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emily blom — to hold what fades

Published 30 June 2025

Emily Blom, Before The Petals Stirred, 2025, Acrylic on canvas with offset and stencil print, 110 x110 cm framed.

That fleeting moment of perfection is gloriously captured by Emily Blom in her exhibition of new works, To Hold What Fades. But alongside the delicate paintings of beautiful young women that have become Emily’s signature, there are surprises.

The cherry blossom is a perfect metaphor: “The blossom falls gracefully after its brief, stunning bloom. Its beauty short-lived,” Emily reflects. “Yet the fleeting nature of its existence is what makes it so beautiful. It is this moment, suspended between blossoming and fading, that I have sought to capture in this body of work.”

Beautiful young women on the cusp of womanhood, their faces hidden from view, “are suspened in that magical moment before change.” In Among the Golden Leaves we gaze down on Emily’s daughter Madeline, her long dress encircled like a rose. “It’s as if a seed has emerged from the darkness and a flower is unfurling.” All Emily’s figures are swathed in rich decorative clothing. “I love the inherent feminity of fabric.”

But, in To Hold What Fades Emily expands her artistic voice. She also presents a series of small still-life flowers, however it is her five-panelled landscape of kunanyi/Mount Wellington that demands attention: “My exhibition explores the strength and vulnerability of femininity, and I have approached this landscape from that viewpoint. The mountain is presented as a feminine presence looking over us, nurturing us and protecting us.”

Emily Blom and Katina Gavalas’ exhibition, opens at Handmark this Friday June 20 until July 21.

katina gavalas — in her threads

Published 30 June 2025

Katina Gavalas, Table for Five, 2025, Collagraph,Relief print & Handcolour, edition of 10, framed 91 x 119cm.
Katina Gavalas digs deep into family treasures to produce her most stunning collection of limited edition prints. Female forms and delicately layered patterns referencing family heirlooms of lace and embroidery, shine brightly in the beautiful new works unveiled in her Seductive Tranquility exhibition.

Katina pays homage to strong women in her life – her late sister, mother and grandmothers. “These talented women are my inspiration, and I have incorporated treasured pieces they made into my prints.” She also proudly references her Greek heritage where embroidery was a skill handed down through the generations. “I elevate these precious heirlooms into emblems of strength to honour my matriarchal influences.”

Embroidered doileys made by her grandmothers are a recurring visual theme. Katina uses them to clothe anonymous female forms. They also layer her backgrounds in rich patterns respendent with ultramarine blue – the colour of Greece – and touches of gold celebrating rituals and family life. In What She Wore, a bedspread made by her grandmother is crafted into a beautiful dress.

Since childhood Katina has been obsessed with fashion, fabric and pattern, which led her to study fashion designing: “In my compositions I want the viewer to admire and appreciate the precious embroideries and fabrics not only for their workmanship, but to also see them as an integral part of tradition and identity.”

Katina Gavalas and Emily Blom’s exhibition, opens at Handmark this Friday June 20 until July 21.

art consultancy — resonance consulting

Published 30 June 2025

Alex White artworks looking splendid in their new home at the Resonance Consulting Hobart based office.
Handmark is more than just a gallery. In fact, a burgeoning part of the business is providing Art Consultancy Services as witnessed in the recent collaboration with leading Hobart company, Resonance Consulting.

When Resonance relocated into their new city office, creating a vibrant space for clients and employees was top of mind. Handmark Director, Allanah Dopson, became their first port of call: “Our office was a blank canvas, and we decided to start with the artwork and build out from there,” Alice Agnew from Resonance explains.
Resonance is a rapidly growing company that partners in project planning, delivery and management. They have just undergone a major rebrand, and Allanah helped bring that vision to life. “We needed art to make a statement while also supporting Tasmanian talent. After trying different options, emerging Hobart artist, Alex White was the perfect fit.”

Four of his large bold prints of Tasmanian mountain huts now hang pride of place in the foyer. “The feedback has been overwhelming,” Alice enthuses. And for Alex, it’s beyond exciting: “I feel so honoured that Resonance chose my work. My art is very niche, and to find it sitting side-by-side in a commercial space is totally unexpected – but really fulfilling. ”

Just contact Handmark Gallery for details of their Art Consultancy Services.

Musical Tour De Force — Bach in the Gallery

Published 30 April 2025

Handmark has secured Australian viola virtuoso, James Wannan, for an intimate concert in the Gallery that promises to be unforgettable – not just for the glories of Bach, but also for the magic of James himself.

This will be a musical Tour de Force. James, a life-long Bach devotee, will be performing the six Cello Suites on viola which he has been obsessively playing since the age of eight: “These are the greatest works, by the greatest composer. It’s a once in a lifetime experience,” he states.

James will pepper this musical odyssey with unforgettable tales and Bach insights. It would be near impossible to find a more charismatic and entertaining person. James proudly describes himself as “an eccentric musical personality” sharing his home west of Sydney with peacocks, ostriches and two poodles, which he regularly serenades.

Luxuriating in Bach and surrounded by Max Mueller’s wonderful exhibition, this is one super Sunday. James will perform Suites 1 to 4 before a lunch break, during which you are encouraged to enjoy a meal with friends at Salamanca. After the final two suites, join James and Max for a glass of bubbles – and unforgettable conversation!

The concert will be held in Handmark Gallery on Sunday May 25, from 11am – 3pm. There is limited seating and tickets are available through Eventbrite.

Jock Young — Upcoming exhibition

Published 30 April 2025

Tasmanian painter Jock Young has come full circle. His life, and artistic journey, began in Avalon on Sydney’s Northern Beaches. Now, he is back in his childhood home producing glorious landscapes where magical memories burn bright.

Water is everywhere. Jock’s exhibition of new works, Waterways — Plein Air to Abstraction, is inspired by “the dynamic between the movement of the sea and stillness of the land. It’s really about the light,” he explains. Jock paints en plein air with pared-back form and colour. “I am not reporting what I see, it’s how I feel, and my latest works are more abstract.”

Jock has spent the past year in Avalon. “I needed to reconnect with the place where I grew up.” In Yellow Tree Bird Sanctuary, Jock re-visits his “special spot overlooking Careel Bay where I painted as a teenager. It’s magical and untouched.” The bobbing boats and old sheds of this beautiful bay pop up in other works. “I loved sketching here with friends. Now I am back as a professional artist.”

Jock takes us on other adventures. Glowing with rich ochre, we marvel at the Larapinta Trail in Central Australia. While a favourite Tasmanian surf beach, Goats Bluff, shimmers on a scorching day. “It felt like the whole place was burning with colour.”

Jock’s exhibition, Waterways — Plein Air to Abstraction, will be on show at Handmark Gallery from May 2 – 19.

Image credit: Careel Bay Boat Shed in the sun, 2025, Oil on linen, 65 x 80 cm

Barbara Heath — Glistening gems

Published 30 April 2025

One of Australia’s most revered contemporary jewellers, Barbara Heath, has just delivered a collection of beautiful new rings to Handmark Gallery. This small batch of handcrafted delights dazzles with glorious gemstones and luscious pearls.

Only eight new rings. Each one is a masterful balance of boldness and refinement. The largest is a showstopper. A sizeable domed rose quartz is surrounded by delicately crafted gold petals dripping with white enamel. This 9ct cabochon ring glows with “the play of light across the top of the stone giving it a delicate softness. It’s a very feminine ring,” Barbara tells us.

There are also cross-over rings sprinkled with yellow sapphires, garnets and citrines, or polished tourmalines of deep green and pink. Three pearl rings complete the collection. The most striking sparkles with a large creamy south sea Mabe pearl surrounded by smaller black Tahitian pearls which Barbara calls “quirky and off-the-cuff.”

Barbara has spent the past 50 years crafting her beautiful jewels. Each is a work of art designed to last a lifetime and beyond: “Nothing we wear defines us quite the same way as jewellery. It is a miniature art form that light up our lives.”

Barbara Heath’s collection of new rings is now on display at Handmark Gallery.

Artist book trilogy — Jennifer Marshall

Published 6 April 2025

A decade long collaboration between artist Jennifer Marshall and writer Janet Upcher has concluded triumphantly with the launch of Turning – the final instalment in their Artist Book trilogy.

Turning, a collection of prints by Jennifer and poems by Janet, is their third Artist book about the four elements: earth, wind, fire and air. Meticulously hand-crafted, it is a work of art. Pages are hand-sewn by an artisan book binder, the paper is cotton, and the poems handwritten. Only six copies exist.

Artist books are rare treasures. Jennifer produced her first in 1977 and all are held in private and public collections, “Artist books are compelling in their intimacy. We engage with them, touching the paper and turning pages. It’s a personal connection,” Jennifer explains.
The first in the trilogy, Quaternity, introduces the four elements. Book two, Turbulence, warns of chaos, but in Turning we look to the future with hope. Expressed so eloquently in Jennifer’s cover profile of Janus, the Roman god of beginnings, and the words of Janet:
“When wars rage and woes of the world weigh on you and wear you down
Let sunlight in the garden release you from the shadows…”
                             
The Artist book trilogy by Jennifer Marshall and Janet Upcher is in the Rare Book collection of the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery and is available to purchase through Handmark.  Please contact the Gallery for further information.

Alex White — Shelter

Published 6 April 2025

Printmaker Alex White is a relatively new Handmark discovery. And his second outing for the Gallery is another homage to Tasmania’s iconic mountain huts.

Last April Alex had two works in the Emerging Artist Exhibition. One year later, 16 of his striking black and white prints are being showcased in his Shelter exhibition. “This is beyond all my expectations,” he says. “Again, I am inspired by the old high-country huts that provided shelter to hunters, stockmen and trekkers.”

