On Friday I visited my fabulous sculptor friend Bronwyn Berman in the Southern Highlands & she drove us all the way to Canberra to see the Cressida Campbell exhibition at the NGA
Cressida Campbell Japanese Hydrangeas 2005 Private collection © Cressida Campbell
The show is so inspiring with 6 rooms of her life’s work. Her mastery of tone and colour combined with skill honed through 40 years of developing her meticulous process is a humbling experience. We were in the presence of a truly great artist, if I never see another show in this lifetime this one will be enough!
I bought the catalogue to pore over & will visit again in the New Year before the show closes in February.
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Thanks for your share of such beautiful artwork. Keep well and happy. Love Pete
(((Pete))) here’s the link to the wonderful short video that takes you into Cressida’s studio and process, so inspiring
Her work is amazing and the video was so interesting to watch. Thanks for sharing.
(((Nancy))) it was a rare priviledge to see this show and I am so grateful to Bronwyn for getting me there, I haven’t ventured out of the Sydney Blue Mountains region since 2019!
I would have loved to see this. It is hard to believe it is paint. Incredible.. Thanks for sharing. Linda
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(((Linda))) love Cressida’s process, it’s so brave the way she paints the carved woodblock meticulously with watercolour, when there’s enough paint on the surface she dampens the woodblock & the paper and presses it down onto the woodblock, bringing those wonderful textures to life on both the woodblock & the single print!
Mo Thanks for telling me that. I didn’t imagine that was what she was doing. I will google her and see if I can see more of her work. The museum didn’t show much. Hope you are doing well. I am so far away but I do think of you often. Anderson Cooper has a new podcast on grief. I am starting it today and don’t know if it is good but it has good reviews. I am not grieving for anyone but am grieving for our world of politics and climate and our lives. Getting old is interesting to look at and experience. I will turn 74 soon and life is so strange, isn’t it?
Anyway, love to you Linda
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(((Linda))) Here’s the links to two recent reviews with more photos of this beautiful show and watch the video!
https://www.smh.com.au/culture/art-and-design/two-years-ago-she-was-suddenly-paralysed-now-cressida-campbell-makes-history-20220919-p5bj8l.html
https://www.johnmcdonald.net.au/2022/cressida-campbell/
What an adventure for you to visit this Art Show! And to introduce her to us! Thanks for all this wonderful information!
(((Peggy))) such a wonderful show, she is truly the best living artist working in Australia!
gorgeous work, unknown to me, thankX for sharing