 First Test Print June 2025 Getting older happens fast, I was always told this but never thought it would happen to me so fast! I have been finding printing large monoprints more and more physically difficult over these last few years. My studio is small and the large press I purchased 35 years ago was taking up too much space and making all the processes involved in printmaking extremely difficult as I have to work seated due to my CRPS and disability. I found I was always crashing into things and there was also limited space to paint. So I reached a turning point and decided to move my big press out and concentrate on painting. However, my brain would not keep quiet, the problem being that I was not ready to stop printmaking and had lots of ideas to work smaller. So I went online and discovered a small bench top press that is portable and could go under a table when I wasn't printing. After much research I bought my new RP12 Enjay portable press (made in Melbourne) and am so excited. It works beautifully, is easy to use due to being very well engineered and gives professional results. My large press has found a new spot and is housed in our well insulated shed where, if I am desperate to print something larger than usual, I can still access. Problem solved! Brain is still way too busy though - planning new work!   "I am fortunate that I thrive on solitude, peace and silence. My studio is my quiet place where I get lost in my art work. My abstract landscapes are inspired by locations that I have visited and moments in time I have experienced. The sunrises and weather that I closely observe from level 5, Epworth Geelong during regular stays for pain management are a constant source of inspiration as is the surrounding landscape of the Grampians region where I live. Art lets me enter an inner world that’s beyond words, this is my sanctuary."
Rosemary Eagle 2023
Last week I received an email from the wonderful PG Printmakers Gallery In Fitzroy Melbourne who stock my prints. It turned out that an art lover and collector from overseas was visiting Melbourne, saw my work in their window display and bought 16 of my monoprints! Needless to say I was absolutley thrilled at this amazing news, it was just the incentive I needed after some difficult months with high pain levels and my general health. Fortunately my finished print drawers are well stocked as I completed a lot of new monprints during summer, so I am collating my prints in order to restock my much depleted folders at the PG Printmakers Gallery ASAP. So thank you to the gentleman art lover and collector for appreciating my work and buying a collection of my prints including many of my 2018 monoprints that I was so very happy with upon completion. It is heart-warming to know I have connected with another person on a deeper level through my art, it makes the creative process so much richer.  Selecting new work to send to the Printmakers Gallery My art continues to be inspired by my observations of the Grampians region landscape, Corio Bay and more recently the city of Geelong as seen from Epworth hospital Waurn Ponds. |
 Detail 'Morning Rendezvous -2 Tugs' |  'Freighter Just Docked' |
Pages 10 & 11 of my small sketch book.
Pages 12 & 13
In 2014 I was gifted one of those expensive hand made artists books by a very special friend. In the past, attempts to fill such books with 'wonderful' drawings have failed and I have cheated and always torn out pages that did not live up to my expectations. I decided that this time I would not rip any pages out and actually fill the book over the next few years if not sooner. So here are the first 9 pages -the good, the not so good or bad depending on who is looking.
In Memory of Val
In Memory of Val
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'Industrial Across the Bay' -monoprint 2015. Inspired by observations and sketches of Corio Bay Geelong
Check out my other New Work for 2015 . I am using my new Caligo Safe Wash inks and loving them, they are easy to work with and cleaning up is as easy as it gets -you just use detergent and then warm water. The inks dry well and suit my multi-plate techniques. This new monoprint utilizes an aluminum plate which I first engrave and draw into with dry point tools. It is printed on Somerset satin white hot pressed 300gm paper.
Check out my other New Work for 2015 . I am using my new Caligo Safe Wash inks and loving them, they are easy to work with and cleaning up is as easy as it gets -you just use detergent and then warm water. The inks dry well and suit my multi-plate techniques. This new monoprint utilizes an aluminum plate which I first engrave and draw into with dry point tools. It is printed on Somerset satin white hot pressed 300gm paper.
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I am an artist & printmaker. I live in the Grampians region Victoria, Australia. My art, in particular printmaking is a key focus in my life and sustains me through many difficult days and nights due to a condition known as Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, see my website www.crps247.com. I believe art nourishes the soul and enriches our lives, something that material wealth fails to do.
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