Most of Alex’s huts are in the ruggedly remote Central Highlands. But in this exhibition, he also ventures closer to home, to Sama Hut on Mt Wellington/Kunyani, “a very unusual ‘A’ frame structure clad in corrugated iron, which according to local legend was carted up from Glenorchy.”

In another work, Alex takes us inside Sama Hut where a kettle, frypans and an old billy hang above an old stone fireplace immediately enveloping us with a feeling of comfort and safety. “These shelters are part of our history, but just a few remain. I am on a mission to document as many as I can before they are lost forever.”

Alex’s Shelter opens at Handmark this Friday 4 April at 5pm and continues until 27 April.

Image credit: Alex White, Sama Hut II, 2025, linocut, edition of 8, 40 x 32 cm

Olivia Moroney — Komorebi

Published 6 April 2025

The Southern Midlands is Olivia Moroney’s artistic playground, and the exhibition of new prints and drawings revisits this landscape with a dramatic boldness. Her inspiration – Komorebi.

There is no English equivalent. Komorebi is a Japanese word describing the interplay of light through leaves on a tree. “After spending time at an artist’s workshop in Japan, I was passionate about capturing Tasmania’s strong light,” Olivia tells us. She does this brilliantly in a series of dry-point print tree profiles. Summer’s sun casts long dark shadows. These diffuse on winter’s arrival.

A monochromatic palette and pared-back forms, brings the stark beauty of the landscape around Olivia’s family farm at Jericho, to life. In the charcoal and gouache drawing, The Last Light of the Day, a dramatic shard of light pierces the countryside, while a subtle softness falls over the land in Morning Blaze.

Komorebi takes us on a powerful journey. We glimpse familiar scenes in Artist Books as Olivia drives across her beloved Midlands. “All the roads are different. Where are we going? Where will we end up? But as we continue nothing is more captivating than the beautiful light.”

Olivia’s Komorebi opens at Handmark this Friday 4 April at 5pm and continues until 27 April. 

Image credit: Olivia Moroney, The last light of the day, 2025, gouache and charcoal on paper, 70 x 89 cm

Kaye Green — Book Collaboration

Published 4 March 2025

Handmark printmaker, Kaye Green, was honoured to provide the artwork for The Ancients, a book by acclaimed Tasmanian nature writer, Andrew Darby.

The Ancients takes us on an odyssey across wild Tasmania to discover the world’s oldest trees, and Kaye was the perfect choice for the illustrations. In terms of subject, nothing has consumed her artistic life as much as trees: “They capture me. Trees seem to call me,” she explains.

Kaye’s beautiful lithographs include gnarled pencil pines bent low by howling winds, a primeval King Billy, and most memorably, the rare King’s Lomatia. “This tree is so impossible to find, I couldn’t track down any photos to work from. Instead, I used a sapling from the Botanical Gardens as my guide.”

“My collaboration with Andrew was a match made in heaven. It was one of the most amazing experiences of my career. The chance to work with such a committed and wonderful author was a once-in-a-lifetime experience.”

The Ancients will be launched at Fullers Bookstore in Hobart on March 3, with an exhibition of Kaye’s work, including the limited edition lithographs featured in the book.

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emily blom — to hold what fades

Published 30 June 2025

Emily Blom, Before The Petals Stirred, 2025, Acrylic on canvas with offset and stencil print, 110 x110 cm framed.

That fleeting moment of perfection is gloriously captured by Emily Blom in her exhibition of new works, To Hold What Fades. But alongside the delicate paintings of beautiful young women that have become Emily’s signature, there are surprises.

The cherry blossom is a perfect metaphor: “The blossom falls gracefully after its brief, stunning bloom. Its beauty short-lived,” Emily reflects. “Yet the fleeting nature of its existence is what makes it so beautiful. It is this moment, suspended between blossoming and fading, that I have sought to capture in this body of work.”

Beautiful young women on the cusp of womanhood, their faces hidden from view, “are suspened in that magical moment before change.” In Among the Golden Leaves we gaze down on Emily’s daughter Madeline, her long dress encircled like a rose. “It’s as if a seed has emerged from the darkness and a flower is unfurling.” All Emily’s figures are swathed in rich decorative clothing. “I love the inherent feminity of fabric.”

But, in To Hold What Fades Emily expands her artistic voice. She also presents a series of small still-life flowers, however it is her five-panelled landscape of kunanyi/Mount Wellington that demands attention: “My exhibition explores the strength and vulnerability of femininity, and I have approached this landscape from that viewpoint. The mountain is presented as a feminine presence looking over us, nurturing us and protecting us.”

Emily Blom and Katina Gavalas’ exhibition, opens at Handmark this Friday June 20 until July 21.

katina gavalas — in her threads

Published 30 June 2025

Katina Gavalas, Table for Five, 2025, Collagraph,Relief print & Handcolour, edition of 10, framed 91 x 119cm.
Katina Gavalas digs deep into family treasures to produce her most stunning collection of limited edition prints. Female forms and delicately layered patterns referencing family heirlooms of lace and embroidery, shine brightly in the beautiful new works unveiled in her Seductive Tranquility exhibition.

Katina pays homage to strong women in her life – her late sister, mother and grandmothers. “These talented women are my inspiration, and I have incorporated treasured pieces they made into my prints.” She also proudly references her Greek heritage where embroidery was a skill handed down through the generations. “I elevate these precious heirlooms into emblems of strength to honour my matriarchal influences.”

Embroidered doileys made by her grandmothers are a recurring visual theme. Katina uses them to clothe anonymous female forms. They also layer her backgrounds in rich patterns respendent with ultramarine blue – the colour of Greece – and touches of gold celebrating rituals and family life. In What She Wore, a bedspread made by her grandmother is crafted into a beautiful dress.

Since childhood Katina has been obsessed with fashion, fabric and pattern, which led her to study fashion designing: “In my compositions I want the viewer to admire and appreciate the precious embroideries and fabrics not only for their workmanship, but to also see them as an integral part of tradition and identity.”

Katina Gavalas and Emily Blom’s exhibition, opens at Handmark this Friday June 20 until July 21.

art consultancy — resonance consulting

Published 30 June 2025

Alex White artworks looking splendid in their new home at the Resonance Consulting Hobart based office.
Handmark is more than just a gallery. In fact, a burgeoning part of the business is providing Art Consultancy Services as witnessed in the recent collaboration with leading Hobart company, Resonance Consulting.

When Resonance relocated into their new city office, creating a vibrant space for clients and employees was top of mind. Handmark Director, Allanah Dopson, became their first port of call: “Our office was a blank canvas, and we decided to start with the artwork and build out from there,” Alice Agnew from Resonance explains.
Resonance is a rapidly growing company that partners in project planning, delivery and management. They have just undergone a major rebrand, and Allanah helped bring that vision to life. “We needed art to make a statement while also supporting Tasmanian talent. After trying different options, emerging Hobart artist, Alex White was the perfect fit.”

Four of his large bold prints of Tasmanian mountain huts now hang pride of place in the foyer. “The feedback has been overwhelming,” Alice enthuses. And for Alex, it’s beyond exciting: “I feel so honoured that Resonance chose my work. My art is very niche, and to find it sitting side-by-side in a commercial space is totally unexpected – but really fulfilling. ”

Just contact Handmark Gallery for details of their Art Consultancy Services.

Musical Tour De Force — Bach in the Gallery

Published 30 April 2025

Handmark has secured Australian viola virtuoso, James Wannan, for an intimate concert in the Gallery that promises to be unforgettable – not just for the glories of Bach, but also for the magic of James himself.

This will be a musical Tour de Force. James, a life-long Bach devotee, will be performing the six Cello Suites on viola which he has been obsessively playing since the age of eight: “These are the greatest works, by the greatest composer. It’s a once in a lifetime experience,” he states.

James will pepper this musical odyssey with unforgettable tales and Bach insights. It would be near impossible to find a more charismatic and entertaining person. James proudly describes himself as “an eccentric musical personality” sharing his home west of Sydney with peacocks, ostriches and two poodles, which he regularly serenades.

Luxuriating in Bach and surrounded by Max Mueller’s wonderful exhibition, this is one super Sunday. James will perform Suites 1 to 4 before a lunch break, during which you are encouraged to enjoy a meal with friends at Salamanca. After the final two suites, join James and Max for a glass of bubbles – and unforgettable conversation!

The concert will be held in Handmark Gallery on Sunday May 25, from 11am – 3pm. There is limited seating and tickets are available through Eventbrite.

Jock Young — Upcoming exhibition

Published 30 April 2025

Tasmanian painter Jock Young has come full circle. His life, and artistic journey, began in Avalon on Sydney’s Northern Beaches. Now, he is back in his childhood home producing glorious landscapes where magical memories burn bright.

Water is everywhere. Jock’s exhibition of new works, Waterways — Plein Air to Abstraction, is inspired by “the dynamic between the movement of the sea and stillness of the land. It’s really about the light,” he explains. Jock paints en plein air with pared-back form and colour. “I am not reporting what I see, it’s how I feel, and my latest works are more abstract.”

Jock has spent the past year in Avalon. “I needed to reconnect with the place where I grew up.” In Yellow Tree Bird Sanctuary, Jock re-visits his “special spot overlooking Careel Bay where I painted as a teenager. It’s magical and untouched.” The bobbing boats and old sheds of this beautiful bay pop up in other works. “I loved sketching here with friends. Now I am back as a professional artist.”

