Linocut Fish

Fish is a monochrome linocut on paper. Fish is a recurring theme throughout my work and often depicted with native plants to evoke an underwater scene in a stylized manner. I create imagined patterns and in this piece they are graphic and stark, the retention of the markmaking created from the cutting process are retained to add organic patternation and surface interest.

It is printed with oil based ink on warm white Canson paper in a limted edition of 4.

Paper measures 32.2 x 25.7 cm and the image measures 27.0 x19.8 cm. It is dsyed, totled, numbered and signed in pencil on the border.

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Nicola is a Perth based multi-award winning artist and owner of The Artists Nook a collaborative artists team providing public and community art projects throughout WA. She has a BA Honours in Fine Art Printmaking from Gray’s School of Art in Scotland.

Her art practice encompasses printmaking and painting with a focus on linocut and watercolour. Nature is a constant throughout her work with native flowers and birds as subjects and motifs.

Art Nouveau and stained glass work have been an enduring inspiration and are echoed throughout her pieces. Juxtaposing flat ink against textural and tonal watercolour washes create a tactility in her still life and botanical pieces.