The annual Capricornia Printmakers exhibition allows members to showcase their work to the public, interpreting the theme, 'Wild Things', using their preferred printmaking medium. Invitation
Exhibitors: Alice Robertson | Alys Mendus | Amanda Lawrence 1 | Amanda Lawrence 2 | Anna Medwedski | Carmel Knowles | Diana Clarke 1 | Diana Clarke 2 | Emma Scragg | Jo Tansey 1 | Jo Tansey 2 | Kate Lacy | Kathryn Kerr | Lynn Zelmer | Michele Kershaw | Michelle Black | Nanette Balchin 1 | Nanette Balchin 2 | Nanette Balchin 3 | Owen Wyte | Peta Lloyd | Phillipa Sturgess 1 | Phillipa Sturgess 2 | Ricardo Wilmshurst | Robyn Fields | Sally North 1 | Sally North 2 | Shannon Marsden | Yvonne Elton (Moloney-Law) |
The works were photographed in situ at the exhibition, many of those behind glass have unavoidable but significant reflections. Others may have introduced artefacts from digitally minimising the reflections.
Screenprint, 2026
Inspired by the song Wild Thing, and all the colours, patterns and culture of the 60's & 70's.
Multi-block Lino Print from a run of 9 using varies skin tones, 2026
The piece was composed from a photograph of the artist's child in November 2022 when they moved from the heat Capricornia to the icy Winter chill of the North of England. I realised that multiblock prints with multiple colours could capture the rosy cheeks contrasted with the bright hat and browns of the fence posts.
This multiblock print was created from two pieces of lino and three layers of printing on the press.
Printed on Wadawurrung Country, Victoria.
Monoprint, acrylics on Fabriano watercolour paper, 2026
"Wild" has many definitions referencing flora and fauna, places, events and behaviour. It is also used as an expression of astonishment. Our wild children on a wild, windy day -- it's wild how much I love them.
Eco print, Monoprint, Acrylics, and feathers on denim and linen, 2026
"Wild" has many definitions referencing flora and fauna, places, events and behaviour. It is also used as an expression of astonishment. Our wild children on a wild, windy day -- it's wild how much I love them.
Linoprint on Canson paper, 2026
I'm Anna Medwedski, a young artist who loves exploring different ways to make art and the world we live in. Mostly using watercolors, I recently got into ceramics as well as printmaking; these different mediums allow me to play and translate my feelings in ways I couldn't imagine before. I believe that art and the human experience are political. That's why I love making work around the themes of feminism, freedom, and childlike innocence. It is important for me to empower, to spark curiosity and joy.
Hand coloured lino print, 2026
Will was 3 weeks old when a wild weather event, Cyclone Marcia, decimated the green ant population in our garden and nearby bush. In the aftermath, butterflies and bugs swarmed in large numbers. However, with their habitat and nests shredded, the green ants scattered. Will was 10 when they slowly came marching back to rebuild.
Lino Print, 2026
TABOO - In the Nest
I aimed to immerse the viewer in my discovery of a carpet snake nesting within a chicken coop at 3am. By utilizing the lino-print technique I've captured the ambience of light to develop a visual image accentuating it's curved form.
Silk Screen Print, 2026
This three-dimensional image was developed from a photo taken by the artist who utilized lines within the silk-screen medium to capture the movement and freedom of this wild animal. To generate a realistic experience of the Dingo, honey gold colors were used to captivate a sense of realism of this endangered species.
Tetrapak dry point etching, 2026
Where better to find 'wild things' for the inspiration for this print than Monto's Bunyip Hole, Central Queensland. The grass beside the long billabong is a popular place for cicada nymphs to shed their skins, like people, brave enough to enjoy its dark, mysterious waters.
Tetra Pak Print - Intaglio printing method. This is a sustainable printmaking technique that uses recycled milk cartoons as the plate, 2026
These beautiful pensive birds with big expressive eyes are some of my favourites. These three curlews nearly always hang out near the old resort on Keppel. The most introverted of "Wild Things" they often stand still and pretend that no one can see them.