Jock takes us on other adventures. Glowing with rich ochre, we marvel at the Larapinta Trail in Central Australia. While a favourite Tasmanian surf beach, Goats Bluff, shimmers on a scorching day. “It felt like the whole place was burning with colour.”

Jock’s exhibition, Waterways — Plein Air to Abstraction, will be on show at Handmark Gallery from May 2 – 19.

Image credit: Careel Bay Boat Shed in the sun, 2025, Oil on linen, 65 x 80 cm

Barbara Heath — Glistening gems

Published 30 April 2025

One of Australia’s most revered contemporary jewellers, Barbara Heath, has just delivered a collection of beautiful new rings to Handmark Gallery. This small batch of handcrafted delights dazzles with glorious gemstones and luscious pearls.

Only eight new rings. Each one is a masterful balance of boldness and refinement. The largest is a showstopper. A sizeable domed rose quartz is surrounded by delicately crafted gold petals dripping with white enamel. This 9ct cabochon ring glows with “the play of light across the top of the stone giving it a delicate softness. It’s a very feminine ring,” Barbara tells us.

There are also cross-over rings sprinkled with yellow sapphires, garnets and citrines, or polished tourmalines of deep green and pink. Three pearl rings complete the collection. The most striking sparkles with a large creamy south sea Mabe pearl surrounded by smaller black Tahitian pearls which Barbara calls “quirky and off-the-cuff.”

Barbara has spent the past 50 years crafting her beautiful jewels. Each is a work of art designed to last a lifetime and beyond: “Nothing we wear defines us quite the same way as jewellery. It is a miniature art form that light up our lives.”

Barbara Heath’s collection of new rings is now on display at Handmark Gallery.

Artist book trilogy — Jennifer Marshall

Published 6 April 2025

A decade long collaboration between artist Jennifer Marshall and writer Janet Upcher has concluded triumphantly with the launch of Turning – the final instalment in their Artist Book trilogy.

Turning, a collection of prints by Jennifer and poems by Janet, is their third Artist book about the four elements: earth, wind, fire and air. Meticulously hand-crafted, it is a work of art. Pages are hand-sewn by an artisan book binder, the paper is cotton, and the poems handwritten. Only six copies exist.

Artist books are rare treasures. Jennifer produced her first in 1977 and all are held in private and public collections, “Artist books are compelling in their intimacy. We engage with them, touching the paper and turning pages. It’s a personal connection,” Jennifer explains.
The first in the trilogy, Quaternity, introduces the four elements. Book two, Turbulence, warns of chaos, but in Turning we look to the future with hope. Expressed so eloquently in Jennifer’s cover profile of Janus, the Roman god of beginnings, and the words of Janet:
“When wars rage and woes of the world weigh on you and wear you down
Let sunlight in the garden release you from the shadows…”
                             
The Artist book trilogy by Jennifer Marshall and Janet Upcher is in the Rare Book collection of the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery and is available to purchase through Handmark.  Please contact the Gallery for further information.

Alex White — Shelter

Published 6 April 2025

Printmaker Alex White is a relatively new Handmark discovery. And his second outing for the Gallery is another homage to Tasmania’s iconic mountain huts.

Last April Alex had two works in the Emerging Artist Exhibition. One year later, 16 of his striking black and white prints are being showcased in his Shelter exhibition. “This is beyond all my expectations,” he says. “Again, I am inspired by the old high-country huts that provided shelter to hunters, stockmen and trekkers.”

Most of Alex’s huts are in the ruggedly remote Central Highlands. But in this exhibition, he also ventures closer to home, to Sama Hut on Mt Wellington/Kunyani, “a very unusual ‘A’ frame structure clad in corrugated iron, which according to local legend was carted up from Glenorchy.”

In another work, Alex takes us inside Sama Hut where a kettle, frypans and an old billy hang above an old stone fireplace immediately enveloping us with a feeling of comfort and safety. “These shelters are part of our history, but just a few remain. I am on a mission to document as many as I can before they are lost forever.”

Alex’s Shelter opens at Handmark this Friday 4 April at 5pm and continues until 27 April.

Image credit: Alex White, Sama Hut II, 2025, linocut, edition of 8, 40 x 32 cm

Olivia Moroney — Komorebi

Published 6 April 2025

The Southern Midlands is Olivia Moroney’s artistic playground, and the exhibition of new prints and drawings revisits this landscape with a dramatic boldness. Her inspiration – Komorebi.

There is no English equivalent. Komorebi is a Japanese word describing the interplay of light through leaves on a tree. “After spending time at an artist’s workshop in Japan, I was passionate about capturing Tasmania’s strong light,” Olivia tells us. She does this brilliantly in a series of dry-point print tree profiles. Summer’s sun casts long dark shadows. These diffuse on winter’s arrival.

A monochromatic palette and pared-back forms, brings the stark beauty of the landscape around Olivia’s family farm at Jericho, to life. In the charcoal and gouache drawing, The Last Light of the Day, a dramatic shard of light pierces the countryside, while a subtle softness falls over the land in Morning Blaze.

Komorebi takes us on a powerful journey. We glimpse familiar scenes in Artist Books as Olivia drives across her beloved Midlands. “All the roads are different. Where are we going? Where will we end up? But as we continue nothing is more captivating than the beautiful light.”

Olivia’s Komorebi opens at Handmark this Friday 4 April at 5pm and continues until 27 April. 

Image credit: Olivia Moroney, The last light of the day, 2025, gouache and charcoal on paper, 70 x 89 cm

Kaye Green — Book Collaboration

Published 4 March 2025

Handmark printmaker, Kaye Green, was honoured to provide the artwork for The Ancients, a book by acclaimed Tasmanian nature writer, Andrew Darby.

The Ancients takes us on an odyssey across wild Tasmania to discover the world’s oldest trees, and Kaye was the perfect choice for the illustrations. In terms of subject, nothing has consumed her artistic life as much as trees: “They capture me. Trees seem to call me,” she explains.

Kaye’s beautiful lithographs include gnarled pencil pines bent low by howling winds, a primeval King Billy, and most memorably, the rare King’s Lomatia. “This tree is so impossible to find, I couldn’t track down any photos to work from. Instead, I used a sapling from the Botanical Gardens as my guide.”

“My collaboration with Andrew was a match made in heaven. It was one of the most amazing experiences of my career. The chance to work with such a committed and wonderful author was a once-in-a-lifetime experience.”

The Ancients will be launched at Fullers Bookstore in Hobart on March 3, with an exhibition of Kaye’s work, including the limited edition lithographs featured in the book.

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emily blom — to hold what fades

Published 30 June 2025

Emily Blom, Before The Petals Stirred, 2025, Acrylic on canvas with offset and stencil print, 110 x110 cm framed.

That fleeting moment of perfection is gloriously captured by Emily Blom in her exhibition of new works, To Hold What Fades. But alongside the delicate paintings of beautiful young women that have become Emily’s signature, there are surprises.

The cherry blossom is a perfect metaphor: “The blossom falls gracefully after its brief, stunning bloom. Its beauty short-lived,” Emily reflects. “Yet the fleeting nature of its existence is what makes it so beautiful. It is this moment, suspended between blossoming and fading, that I have sought to capture in this body of work.”

Beautiful young women on the cusp of womanhood, their faces hidden from view, “are suspened in that magical moment before change.” In Among the Golden Leaves we gaze down on Emily’s daughter Madeline, her long dress encircled like a rose. “It’s as if a seed has emerged from the darkness and a flower is unfurling.” All Emily’s figures are swathed in rich decorative clothing. “I love the inherent feminity of fabric.”

But, in To Hold What Fades Emily expands her artistic voice. She also presents a series of small still-life flowers, however it is her five-panelled landscape of kunanyi/Mount Wellington that demands attention: “My exhibition explores the strength and vulnerability of femininity, and I have approached this landscape from that viewpoint. The mountain is presented as a feminine presence looking over us, nurturing us and protecting us.”

Emily Blom and Katina Gavalas’ exhibition, opens at Handmark this Friday June 20 until July 21.

katina gavalas — in her threads

Published 30 June 2025

Katina Gavalas, Table for Five, 2025, Collagraph,Relief print & Handcolour, edition of 10, framed 91 x 119cm.
Katina Gavalas digs deep into family treasures to produce her most stunning collection of limited edition prints. Female forms and delicately layered patterns referencing family heirlooms of lace and embroidery, shine brightly in the beautiful new works unveiled in her Seductive Tranquility exhibition.

Katina pays homage to strong women in her life – her late sister, mother and grandmothers. “These talented women are my inspiration, and I have incorporated treasured pieces they made into my prints.” She also proudly references her Greek heritage where embroidery was a skill handed down through the generations. “I elevate these precious heirlooms into emblems of strength to honour my matriarchal influences.”

Embroidered doileys made by her grandmothers are a recurring visual theme. Katina uses them to clothe anonymous female forms. They also layer her backgrounds in rich patterns respendent with ultramarine blue – the colour of Greece – and touches of gold celebrating rituals and family life. In What She Wore, a bedspread made by her grandmother is crafted into a beautiful dress.

Since childhood Katina has been obsessed with fashion, fabric and pattern, which led her to study fashion designing: “In my compositions I want the viewer to admire and appreciate the precious embroideries and fabrics not only for their workmanship, but to also see them as an integral part of tradition and identity.”

Katina Gavalas and Emily Blom’s exhibition, opens at Handmark this Friday June 20 until July 21.

art consultancy — resonance consulting

Published 30 June 2025

Alex White artworks looking splendid in their new home at the Resonance Consulting Hobart based office.
Handmark is more than just a gallery. In fact, a burgeoning part of the business is providing Art Consultancy Services as witnessed in the recent collaboration with leading Hobart company, Resonance Consulting.

