Trudy Rice
Port Melbourne, Victoria
Connecting you to nature with my original works on paper. Loving studio life, designing and teaching printmaking.
MessageBased in Melbourne, Australia, artist Trudy Rice was formally trained in Visual Art and Contemporary Craft, where she found a love of Printmaking.
Trudy conveys the colours and delights of nature in her artwork and particularly invokes her love of gardens and the birdlife they attract with a focus on environmental protection.
Her original artworks are created with initial drawings and etchings using the printmaking methods of solar plate etching and monotype, endeavouring to use all environmentally friendly and recyclable materials within her practice.
Her design work can be seen on a range of ECO linen/cotton, greeting cards, scarves, and a 109-metre wallpaper mural at Blacktown Hospital and in a product collection in Australia Post Stores Nationally.
She is represented by several Australian Galleries, Queenscliff Gallery, New England Contemporary Print Gallery and Lauriston Press Gallery. Her work is included in many collections, including the Olivia Newton-John Cancer and Wellness Centre, Austin Hospital and private collections in Australia, the United States and the United Kingdom.
Statement
“I love to walk into the bush and stand and listen. Often the birds take a long while to settle, enough for me to catch more of a fleeting glimpse. Picking up a dried twig or leaf with a history fills my heart with a kind of contemplative joy, that sigh of relief that I’m again one with nature.”
Trudy’s artworks on paper and paintings are created with mindful observation; the initial drawings are etched in the sun and water that her specimens are found, which form her works on paper.
Her paintings also use printmaking methods and collage, giving a sense of texture and depth. They are created over a number of months with many layers.
Trudy lives and works in Melbourne but frequents the Great Ocean Road for inspiration.
© 2023 Trudy Rice Collection All artworks, designs and intellectual property are the copyright of ©Trudy Rice Please do not reproduce, publish or communicate the work to the public in any form. Legal action will be taken.
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