Drypoint print - Intaglio Process, 2026
This is a satirical drawing of the "Wild things" that roam the streets of Yeppoon. Hunting in packs and menacing both pedestrians and motorised vehicles alike as they weave in and out of traffic doing wheelies.
Lino reduction print, 2026
This seven-colour reduction lino print captures the sharp, poised presence of a Black-shouldered Kite photographed near Rockhampton. Each carved layer builds its soft plumage and intense red gaze, echoing the precision of the bird itself. The work holds a brief moment of stillness with one of Central Queensland's most striking raptors.
Coral Cyanotype on Canvas, 2026
I came to CPI to learn lino printing ... instead, I have spent the last two years making cyanotypes of gorgonian corals!
This on-going series is the perfect fusion of my love of the sea, my love of blue, and my art.
Linoprint on 225gsm acid free A4 art paper, 2026
My purpose in creating this work was to sculpt another lino block for use in CPI Open House workshops, etc. The exhibited work is a misprint displayed with the lino block which created it in order to help viewers understand the linoprint process. The unframed sale work is packaged separately.
The Phoenix has been a common theme in my art works over the years, this one is attempting to escape it's borders as it rises from the ashes. The design itself was developed from one found in an internet search.
Paper plate etching, Linocut, Chine colle, 2026
'At Dusk' is a paper plate etching with Chine colle layers of Linocut prints.
The theme of Wild Things reminded me of the solitary hare that inhabits my horses paddock. The print explores the visible lines we draw across the land and the creatures who do not acknowledge them.
The hare, an animal representing an ancient untamed spirit, elusive presence and a refusal of domestication.
Textile collage: eco-print, lino print on eucalyptus-dyed linen, hand and machine-stitched, 2026
Of This Place is a textile collage made in collaboration with a eucalyptus tree on my property in Dalby, on Queensland's Western Downs. Eucalyptus-dyed linen forms the ground, layered with linoprinted flowers and canopy fragments, alongside eco-printed leaf impressions. Hand stitching is scattered like fallen leaves and the anthers on the flower stamens. Through print, plant dye, fabric and thread, the work becomes a portrait of a tree and its surrounding place, where the wild is not distant, but part of my everyday life.
Multi-plate plastic plate etchings presented as an artist's book, 2026
Cania Gorge is a wild beautiful place. The feeling of "wildness", of being very much surrounded by the bush, is both empowering and rejuvenating. By walking, exploring, observing, listening and engaging all my senses I discover wonder, beauty and calmness at Cania Gorge. The hilly landscape of grass trees bursting into life after a fire create stark black "marks" against the rocky boulders, outcrops and gorge ridge. The drawings reveal a passage of discovery and an encounter with nature and self.
Multi-plate plastic plate etching, 2026
The boulders and rocky outcrops of Cania Gorge were imposing and captivating. In this burnt dry landscape I discovered peeling and crumbling bark, sgrafitto marks on the tree trunks, earthy colours and varied textures on all the surfaces and regrowth after the fires. There's a silence in quietly observing; a calmness in encountering this wildness.
Multi-plate plastic plate etching, 2026
While drawing plein air by the Fitzroy River I found freedom and wildness in my mark making. Equipped with only inks, markers, scratching tools, sticks and a short time frame my impressions are expressive of that moment in time when nothing matters but making art. Drawing using a dremmel and dry point tools on plastic plates was loose, out of control and certainly 'wild', but captured the expressiveness and mood of my drawings.
Linoprint black on 250gsm Fabriano paper, 2026
I've only just started my journey as a print maker and joined the Capricornia Printmakers Inc in July 2026. I work as a graphic designer, I also enjoy photography and painting. I'm very interested in Australian flora and fauna, but also love historical architecture. "Tuff Guy" hinges on humans tendency to anthropomorphize animals. A gorilla in a bowler hat mimics the tuff wharf workers and crooks from the 1830s to 1860s.
