Capricornia Printmakers Inc

 

headshot  Sally North

Sally North is a printmaker and photographer, and has been interested in art and photography since her school days, but not seriously taking up both practices until her late 50s. A collaborative exhibition with the Capricornia Printmakers and Rockhampton Photography group brought her full scale into the world of printmaking and revealing how this medium could enhance her photography practice. Sally mainly focuses on the mediums of photogravure, gum bichromate, collagraphs, monoprints and intaglio printmaking.

Sally is acutely aware of the preciousness and precariousness of nature and the environment, and the urgency we all need to adopt to preserve it. Using artifacts from her natural surrounds, incorporating the textures, colours and soul from these items into her work, Sally endeavours to bring awareness to the natural world. In doing this she strives to find the light in her mind, her body and her heart, so she can share that light, and tell the story she needs to tell through her art practice.

Sally has exhibited in numerous group exhibitions, Capricornia Printmakers Annual Exhibitions since 2018; Nature Plus Art I & II (four artists), Where Two Things Meet (three artists) at Fig Tree Galleries, Yeppoon; Double Exposure exhibitions since 2017, with the Print Exposed - Gold Street Studios in 2020, and with the Latitude 23 Arts group since 2020.

In 2024, Sallys Photogravure work 'Primal', that was exhibited in the Collection Focus Exhibition at Rockhampton Museum of Art, was acquired by RMOA to go into their collection. Sally has several B&W contributions to the Photographic publication 'A Rocky Love Song' (Coorooman Press). With a single entry, she achieved 2nd place in the Photographic Society of Qld Salon of Excellence and recently made the front cover of a worldwide group exhibition publication, 'Capturing Moments'.

Sally has been the Secretary for Capricornia Printmakers Inc. from 2018 to date.

Boudhanath Stupa, Nepal, 2019

Gum Bichromate, Boudhanath Stupa, Nepal, 2019

Cyanotype detail, Leaves, 2019

Cyanotype detail, Leaves

Artists Book, 2019

Shell Memories Artists Book, Double Exposure Exhibition 2019

Cyanotype, Rhythms 2019

Cyanotype, Exhibited in Rhythms 2019

Screenprint

Brangus bull 3, Screenprint 1/1 from Pop Goes the Artist 2024

Screenprint

Red tailed Black Cockatoo, Screenprint 1/1 from Pop Goes the Artist 2024

Eco print

'Reflections' (Bimblebox Series) Large Eco Print on Cotton Paper. (1203 x 950) 2022

Photographic print

'Reaching for the Future' (Bimblebox Series) Fine Art Photographic Print 2022

Photographic print

'Slender Bluebell' (Bimblebox Series) Fine Art Photographic Print 2022

VAR Gum Bichromate print

'The Colour of Water' VAR Gum Bichromate Print 2020

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