSW Art Gallery, I have been fascinated how these female artists made their mark in a dynamic new world, exploring new ways into abstraction, expressing their interpretations with brush and pen. In this piece I give a nod to two of their paintings: Implement Blue by Margaret Preston (1927) and the woodblock "The Rose" by Thea Proctor (1928). In my painting I tried to capture something of their boldness, their courage and enthusiasm. It is a bold piece that is rich in colour, pattern and design.