When Resonance relocated into their new city office, creating a vibrant space for clients and employees was top of mind. Handmark Director, Allanah Dopson, became their first port of call: “Our office was a blank canvas, and we decided to start with the artwork and build out from there,” Alice Agnew from Resonance explains.
Resonance is a rapidly growing company that partners in project planning, delivery and management. They have just undergone a major rebrand, and Allanah helped bring that vision to life. “We needed art to make a statement while also supporting Tasmanian talent. After trying different options, emerging Hobart artist, Alex White was the perfect fit.”

Four of his large bold prints of Tasmanian mountain huts now hang pride of place in the foyer. “The feedback has been overwhelming,” Alice enthuses. And for Alex, it’s beyond exciting: “I feel so honoured that Resonance chose my work. My art is very niche, and to find it sitting side-by-side in a commercial space is totally unexpected – but really fulfilling. ”

Just contact Handmark Gallery for details of their Art Consultancy Services.

Musical Tour De Force — Bach in the Gallery

Published 30 April 2025

Handmark has secured Australian viola virtuoso, James Wannan, for an intimate concert in the Gallery that promises to be unforgettable – not just for the glories of Bach, but also for the magic of James himself.

This will be a musical Tour de Force. James, a life-long Bach devotee, will be performing the six Cello Suites on viola which he has been obsessively playing since the age of eight: “These are the greatest works, by the greatest composer. It’s a once in a lifetime experience,” he states.

James will pepper this musical odyssey with unforgettable tales and Bach insights. It would be near impossible to find a more charismatic and entertaining person. James proudly describes himself as “an eccentric musical personality” sharing his home west of Sydney with peacocks, ostriches and two poodles, which he regularly serenades.

Luxuriating in Bach and surrounded by Max Mueller’s wonderful exhibition, this is one super Sunday. James will perform Suites 1 to 4 before a lunch break, during which you are encouraged to enjoy a meal with friends at Salamanca. After the final two suites, join James and Max for a glass of bubbles – and unforgettable conversation!

The concert will be held in Handmark Gallery on Sunday May 25, from 11am – 3pm. There is limited seating and tickets are available through Eventbrite.

Jock Young — Upcoming exhibition

Published 30 April 2025

Tasmanian painter Jock Young has come full circle. His life, and artistic journey, began in Avalon on Sydney’s Northern Beaches. Now, he is back in his childhood home producing glorious landscapes where magical memories burn bright.

Water is everywhere. Jock’s exhibition of new works, Waterways — Plein Air to Abstraction, is inspired by “the dynamic between the movement of the sea and stillness of the land. It’s really about the light,” he explains. Jock paints en plein air with pared-back form and colour. “I am not reporting what I see, it’s how I feel, and my latest works are more abstract.”

Jock has spent the past year in Avalon. “I needed to reconnect with the place where I grew up.” In Yellow Tree Bird Sanctuary, Jock re-visits his “special spot overlooking Careel Bay where I painted as a teenager. It’s magical and untouched.” The bobbing boats and old sheds of this beautiful bay pop up in other works. “I loved sketching here with friends. Now I am back as a professional artist.”

Jock takes us on other adventures. Glowing with rich ochre, we marvel at the Larapinta Trail in Central Australia. While a favourite Tasmanian surf beach, Goats Bluff, shimmers on a scorching day. “It felt like the whole place was burning with colour.”

Jock’s exhibition, Waterways — Plein Air to Abstraction, will be on show at Handmark Gallery from May 2 – 19.

Image credit: Careel Bay Boat Shed in the sun, 2025, Oil on linen, 65 x 80 cm

Barbara Heath — Glistening gems

Published 30 April 2025

One of Australia’s most revered contemporary jewellers, Barbara Heath, has just delivered a collection of beautiful new rings to Handmark Gallery. This small batch of handcrafted delights dazzles with glorious gemstones and luscious pearls.

Only eight new rings. Each one is a masterful balance of boldness and refinement. The largest is a showstopper. A sizeable domed rose quartz is surrounded by delicately crafted gold petals dripping with white enamel. This 9ct cabochon ring glows with “the play of light across the top of the stone giving it a delicate softness. It’s a very feminine ring,” Barbara tells us.

There are also cross-over rings sprinkled with yellow sapphires, garnets and citrines, or polished tourmalines of deep green and pink. Three pearl rings complete the collection. The most striking sparkles with a large creamy south sea Mabe pearl surrounded by smaller black Tahitian pearls which Barbara calls “quirky and off-the-cuff.”

Barbara has spent the past 50 years crafting her beautiful jewels. Each is a work of art designed to last a lifetime and beyond: “Nothing we wear defines us quite the same way as jewellery. It is a miniature art form that light up our lives.”

Barbara Heath’s collection of new rings is now on display at Handmark Gallery.

Artist book trilogy — Jennifer Marshall

Published 6 April 2025

A decade long collaboration between artist Jennifer Marshall and writer Janet Upcher has concluded triumphantly with the launch of Turning – the final instalment in their Artist Book trilogy.

Turning, a collection of prints by Jennifer and poems by Janet, is their third Artist book about the four elements: earth, wind, fire and air. Meticulously hand-crafted, it is a work of art. Pages are hand-sewn by an artisan book binder, the paper is cotton, and the poems handwritten. Only six copies exist.

Artist books are rare treasures. Jennifer produced her first in 1977 and all are held in private and public collections, “Artist books are compelling in their intimacy. We engage with them, touching the paper and turning pages. It’s a personal connection,” Jennifer explains.
The first in the trilogy, Quaternity, introduces the four elements. Book two, Turbulence, warns of chaos, but in Turning we look to the future with hope. Expressed so eloquently in Jennifer’s cover profile of Janus, the Roman god of beginnings, and the words of Janet:
“When wars rage and woes of the world weigh on you and wear you down
Let sunlight in the garden release you from the shadows…”
                             
The Artist book trilogy by Jennifer Marshall and Janet Upcher is in the Rare Book collection of the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery and is available to purchase through Handmark.  Please contact the Gallery for further information.

Alex White — Shelter

Published 6 April 2025

Printmaker Alex White is a relatively new Handmark discovery. And his second outing for the Gallery is another homage to Tasmania’s iconic mountain huts.

Last April Alex had two works in the Emerging Artist Exhibition. One year later, 16 of his striking black and white prints are being showcased in his Shelter exhibition. “This is beyond all my expectations,” he says. “Again, I am inspired by the old high-country huts that provided shelter to hunters, stockmen and trekkers.”

Most of Alex’s huts are in the ruggedly remote Central Highlands. But in this exhibition, he also ventures closer to home, to Sama Hut on Mt Wellington/Kunyani, “a very unusual ‘A’ frame structure clad in corrugated iron, which according to local legend was carted up from Glenorchy.”

In another work, Alex takes us inside Sama Hut where a kettle, frypans and an old billy hang above an old stone fireplace immediately enveloping us with a feeling of comfort and safety. “These shelters are part of our history, but just a few remain. I am on a mission to document as many as I can before they are lost forever.”

Alex’s Shelter opens at Handmark this Friday 4 April at 5pm and continues until 27 April.

Image credit: Alex White, Sama Hut II, 2025, linocut, edition of 8, 40 x 32 cm

Olivia Moroney — Komorebi

Published 6 April 2025

The Southern Midlands is Olivia Moroney’s artistic playground, and the exhibition of new prints and drawings revisits this landscape with a dramatic boldness. Her inspiration – Komorebi.

There is no English equivalent. Komorebi is a Japanese word describing the interplay of light through leaves on a tree. “After spending time at an artist’s workshop in Japan, I was passionate about capturing Tasmania’s strong light,” Olivia tells us. She does this brilliantly in a series of dry-point print tree profiles. Summer’s sun casts long dark shadows. These diffuse on winter’s arrival.

A monochromatic palette and pared-back forms, brings the stark beauty of the landscape around Olivia’s family farm at Jericho, to life. In the charcoal and gouache drawing, The Last Light of the Day, a dramatic shard of light pierces the countryside, while a subtle softness falls over the land in Morning Blaze.

Komorebi takes us on a powerful journey. We glimpse familiar scenes in Artist Books as Olivia drives across her beloved Midlands. “All the roads are different. Where are we going? Where will we end up? But as we continue nothing is more captivating than the beautiful light.”

Olivia’s Komorebi opens at Handmark this Friday 4 April at 5pm and continues until 27 April. 

Image credit: Olivia Moroney, The last light of the day, 2025, gouache and charcoal on paper, 70 x 89 cm

Kaye Green — Book Collaboration

Published 4 March 2025

Handmark printmaker, Kaye Green, was honoured to provide the artwork for The Ancients, a book by acclaimed Tasmanian nature writer, Andrew Darby.

The Ancients takes us on an odyssey across wild Tasmania to discover the world’s oldest trees, and Kaye was the perfect choice for the illustrations. In terms of subject, nothing has consumed her artistic life as much as trees: “They capture me. Trees seem to call me,” she explains.

Kaye’s beautiful lithographs include gnarled pencil pines bent low by howling winds, a primeval King Billy, and most memorably, the rare King’s Lomatia. “This tree is so impossible to find, I couldn’t track down any photos to work from. Instead, I used a sapling from the Botanical Gardens as my guide.”

“My collaboration with Andrew was a match made in heaven. It was one of the most amazing experiences of my career. The chance to work with such a committed and wonderful author was a once-in-a-lifetime experience.”

The Ancients will be launched at Fullers Bookstore in Hobart on March 3, with an exhibition of Kaye’s work, including the limited edition lithographs featured in the book.

