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Mokulito

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Catherine Mc Cue  One hundred and thirty kilometres from Eronmanga, south west of Queensland is a gas plant, where working as an artist in residence I was free to explore the landscape in and around the plant.  My main interest was in the visual contamination of the surrounding landscape. The images produced use techniques such as mokulito, ‘wood lithography’, monoprint and digitally altered photography. Steel Landscape depicts the harsh landscape that surrounds the plant, the work focuses on the disused material from the plant, now embedded in the dry earth, which in a way has become an accidental sculptural form.  Steel Landscape Mokulito This one was a little different to the others, I did the same preparation as the others, sand, milk, draw add a little nitric  to the gum, but left the plate a lot longer than usual due to unforeseen circumstances. This work also included the use of mono printing to form the background colour, using a clear plastic plate I use createx mo

Historia, Queenscliff Gallery and Workshop 35 Lithographs,

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Historia, Queenscliff Gallery and Workshop  35 lithographs According to the book or bible; Jonah  or  Jonas  is the name given in the  Hebrew Bible  ( Tanakh / Old Testament ) to a  prophet  of the northern  kingdom of Israel  in about the 8th century  BCE . He is the eponymous central figure of the  Book of Jonah , in which he is called upon by  God  to travel to  Nineveh  and warn its residents of impending  divine wrath . Instead, Jonah boards a ship to  Tarshish . Caught in a storm, he orders the ship's crew to cast him overboard, whereupon he is swallowed by a giant fish. Three days later, after Jonah agrees to go to Nineveh, the fish vomits him out onto the shore. Jonah successfully convinces the entire city of Nineveh to repent, but waits outside the city in expectation of its destruction. God shields Jonah from the sun with a  plant , but later sends a worm to cause it to wither. When Jonah complains of the bitter heat, God rebukes him.   Having taking on the task