Lino print exhibition at Nambucca Heads Art Gallery Nambucca Valley Nambucca Valley - popup ad by News Of The Area - Modern Media - September 27, 2024 Feature artist Jenny Thorby. DURING October and November, a curated selection of Jenny Thorby’s lino prints will be on display at the Nambucca Heads Art Gallery. Jenny’s work is inspired by the Australian bush and particularly wildflowers. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your business. Message us. Phone us – (02) 4981 8882. Email us – media@newsofthearea.com.au She travels extensively to immerse herself in Western Australia’s expansive fields of flowers and the flora and birdlife found on Tasmanian bushwalks. Jenny’s art employs a range of techniques and media including acrylic paint, dry point, wood engravings and scratchboard. Lino printing is a print-making technique in which the design is cut into a sheet of linoleum, leaving the raised area to be inked and pressed onto paper or fabric. In the contemporary art world it is an established professional medium, used extensively by the artists of the Grosvenor School such as Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse. “I was only going to display black and white lino prints but couldn’t resist the urge to colour them, so my display will incorporate a variety of black and white and coloured prints,” said Jenny. “I never tire of making prints of Australian wildflowers overflowing in baskets.” Jenny has been a member of the Nambucca Valley Art Council for seven years. This is the third time she has exhibited as their feature artist, each time focusing on quite different themes as inspiration. The gallery is located between the post office and library on Ridge Street, Nambucca, and is open Mondays to Fridays from 10.00am to 3.00pm and 9.30am to midday on Saturdays.