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emily blom — to hold what fades

Published 30 June 2025

Emily Blom, Before The Petals Stirred, 2025, Acrylic on canvas with offset and stencil print, 110 x110 cm framed.

That fleeting moment of perfection is gloriously captured by Emily Blom in her exhibition of new works, To Hold What Fades. But alongside the delicate paintings of beautiful young women that have become Emily’s signature, there are surprises.

The cherry blossom is a perfect metaphor: “The blossom falls gracefully after its brief, stunning bloom. Its beauty short-lived,” Emily reflects. “Yet the fleeting nature of its existence is what makes it so beautiful. It is this moment, suspended between blossoming and fading, that I have sought to capture in this body of work.”

Beautiful young women on the cusp of womanhood, their faces hidden from view, “are suspened in that magical moment before change.” In Among the Golden Leaves we gaze down on Emily’s daughter Madeline, her long dress encircled like a rose. “It’s as if a seed has emerged from the darkness and a flower is unfurling.” All Emily’s figures are swathed in rich decorative clothing. “I love the inherent feminity of fabric.”

But, in To Hold What Fades Emily expands her artistic voice. She also presents a series of small still-life flowers, however it is her five-panelled landscape of kunanyi/Mount Wellington that demands attention: “My exhibition explores the strength and vulnerability of femininity, and I have approached this landscape from that viewpoint. The mountain is presented as a feminine presence looking over us, nurturing us and protecting us.”

Emily Blom and Katina Gavalas’ exhibition, opens at Handmark this Friday June 20 until July 21.

katina gavalas — in her threads

Published 30 June 2025

Katina Gavalas, Table for Five, 2025, Collagraph,Relief print & Handcolour, edition of 10, framed 91 x 119cm.
Katina Gavalas digs deep into family treasures to produce her most stunning collection of limited edition prints. Female forms and delicately layered patterns referencing family heirlooms of lace and embroidery, shine brightly in the beautiful new works unveiled in her Seductive Tranquility exhibition.

Katina pays homage to strong women in her life – her late sister, mother and grandmothers. “These talented women are my inspiration, and I have incorporated treasured pieces they made into my prints.” She also proudly references her Greek heritage where embroidery was a skill handed down through the generations. “I elevate these precious heirlooms into emblems of strength to honour my matriarchal influences.”

Embroidered doileys made by her grandmothers are a recurring visual theme. Katina uses them to clothe anonymous female forms. They also layer her backgrounds in rich patterns respendent with ultramarine blue – the colour of Greece – and touches of gold celebrating rituals and family life. In What She Wore, a bedspread made by her grandmother is crafted into a beautiful dress.

Since childhood Katina has been obsessed with fashion, fabric and pattern, which led her to study fashion designing: “In my compositions I want the viewer to admire and appreciate the precious embroideries and fabrics not only for their workmanship, but to also see them as an integral part of tradition and identity.”

Katina Gavalas and Emily Blom’s exhibition, opens at Handmark this Friday June 20 until July 21.

art consultancy — resonance consulting

Published 30 June 2025

Alex White artworks looking splendid in their new home at the Resonance Consulting Hobart based office.
Handmark is more than just a gallery. In fact, a burgeoning part of the business is providing Art Consultancy Services as witnessed in the recent collaboration with leading Hobart company, Resonance Consulting.

When Resonance relocated into their new city office, creating a vibrant space for clients and employees was top of mind. Handmark Director, Allanah Dopson, became their first port of call: “Our office was a blank canvas, and we decided to start with the artwork and build out from there,” Alice Agnew from Resonance explains.
Resonance is a rapidly growing company that partners in project planning, delivery and management. They have just undergone a major rebrand, and Allanah helped bring that vision to life. “We needed art to make a statement while also supporting Tasmanian talent. After trying different options, emerging Hobart artist, Alex White was the perfect fit.”

Four of his large bold prints of Tasmanian mountain huts now hang pride of place in the foyer. “The feedback has been overwhelming,” Alice enthuses. And for Alex, it’s beyond exciting: “I feel so honoured that Resonance chose my work. My art is very niche, and to find it sitting side-by-side in a commercial space is totally unexpected – but really fulfilling. ”

Just contact Handmark Gallery for details of their Art Consultancy Services.

Musical Tour De Force — Bach in the Gallery

Published 30 April 2025

Handmark has secured Australian viola virtuoso, James Wannan, for an intimate concert in the Gallery that promises to be unforgettable – not just for the glories of Bach, but also for the magic of James himself.

This will be a musical Tour de Force. James, a life-long Bach devotee, will be performing the six Cello Suites on viola which he has been obsessively playing since the age of eight: “These are the greatest works, by the greatest composer. It’s a once in a lifetime experience,” he states.

James will pepper this musical odyssey with unforgettable tales and Bach insights. It would be near impossible to find a more charismatic and entertaining person. James proudly describes himself as “an eccentric musical personality” sharing his home west of Sydney with peacocks, ostriches and two poodles, which he regularly serenades.

Luxuriating in Bach and surrounded by Max Mueller’s wonderful exhibition, this is one super Sunday. James will perform Suites 1 to 4 before a lunch break, during which you are encouraged to enjoy a meal with friends at Salamanca. After the final two suites, join James and Max for a glass of bubbles – and unforgettable conversation!

The concert will be held in Handmark Gallery on Sunday May 25, from 11am – 3pm. There is limited seating and tickets are available through Eventbrite.

Jock Young — Upcoming exhibition

Published 30 April 2025

Tasmanian painter Jock Young has come full circle. His life, and artistic journey, began in Avalon on Sydney’s Northern Beaches. Now, he is back in his childhood home producing glorious landscapes where magical memories burn bright.

Water is everywhere. Jock’s exhibition of new works, Waterways — Plein Air to Abstraction, is inspired by “the dynamic between the movement of the sea and stillness of the land. It’s really about the light,” he explains. Jock paints en plein air with pared-back form and colour. “I am not reporting what I see, it’s how I feel, and my latest works are more abstract.”

Jock has spent the past year in Avalon. “I needed to reconnect with the place where I grew up.” In Yellow Tree Bird Sanctuary, Jock re-visits his “special spot overlooking Careel Bay where I painted as a teenager. It’s magical and untouched.” The bobbing boats and old sheds of this beautiful bay pop up in other works. “I loved sketching here with friends. Now I am back as a professional artist.”

Jock takes us on other adventures. Glowing with rich ochre, we marvel at the Larapinta Trail in Central Australia. While a favourite Tasmanian surf beach, Goats Bluff, shimmers on a scorching day. “It felt like the whole place was burning with colour.”

Jock’s exhibition, Waterways — Plein Air to Abstraction, will be on show at Handmark Gallery from May 2 – 19.

Image credit: Careel Bay Boat Shed in the sun, 2025, Oil on linen, 65 x 80 cm

Barbara Heath — Glistening gems

Published 30 April 2025

One of Australia’s most revered contemporary jewellers, Barbara Heath, has just delivered a collection of beautiful new rings to Handmark Gallery. This small batch of handcrafted delights dazzles with glorious gemstones and luscious pearls.

Only eight new rings. Each one is a masterful balance of boldness and refinement. The largest is a showstopper. A sizeable domed rose quartz is surrounded by delicately crafted gold petals dripping with white enamel. This 9ct cabochon ring glows with “the play of light across the top of the stone giving it a delicate softness. It’s a very feminine ring,” Barbara tells us.

There are also cross-over rings sprinkled with yellow sapphires, garnets and citrines, or polished tourmalines of deep green and pink. Three pearl rings complete the collection. The most striking sparkles with a large creamy south sea Mabe pearl surrounded by smaller black Tahitian pearls which Barbara calls “quirky and off-the-cuff.”

Barbara has spent the past 50 years crafting her beautiful jewels. Each is a work of art designed to last a lifetime and beyond: “Nothing we wear defines us quite the same way as jewellery. It is a miniature art form that light up our lives.”

Barbara Heath’s collection of new rings is now on display at Handmark Gallery.

Artist book trilogy — Jennifer Marshall

Published 6 April 2025

A decade long collaboration between artist Jennifer Marshall and writer Janet Upcher has concluded triumphantly with the launch of Turning – the final instalment in their Artist Book trilogy.

Turning, a collection of prints by Jennifer and poems by Janet, is their third Artist book about the four elements: earth, wind, fire and air. Meticulously hand-crafted, it is a work of art. Pages are hand-sewn by an artisan book binder, the paper is cotton, and the poems handwritten. Only six copies exist.

Artist books are rare treasures. Jennifer produced her first in 1977 and all are held in private and public collections, “Artist books are compelling in their intimacy. We engage with them, touching the paper and turning pages. It’s a personal connection,” Jennifer explains.
The first in the trilogy, Quaternity, introduces the four elements. Book two, Turbulence, warns of chaos, but in Turning we look to the future with hope. Expressed so eloquently in Jennifer’s cover profile of Janus, the Roman god of beginnings, and the words of Janet:
“When wars rage and woes of the world weigh on you and wear you down
Let sunlight in the garden release you from the shadows…”
                             
The Artist book trilogy by Jennifer Marshall and Janet Upcher is in the Rare Book collection of the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery and is available to purchase through Handmark.  Please contact the Gallery for further information.

Alex White — Shelter

Published 6 April 2025

Printmaker Alex White is a relatively new Handmark discovery. And his second outing for the Gallery is another homage to Tasmania’s iconic mountain huts.

Last April Alex had two works in the Emerging Artist Exhibition. One year later, 16 of his striking black and white prints are being showcased in his Shelter exhibition. “This is beyond all my expectations,” he says. “Again, I am inspired by the old high-country huts that provided shelter to hunters, stockmen and trekkers.”

