Artist Catherine Mc Cue Boes

Another two plate wood lithograph, this image was processed using gum only, left to dry for three days, the results where very good when compared with the first image which was etched using gum acid mix on a pre milked sanded board. The other aspect of this process is the cutting out of areas of the plywood to create a white areas, which I liked.   It has been  an interesting start to the new year, been busy trying out different techniques for wood lithography and I am seeing some great works being created. The work so far are based on the Girls Own series started in 2018, the first imaged produced using Mokulito is inspired by Harriet, an antislavery campaigner and Clara, who is said to have created the Red Cross association. Both works have been produced by using Luna wood, two plates each and added chine collie. Some where printed as single plate edition and the other as a two plate colour run. The  total number produced  for both plates is 30, but it wo...

ok been working in the studio, about time, nice to get the time, started working on plywood to add a colour plate to my stone lithography but have found the process to be fascinating, so will continue to do research and discuss the findings on my site.

Ok after many months of working on a collaboration project with write/artist Sue Hutton, we are finally getting it together, six of the images are nearing completion and sue has provided short stories for each. The aim is to create another seven works with text and then self publish the finished product. this will be an ARTIST BOOK and should not be considered as anything other, there are a lot of people and even those organisers of art prizes who have no understanding of what an artist book is, some seem to think is to do with book binding, or altered books, and or photo books. Lots of crafty looking hand bound books are being mistaken for an actual artist book. This is a book that contains original images and text  specifically created for the purpose of making and printing a book made by artists. Watch this space.

Another version: War Games 16 etchings, Color and b/w etchings, soft ground and dry point. Housing: Hard cover in black book cloth with handmade marbled paper, red ties with bullet casing, double concertina artist book. Unique 1987 Part of the Boys toys series that started in 1987. Watching my son playing with toy soldiers lets to a body of work that reflects the destructive nature of boys and their toys. Does this sound like someone you know?

Catherine Mc Cue, Artist Statement WAR Games 2016 Its strange how first encounters stay with you forever. As a young girl growing up in a family with little interest in the arts my first encounter with images came from my magic lantern slides given to me by my grandmother. The slides where such a rich source of imagery and topics that I enjoyed them still. War Pig War Games, for children is one such set of slides, re invented and created as a boxed set,  complete with artist book and contemporary slides.  Materials used include, solar plate etching, embossed linocut, collage slides and text.  First I started to redraw the images to set the scale and size I needed for the slides, these will be re worked  and printed onto clear film, then mounted and framed. When happy,  I reworked the images using Photoshop, to add  textured and noise.  As these would be printed out as transparencies the corre...

The Book of Lost souls 11 Monoprints

Artist: Catherine Mc Cue Boes Australian: Title :  First Revolution (Macbeth) Lithographs Major artist book produced at that time. Publisher: The Red Shoes Press Date: 1989 Leaves: 11 Lithographs (stone lithography) with screen-printed text. Extracts from William Shakespeare’s Macbeth Size: Images is 23 cm x 18 cm book size 51 cm x 36 cm  Housing:  Red book cloth with handmade marbled paper.  Hard cover, traditional stiched binding. Edition:  One of two (each has different color cover)  Printer:  The artist.   References:  M y work reflects the character Macbeth, urged on by mental suggestion, his thinking and his imagination, a concern between the man and the prediction of greatness, to focus on his state of mind, shortly relaxed, letting argument and reason dissolve.  I  see Macbeth as a fusion of personal vision with the complexities of human nature, e.g., good against evil. My main concern is to examine ...