Artist Catherine Mc Cue Boes

 Early examples of stone lithographs Dancing puppets,  Materials used, included litho crayons, soft and hard, greasy liquid or stick  tusche. Printed on grey  paper.

Stone lithography  Titled ‘The Puppets’, I believe I was going through a developmental stage when I created this work. My inspiration came from a simple childhood memory of a mobile string puppet show with fabulous characters and costumes. I found the puppets to be both sad and frightening. Initially, I wanted to become familiar with the lithograph process, allowing the drawing to glide smoothly over the smooth stone. Materials used, included litho crayons, soft and hard, greasy liquid or stick  tusche for washes and pencils.

 Introduction to stone lithography. Titled “Deanne,” this simple image depicts a young woman standing in a doorway. The sun illuminates her lower back as she reflects on her day’s work. This was my initial attempt at stone lithography. I commenced by creating a monochrome print, which served as a reference for this work. I was particularly drawn to the way the crayon glides across the stone, resulting in a limited range of tones.

  ”Small Works, Wide Vision”: A Curated Exhibition Redefining the Art Experience For most artists, particularly those involved in group exhibitions, maintaining a catalogue of the works is a fundamental responsibility. However, for me, it transcends the role of a keepsake; it serves as a poignant reminder of the exhilaration of participating in such exhibitions. These exhibitions often impose a restricted scale on the artwork, creating an intimate and immersive experience for the viewer. Curated in 1992 by Tony McCulkin, the exhibition showcased a who’s who of the art world, featuring intriguing works by renowned artists such as Barbara Hanrahan, Wim de Vos, and Julie Haas. Other notable participants included Rick Amor, Noel McKenna, Dean Bowen, Anneke Silver, Ann Lord, Ron McBurnie, Christina Cordero, Graeme Peebles, Doug Spowart, Deborah Walker, Sebastian di Mauro, and local artist Sheena Walsh. It was a thought-provoking exhibition. It would be remarkable to revisit the co...

Mokulito  Title: “Girl in Red Hat” As with my previous endeavours, I commenced the process of sanding the plate. However, this time, I opted to omit the use of milk. To preserve the white of the paper, I carefully removed certain sections. Subsequently, I meticulously combined five drops of nitric acid with gum, applying this mixture to the plate. After allowing it to dry, I applied a second coat. Three weeks later, I successfully printed fifteen images, comprising both black and white lithographs , as well as those featuring chine collie. Notably, some of the images will undergo hand-colouring once dry. The prints exhibited satisfactory results, with a pleasing plate tone and an abundance of wood lines. Following printing, I proceeded to roll the plate in ink, allowing it to dry for a brief period, approximately a day. Subsequently, I coated the plate with just gum and left it to dry for about a week. While this duration is not strictly necessary, a complete drying within 24...

Artists Christine Turner  Jennifer McDuff  Susan Hutton  Trevor Spohr  Wilhelmus Breikers  Catherine McCue 

'Girl in red hat' As with the others, I sanded the plate but this time no milk.  Cut some parts away to retain the white of the paper. Mixed 5 drops of nitric with gum, coated the plate, let dry and applied another coat. Three weeks later I managed to print 15 images, some Black and White, with others added chine collie, others will be hand coloured when dry. They printed up ok, nice plate tone with lots of wood lines. After printing I rolled up the plate in ink, let dry off a little, a day in fact coated with just gum and left to dry for about a week, not necessary really 24 hours would have been ok. The plate printed up as before with no problems, in fact its hard to see the difference except for the lose of fine details,  I will rework  the next image and add more drawing over the ink to see if I can reintroduce the finer tones. ok back to work.  quick life drawing  drawing on plate  blue transfer paper   working the plate

November 12th to 24th   Breathing Space 3  “Breathing Space is the time you allow yourself to think, to regroup, to reflect on ideas. It is also the space where you can make mistakes and from this, learn to assimilate ideas or discard them.  Nothing is more important to an artist’s than this time” Christine Turner – Synthetic posters,    Jennifer McDuff – Painting, Susan Hutton – Encaustics Digital imagining,   Trevor Spohr – Ceramics,    Wilhelmus Breikers –  Painting,  Catherine McCue – Mokulito Wood Lithography and lino Opening Night Event  Friday 15th  6 to 8pm Exhibition hours  10am to 6pm daily https://breathingspace3.wixsite.com/breathing-space

Hybrid experimental printmaking. As part of the ongoing work for Girls Own, I am exploring another area of hybrid printmaking. I am beginning with a drawing, transferring it onto a lithographic stone. I will draw up the usual manner, but I will introduce a pre-digital print onto the lithograph. The objective is to create a work that will hopefully combine the texture of the drawn image produced in lithography with the texture of the lithograph itself. The success of this work will depend on the quality of the pre-digital image printed directly onto the printmaking paper before being overprinted onto the stone.                                                      Title NK bride wearing Kims boots 2019

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 cl...

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....