Most of Alex’s huts are in the ruggedly remote Central Highlands. But in this exhibition, he also ventures closer to home, to Sama Hut on Mt Wellington/Kunyani, “a very unusual ‘A’ frame structure clad in corrugated iron, which according to local legend was carted up from Glenorchy.”

In another work, Alex takes us inside Sama Hut where a kettle, frypans and an old billy hang above an old stone fireplace immediately enveloping us with a feeling of comfort and safety. “These shelters are part of our history, but just a few remain. I am on a mission to document as many as I can before they are lost forever.”

Alex’s Shelter opens at Handmark this Friday 4 April at 5pm and continues until 27 April.

Image credit: Alex White, Sama Hut II, 2025, linocut, edition of 8, 40 x 32 cm

Olivia Moroney — Komorebi

Published 6 April 2025

The Southern Midlands is Olivia Moroney’s artistic playground, and the exhibition of new prints and drawings revisits this landscape with a dramatic boldness. Her inspiration – Komorebi.

There is no English equivalent. Komorebi is a Japanese word describing the interplay of light through leaves on a tree. “After spending time at an artist’s workshop in Japan, I was passionate about capturing Tasmania’s strong light,” Olivia tells us. She does this brilliantly in a series of dry-point print tree profiles. Summer’s sun casts long dark shadows. These diffuse on winter’s arrival.

A monochromatic palette and pared-back forms, brings the stark beauty of the landscape around Olivia’s family farm at Jericho, to life. In the charcoal and gouache drawing, The Last Light of the Day, a dramatic shard of light pierces the countryside, while a subtle softness falls over the land in Morning Blaze.

Komorebi takes us on a powerful journey. We glimpse familiar scenes in Artist Books as Olivia drives across her beloved Midlands. “All the roads are different. Where are we going? Where will we end up? But as we continue nothing is more captivating than the beautiful light.”

Olivia’s Komorebi opens at Handmark this Friday 4 April at 5pm and continues until 27 April. 

Image credit: Olivia Moroney, The last light of the day, 2025, gouache and charcoal on paper, 70 x 89 cm

Kaye Green — Book Collaboration

Published 4 March 2025

Handmark printmaker, Kaye Green, was honoured to provide the artwork for The Ancients, a book by acclaimed Tasmanian nature writer, Andrew Darby.

The Ancients takes us on an odyssey across wild Tasmania to discover the world’s oldest trees, and Kaye was the perfect choice for the illustrations. In terms of subject, nothing has consumed her artistic life as much as trees: “They capture me. Trees seem to call me,” she explains.

Kaye’s beautiful lithographs include gnarled pencil pines bent low by howling winds, a primeval King Billy, and most memorably, the rare King’s Lomatia. “This tree is so impossible to find, I couldn’t track down any photos to work from. Instead, I used a sapling from the Botanical Gardens as my guide.”

“My collaboration with Andrew was a match made in heaven. It was one of the most amazing experiences of my career. The chance to work with such a committed and wonderful author was a once-in-a-lifetime experience.”

The Ancients will be launched at Fullers Bookstore in Hobart on March 3, with an exhibition of Kaye’s work, including the limited edition lithographs featured in the book.

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emily blom — to hold what fades

Published 30 June 2025

Emily Blom, Before The Petals Stirred, 2025, Acrylic on canvas with offset and stencil print, 110 x110 cm framed.

That fleeting moment of perfection is gloriously captured by Emily Blom in her exhibition of new works, To Hold What Fades. But alongside the delicate paintings of beautiful young women that have become Emily’s signature, there are surprises.

The cherry blossom is a perfect metaphor: “The blossom falls gracefully after its brief, stunning bloom. Its beauty short-lived,” Emily reflects. “Yet the fleeting nature of its existence is what makes it so beautiful. It is this moment, suspended between blossoming and fading, that I have sought to capture in this body of work.”

Beautiful young women on the cusp of womanhood, their faces hidden from view, “are suspened in that magical moment before change.” In Among the Golden Leaves we gaze down on Emily’s daughter Madeline, her long dress encircled like a rose. “It’s as if a seed has emerged from the darkness and a flower is unfurling.” All Emily’s figures are swathed in rich decorative clothing. “I love the inherent feminity of fabric.”

But, in To Hold What Fades Emily expands her artistic voice. She also presents a series of small still-life flowers, however it is her five-panelled landscape of kunanyi/Mount Wellington that demands attention: “My exhibition explores the strength and vulnerability of femininity, and I have approached this landscape from that viewpoint. The mountain is presented as a feminine presence looking over us, nurturing us and protecting us.”

Emily Blom and Katina Gavalas’ exhibition, opens at Handmark this Friday June 20 until July 21.

katina gavalas — in her threads

Published 30 June 2025

Katina Gavalas, Table for Five, 2025, Collagraph,Relief print & Handcolour, edition of 10, framed 91 x 119cm.
Katina Gavalas digs deep into family treasures to produce her most stunning collection of limited edition prints. Female forms and delicately layered patterns referencing family heirlooms of lace and embroidery, shine brightly in the beautiful new works unveiled in her Seductive Tranquility exhibition.

Katina pays homage to strong women in her life – her late sister, mother and grandmothers. “These talented women are my inspiration, and I have incorporated treasured pieces they made into my prints.” She also proudly references her Greek heritage where embroidery was a skill handed down through the generations. “I elevate these precious heirlooms into emblems of strength to honour my matriarchal influences.”

Embroidered doileys made by her grandmothers are a recurring visual theme. Katina uses them to clothe anonymous female forms. They also layer her backgrounds in rich patterns respendent with ultramarine blue – the colour of Greece – and touches of gold celebrating rituals and family life. In What She Wore, a bedspread made by her grandmother is crafted into a beautiful dress.

Since childhood Katina has been obsessed with fashion, fabric and pattern, which led her to study fashion designing: “In my compositions I want the viewer to admire and appreciate the precious embroideries and fabrics not only for their workmanship, but to also see them as an integral part of tradition and identity.”

Katina Gavalas and Emily Blom’s exhibition, opens at Handmark this Friday June 20 until July 21.

art consultancy — resonance consulting

Published 30 June 2025

Alex White artworks looking splendid in their new home at the Resonance Consulting Hobart based office.
Handmark is more than just a gallery. In fact, a burgeoning part of the business is providing Art Consultancy Services as witnessed in the recent collaboration with leading Hobart company, Resonance Consulting.

When Resonance relocated into their new city office, creating a vibrant space for clients and employees was top of mind. Handmark Director, Allanah Dopson, became their first port of call: “Our office was a blank canvas, and we decided to start with the artwork and build out from there,” Alice Agnew from Resonance explains.
Resonance is a rapidly growing company that partners in project planning, delivery and management. They have just undergone a major rebrand, and Allanah helped bring that vision to life. “We needed art to make a statement while also supporting Tasmanian talent. After trying different options, emerging Hobart artist, Alex White was the perfect fit.”

Four of his large bold prints of Tasmanian mountain huts now hang pride of place in the foyer. “The feedback has been overwhelming,” Alice enthuses. And for Alex, it’s beyond exciting: “I feel so honoured that Resonance chose my work. My art is very niche, and to find it sitting side-by-side in a commercial space is totally unexpected – but really fulfilling. ”

Just contact Handmark Gallery for details of their Art Consultancy Services.

Musical Tour De Force — Bach in the Gallery

Published 30 April 2025

Handmark has secured Australian viola virtuoso, James Wannan, for an intimate concert in the Gallery that promises to be unforgettable – not just for the glories of Bach, but also for the magic of James himself.

This will be a musical Tour de Force. James, a life-long Bach devotee, will be performing the six Cello Suites on viola which he has been obsessively playing since the age of eight: “These are the greatest works, by the greatest composer. It’s a once in a lifetime experience,” he states.

James will pepper this musical odyssey with unforgettable tales and Bach insights. It would be near impossible to find a more charismatic and entertaining person. James proudly describes himself as “an eccentric musical personality” sharing his home west of Sydney with peacocks, ostriches and two poodles, which he regularly serenades.

Luxuriating in Bach and surrounded by Max Mueller’s wonderful exhibition, this is one super Sunday. James will perform Suites 1 to 4 before a lunch break, during which you are encouraged to enjoy a meal with friends at Salamanca. After the final two suites, join James and Max for a glass of bubbles – and unforgettable conversation!

The concert will be held in Handmark Gallery on Sunday May 25, from 11am – 3pm. There is limited seating and tickets are available through Eventbrite.

Jock Young — Upcoming exhibition

Published 30 April 2025

Tasmanian painter Jock Young has come full circle. His life, and artistic journey, began in Avalon on Sydney’s Northern Beaches. Now, he is back in his childhood home producing glorious landscapes where magical memories burn bright.

Water is everywhere. Jock’s exhibition of new works, Waterways — Plein Air to Abstraction, is inspired by “the dynamic between the movement of the sea and stillness of the land. It’s really about the light,” he explains. Jock paints en plein air with pared-back form and colour. “I am not reporting what I see, it’s how I feel, and my latest works are more abstract.”

Jock has spent the past year in Avalon. “I needed to reconnect with the place where I grew up.” In Yellow Tree Bird Sanctuary, Jock re-visits his “special spot overlooking Careel Bay where I painted as a teenager. It’s magical and untouched.” The bobbing boats and old sheds of this beautiful bay pop up in other works. “I loved sketching here with friends. Now I am back as a professional artist.”

Jock takes us on other adventures. Glowing with rich ochre, we marvel at the Larapinta Trail in Central Australia. While a favourite Tasmanian surf beach, Goats Bluff, shimmers on a scorching day. “It felt like the whole place was burning with colour.”

Jock’s exhibition, Waterways — Plein Air to Abstraction, will be on show at Handmark Gallery from May 2 – 19.

Image credit: Careel Bay Boat Shed in the sun, 2025, Oil on linen, 65 x 80 cm

Barbara Heath — Glistening gems

Published 30 April 2025

One of Australia’s most revered contemporary jewellers, Barbara Heath, has just delivered a collection of beautiful new rings to Handmark Gallery. This small batch of handcrafted delights dazzles with glorious gemstones and luscious pearls.

Only eight new rings. Each one is a masterful balance of boldness and refinement. The largest is a showstopper. A sizeable domed rose quartz is surrounded by delicately crafted gold petals dripping with white enamel. This 9ct cabochon ring glows with “the play of light across the top of the stone giving it a delicate softness. It’s a very feminine ring,” Barbara tells us.

There are also cross-over rings sprinkled with yellow sapphires, garnets and citrines, or polished tourmalines of deep green and pink. Three pearl rings complete the collection. The most striking sparkles with a large creamy south sea Mabe pearl surrounded by smaller black Tahitian pearls which Barbara calls “quirky and off-the-cuff.”

Barbara has spent the past 50 years crafting her beautiful jewels. Each is a work of art designed to last a lifetime and beyond: “Nothing we wear defines us quite the same way as jewellery. It is a miniature art form that light up our lives.”

Barbara Heath’s collection of new rings is now on display at Handmark Gallery.

Artist book trilogy — Jennifer Marshall

Published 6 April 2025

A decade long collaboration between artist Jennifer Marshall and writer Janet Upcher has concluded triumphantly with the launch of Turning – the final instalment in their Artist Book trilogy.

Turning, a collection of prints by Jennifer and poems by Janet, is their third Artist book about the four elements: earth, wind, fire and air. Meticulously hand-crafted, it is a work of art. Pages are hand-sewn by an artisan book binder, the paper is cotton, and the poems handwritten. Only six copies exist.

Artist books are rare treasures. Jennifer produced her first in 1977 and all are held in private and public collections, “Artist books are compelling in their intimacy. We engage with them, touching the paper and turning pages. It’s a personal connection,” Jennifer explains.
The first in the trilogy, Quaternity, introduces the four elements. Book two, Turbulence, warns of chaos, but in Turning we look to the future with hope. Expressed so eloquently in Jennifer’s cover profile of Janus, the Roman god of beginnings, and the words of Janet:
“When wars rage and woes of the world weigh on you and wear you down
Let sunlight in the garden release you from the shadows…”
                             
The Artist book trilogy by Jennifer Marshall and Janet Upcher is in the Rare Book collection of the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery and is available to purchase through Handmark.  Please contact the Gallery for further information.

Alex White — Shelter

Published 6 April 2025

Printmaker Alex White is a relatively new Handmark discovery. And his second outing for the Gallery is another homage to Tasmania’s iconic mountain huts.

Last April Alex had two works in the Emerging Artist Exhibition. One year later, 16 of his striking black and white prints are being showcased in his Shelter exhibition. “This is beyond all my expectations,” he says. “Again, I am inspired by the old high-country huts that provided shelter to hunters, stockmen and trekkers.”

Most of Alex’s huts are in the ruggedly remote Central Highlands. But in this exhibition, he also ventures closer to home, to Sama Hut on Mt Wellington/Kunyani, “a very unusual ‘A’ frame structure clad in corrugated iron, which according to local legend was carted up from Glenorchy.”

In another work, Alex takes us inside Sama Hut where a kettle, frypans and an old billy hang above an old stone fireplace immediately enveloping us with a feeling of comfort and safety. “These shelters are part of our history, but just a few remain. I am on a mission to document as many as I can before they are lost forever.”

Alex’s Shelter opens at Handmark this Friday 4 April at 5pm and continues until 27 April.

Image credit: Alex White, Sama Hut II, 2025, linocut, edition of 8, 40 x 32 cm

Olivia Moroney — Komorebi

Published 6 April 2025

The Southern Midlands is Olivia Moroney’s artistic playground, and the exhibition of new prints and drawings revisits this landscape with a dramatic boldness. Her inspiration – Komorebi.

There is no English equivalent. Komorebi is a Japanese word describing the interplay of light through leaves on a tree. “After spending time at an artist’s workshop in Japan, I was passionate about capturing Tasmania’s strong light,” Olivia tells us. She does this brilliantly in a series of dry-point print tree profiles. Summer’s sun casts long dark shadows. These diffuse on winter’s arrival.

A monochromatic palette and pared-back forms, brings the stark beauty of the landscape around Olivia’s family farm at Jericho, to life. In the charcoal and gouache drawing, The Last Light of the Day, a dramatic shard of light pierces the countryside, while a subtle softness falls over the land in Morning Blaze.

Komorebi takes us on a powerful journey. We glimpse familiar scenes in Artist Books as Olivia drives across her beloved Midlands. “All the roads are different. Where are we going? Where will we end up? But as we continue nothing is more captivating than the beautiful light.”

Olivia’s Komorebi opens at Handmark this Friday 4 April at 5pm and continues until 27 April. 

Image credit: Olivia Moroney, The last light of the day, 2025, gouache and charcoal on paper, 70 x 89 cm

Kaye Green — Book Collaboration

Published 4 March 2025

Handmark printmaker, Kaye Green, was honoured to provide the artwork for The Ancients, a book by acclaimed Tasmanian nature writer, Andrew Darby.

The Ancients takes us on an odyssey across wild Tasmania to discover the world’s oldest trees, and Kaye was the perfect choice for the illustrations. In terms of subject, nothing has consumed her artistic life as much as trees: “They capture me. Trees seem to call me,” she explains.

Kaye’s beautiful lithographs include gnarled pencil pines bent low by howling winds, a primeval King Billy, and most memorably, the rare King’s Lomatia. “This tree is so impossible to find, I couldn’t track down any photos to work from. Instead, I used a sapling from the Botanical Gardens as my guide.”

“My collaboration with Andrew was a match made in heaven. It was one of the most amazing experiences of my career. The chance to work with such a committed and wonderful author was a once-in-a-lifetime experience.”

The Ancients will be launched at Fullers Bookstore in Hobart on March 3, with an exhibition of Kaye’s work, including the limited edition lithographs featured in the book.

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emily blom — to hold what fades

Published 30 June 2025

Emily Blom, Before The Petals Stirred, 2025, Acrylic on canvas with offset and stencil print, 110 x110 cm framed.

That fleeting moment of perfection is gloriously captured by Emily Blom in her exhibition of new works, To Hold What Fades. But alongside the delicate paintings of beautiful young women that have become Emily’s signature, there are surprises.

The cherry blossom is a perfect metaphor: “The blossom falls gracefully after its brief, stunning bloom. Its beauty short-lived,” Emily reflects. “Yet the fleeting nature of its existence is what makes it so beautiful. It is this moment, suspended between blossoming and fading, that I have sought to capture in this body of work.”

Beautiful young women on the cusp of womanhood, their faces hidden from view, “are suspened in that magical moment before change.” In Among the Golden Leaves we gaze down on Emily’s daughter Madeline, her long dress encircled like a rose. “It’s as if a seed has emerged from the darkness and a flower is unfurling.” All Emily’s figures are swathed in rich decorative clothing. “I love the inherent feminity of fabric.”

But, in To Hold What Fades Emily expands her artistic voice. She also presents a series of small still-life flowers, however it is her five-panelled landscape of kunanyi/Mount Wellington that demands attention: “My exhibition explores the strength and vulnerability of femininity, and I have approached this landscape from that viewpoint. The mountain is presented as a feminine presence looking over us, nurturing us and protecting us.”

Emily Blom and Katina Gavalas’ exhibition, opens at Handmark this Friday June 20 until July 21.

katina gavalas — in her threads

Published 30 June 2025

Katina Gavalas, Table for Five, 2025, Collagraph,Relief print & Handcolour, edition of 10, framed 91 x 119cm.
Katina Gavalas digs deep into family treasures to produce her most stunning collection of limited edition prints. Female forms and delicately layered patterns referencing family heirlooms of lace and embroidery, shine brightly in the beautiful new works unveiled in her Seductive Tranquility exhibition.

Katina pays homage to strong women in her life – her late sister, mother and grandmothers. “These talented women are my inspiration, and I have incorporated treasured pieces they made into my prints.” She also proudly references her Greek heritage where embroidery was a skill handed down through the generations. “I elevate these precious heirlooms into emblems of strength to honour my matriarchal influences.”

Embroidered doileys made by her grandmothers are a recurring visual theme. Katina uses them to clothe anonymous female forms. They also layer her backgrounds in rich patterns respendent with ultramarine blue – the colour of Greece – and touches of gold celebrating rituals and family life. In What She Wore, a bedspread made by her grandmother is crafted into a beautiful dress.

Since childhood Katina has been obsessed with fashion, fabric and pattern, which led her to study fashion designing: “In my compositions I want the viewer to admire and appreciate the precious embroideries and fabrics not only for their workmanship, but to also see them as an integral part of tradition and identity.”

Katina Gavalas and Emily Blom’s exhibition, opens at Handmark this Friday June 20 until July 21.

art consultancy — resonance consulting

Published 30 June 2025

Alex White artworks looking splendid in their new home at the Resonance Consulting Hobart based office.
Handmark is more than just a gallery. In fact, a burgeoning part of the business is providing Art Consultancy Services as witnessed in the recent collaboration with leading Hobart company, Resonance Consulting.

When Resonance relocated into their new city office, creating a vibrant space for clients and employees was top of mind. Handmark Director, Allanah Dopson, became their first port of call: “Our office was a blank canvas, and we decided to start with the artwork and build out from there,” Alice Agnew from Resonance explains.
Resonance is a rapidly growing company that partners in project planning, delivery and management. They have just undergone a major rebrand, and Allanah helped bring that vision to life. “We needed art to make a statement while also supporting Tasmanian talent. After trying different options, emerging Hobart artist, Alex White was the perfect fit.”

Four of his large bold prints of Tasmanian mountain huts now hang pride of place in the foyer. “The feedback has been overwhelming,” Alice enthuses. And for Alex, it’s beyond exciting: “I feel so honoured that Resonance chose my work. My art is very niche, and to find it sitting side-by-side in a commercial space is totally unexpected – but really fulfilling. ”

Just contact Handmark Gallery for details of their Art Consultancy Services.

Musical Tour De Force — Bach in the Gallery

Published 30 April 2025

Handmark has secured Australian viola virtuoso, James Wannan, for an intimate concert in the Gallery that promises to be unforgettable – not just for the glories of Bach, but also for the magic of James himself.

This will be a musical Tour de Force. James, a life-long Bach devotee, will be performing the six Cello Suites on viola which he has been obsessively playing since the age of eight: “These are the greatest works, by the greatest composer. It’s a once in a lifetime experience,” he states.

James will pepper this musical odyssey with unforgettable tales and Bach insights. It would be near impossible to find a more charismatic and entertaining person. James proudly describes himself as “an eccentric musical personality” sharing his home west of Sydney with peacocks, ostriches and two poodles, which he regularly serenades.

Luxuriating in Bach and surrounded by Max Mueller’s wonderful exhibition, this is one super Sunday. James will perform Suites 1 to 4 before a lunch break, during which you are encouraged to enjoy a meal with friends at Salamanca. After the final two suites, join James and Max for a glass of bubbles – and unforgettable conversation!

The concert will be held in Handmark Gallery on Sunday May 25, from 11am – 3pm. There is limited seating and tickets are available through Eventbrite.

Jock Young — Upcoming exhibition

Published 30 April 2025

Tasmanian painter Jock Young has come full circle. His life, and artistic journey, began in Avalon on Sydney’s Northern Beaches. Now, he is back in his childhood home producing glorious landscapes where magical memories burn bright.

Water is everywhere. Jock’s exhibition of new works, Waterways — Plein Air to Abstraction, is inspired by “the dynamic between the movement of the sea and stillness of the land. It’s really about the light,” he explains. Jock paints en plein air with pared-back form and colour. “I am not reporting what I see, it’s how I feel, and my latest works are more abstract.”

Jock has spent the past year in Avalon. “I needed to reconnect with the place where I grew up.” In Yellow Tree Bird Sanctuary, Jock re-visits his “special spot overlooking Careel Bay where I painted as a teenager. It’s magical and untouched.” The bobbing boats and old sheds of this beautiful bay pop up in other works. “I loved sketching here with friends. Now I am back as a professional artist.”

Jock takes us on other adventures. Glowing with rich ochre, we marvel at the Larapinta Trail in Central Australia. While a favourite Tasmanian surf beach, Goats Bluff, shimmers on a scorching day. “It felt like the whole place was burning with colour.”

Jock’s exhibition, Waterways — Plein Air to Abstraction, will be on show at Handmark Gallery from May 2 – 19.

Image credit: Careel Bay Boat Shed in the sun, 2025, Oil on linen, 65 x 80 cm

Barbara Heath — Glistening gems

Published 30 April 2025

One of Australia’s most revered contemporary jewellers, Barbara Heath, has just delivered a collection of beautiful new rings to Handmark Gallery. This small batch of handcrafted delights dazzles with glorious gemstones and luscious pearls.

Only eight new rings. Each one is a masterful balance of boldness and refinement. The largest is a showstopper. A sizeable domed rose quartz is surrounded by delicately crafted gold petals dripping with white enamel. This 9ct cabochon ring glows with “the play of light across the top of the stone giving it a delicate softness. It’s a very feminine ring,” Barbara tells us.

There are also cross-over rings sprinkled with yellow sapphires, garnets and citrines, or polished tourmalines of deep green and pink. Three pearl rings complete the collection. The most striking sparkles with a large creamy south sea Mabe pearl surrounded by smaller black Tahitian pearls which Barbara calls “quirky and off-the-cuff.”

Barbara has spent the past 50 years crafting her beautiful jewels. Each is a work of art designed to last a lifetime and beyond: “Nothing we wear defines us quite the same way as jewellery. It is a miniature art form that light up our lives.”

Barbara Heath’s collection of new rings is now on display at Handmark Gallery.

Artist book trilogy — Jennifer Marshall

Published 6 April 2025

A decade long collaboration between artist Jennifer Marshall and writer Janet Upcher has concluded triumphantly with the launch of Turning – the final instalment in their Artist Book trilogy.

Turning, a collection of prints by Jennifer and poems by Janet, is their third Artist book about the four elements: earth, wind, fire and air. Meticulously hand-crafted, it is a work of art. Pages are hand-sewn by an artisan book binder, the paper is cotton, and the poems handwritten. Only six copies exist.

Artist books are rare treasures. Jennifer produced her first in 1977 and all are held in private and public collections, “Artist books are compelling in their intimacy. We engage with them, touching the paper and turning pages. It’s a personal connection,” Jennifer explains.
The first in the trilogy, Quaternity, introduces the four elements. Book two, Turbulence, warns of chaos, but in Turning we look to the future with hope. Expressed so eloquently in Jennifer’s cover profile of Janus, the Roman god of beginnings, and the words of Janet:
“When wars rage and woes of the world weigh on you and wear you down
Let sunlight in the garden release you from the shadows…”
                             
The Artist book trilogy by Jennifer Marshall and Janet Upcher is in the Rare Book collection of the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery and is available to purchase through Handmark.  Please contact the Gallery for further information.

Alex White — Shelter

Published 6 April 2025

Printmaker Alex White is a relatively new Handmark discovery. And his second outing for the Gallery is another homage to Tasmania’s iconic mountain huts.

Last April Alex had two works in the Emerging Artist Exhibition. One year later, 16 of his striking black and white prints are being showcased in his Shelter exhibition. “This is beyond all my expectations,” he says. “Again, I am inspired by the old high-country huts that provided shelter to hunters, stockmen and trekkers.”

Most of Alex’s huts are in the ruggedly remote Central Highlands. But in this exhibition, he also ventures closer to home, to Sama Hut on Mt Wellington/Kunyani, “a very unusual ‘A’ frame structure clad in corrugated iron, which according to local legend was carted up from Glenorchy.”

In another work, Alex takes us inside Sama Hut where a kettle, frypans and an old billy hang above an old stone fireplace immediately enveloping us with a feeling of comfort and safety. “These shelters are part of our history, but just a few remain. I am on a mission to document as many as I can before they are lost forever.”

Alex’s Shelter opens at Handmark this Friday 4 April at 5pm and continues until 27 April.

Image credit: Alex White, Sama Hut II, 2025, linocut, edition of 8, 40 x 32 cm

Olivia Moroney — Komorebi

Published 6 April 2025

The Southern Midlands is Olivia Moroney’s artistic playground, and the exhibition of new prints and drawings revisits this landscape with a dramatic boldness. Her inspiration – Komorebi.

There is no English equivalent. Komorebi is a Japanese word describing the interplay of light through leaves on a tree. “After spending time at an artist’s workshop in Japan, I was passionate about capturing Tasmania’s strong light,” Olivia tells us. She does this brilliantly in a series of dry-point print tree profiles. Summer’s sun casts long dark shadows. These diffuse on winter’s arrival.

A monochromatic palette and pared-back forms, brings the stark beauty of the landscape around Olivia’s family farm at Jericho, to life. In the charcoal and gouache drawing, The Last Light of the Day, a dramatic shard of light pierces the countryside, while a subtle softness falls over the land in Morning Blaze.

Komorebi takes us on a powerful journey. We glimpse familiar scenes in Artist Books as Olivia drives across her beloved Midlands. “All the roads are different. Where are we going? Where will we end up? But as we continue nothing is more captivating than the beautiful light.”

Olivia’s Komorebi opens at Handmark this Friday 4 April at 5pm and continues until 27 April. 

Image credit: Olivia Moroney, The last light of the day, 2025, gouache and charcoal on paper, 70 x 89 cm

Kaye Green — Book Collaboration

Published 4 March 2025

Handmark printmaker, Kaye Green, was honoured to provide the artwork for The Ancients, a book by acclaimed Tasmanian nature writer, Andrew Darby.

The Ancients takes us on an odyssey across wild Tasmania to discover the world’s oldest trees, and Kaye was the perfect choice for the illustrations. In terms of subject, nothing has consumed her artistic life as much as trees: “They capture me. Trees seem to call me,” she explains.

Kaye’s beautiful lithographs include gnarled pencil pines bent low by howling winds, a primeval King Billy, and most memorably, the rare King’s Lomatia. “This tree is so impossible to find, I couldn’t track down any photos to work from. Instead, I used a sapling from the Botanical Gardens as my guide.”

“My collaboration with Andrew was a match made in heaven. It was one of the most amazing experiences of my career. The chance to work with such a committed and wonderful author was a once-in-a-lifetime experience.”

The Ancients will be launched at Fullers Bookstore in Hobart on March 3, with an exhibition of Kaye’s work, including the limited edition lithographs featured in the book.

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