Artists' book: mono printed, collaged & cut outs, 2026
Until quite recently I didn't give my 'weeds' a second look, I just pulled them out from my garden, willy nilly, and they just grew back. Now things have changed, I've begun to look at my weeds with new eyes, since finding out that these 'weeds' are not just "a useless or troublesome plant growing wild..." (The Macquarie Dictionary), they are in fact herbs that are food and medicine.
People are going all out creating 'wild' gardens and collecting wild plants, known as Wildcrafting. I'm rather pleased that my 'wild' garden is flourishing without any effort on my part!
Linoprint with encaustic coating, 2026
The 'wild things' in these murky woods are half hidden while they watch you. It is not clear whether they are hunting or hiding. The encaustic (wax) coating adds to the misty atmosphere in this impossible forest - all these creatures would never be found in the same place.
Screen printing on Acrylic plates, 2026
I wanted to show the joyful energy of children at an age where they are free to jump, run, dance, move without the restrictions of adult society. Working with multiple plates allows me to bring a 3 dimensional element to the work.
Linocut, 2026
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Linocut with Chine Colle, 2026
Reflecting on 'wild' as an idea revealed a variety of meanings, both positive and negative. 'Wild' can be thought of as an abundance,as a challenge to norms or rules, something volatile and outrageous - as an excess, or as a state of nature, untamed, unbounded and empty; something raw, authentic, truthful and perhaps an invitation to be civilized, controlled or filled. However, 'wild' also brings up images of determination, power, strength, force, willfulness, freedom, focus, something unpredictable that is beyond control, possibly dangerous, yet deserving of great respect. These features conjure up an image of a tiger for me.
1/6, Photogravure Print on Canson paper in recycled timber frame, 2026
This Black-breasted buzzard sits every morning, watching over his realm. Wild realms that fit this birds requirements are slowly disappearing, resulting in a stark reduction in their numbers. It was a real treat to view these birds in their natural wild environment.
1/6, Multi plate Photogravure on Canson cotton paper in recycled timber frame, 2026
Black-breasted buzzard underwing feathers are soft, downy and elegant, in contrast to its wild outer demeanor and overall raptor appearance.
Carborundum gel intaglio, 2026
Camatkara, in Sanskrit it can mean: Admiration, surprise, miracle, spectacle or "the ecstatic unfolding of the enraptured heart". Asana meaning pose. Can you spot the "wild thing"?
While at yoga school in India, I would try come down to Ganga Ji at least once a day. It was a pleasure to see the same people carry out their daily routine in prayer and offering, bathing or just relaxing. Mostly alone but sometimes with the company of my friends, I would sip on chai and talk with the lady and boys who sold puja flower arti. Something special happened here, the energy can be felt.
Intaglio print combining collagraph, etching, and the deep embossing of engraved PVC plates, 2026
Reclamation is a tactile intaglio print, deeply informed by my Capricorn Coast studio's native bushland, it maps a journey toward personal liberation, portraying the female form as an untamed extension of the earth.
Integrating native flora and insects, the artwork highlights the shared resilience of nature and the human spirit. Delicate ferns mirror the subject finding her agency, while heavily textured plates mimic complex natural undergrowth.
Immersed in the wild, the figure reclaims her voice through a symbiotic connection to the landscape, capturing the raw, untamed truth within ourselves.
Exhibitors: Alice Robertson | Alys Mendus | Amanda Lawrence 1 | Amanda Lawrence 2 | Anna Medwedski | Carmel Knowles | Diana Clarke 1 | Diana Clarke 2 | Emma Scragg | Jo Tansey 1 | Jo Tansey 2 | Kate Lacy | Kathryn Kerr | Lynn Zelmer | Michele Kershaw | Michelle Black | Nanette Balchin 1 | Nanette Balchin 2 | Nanette Balchin 3 | Owen Wyte | Peta Lloyd | Phillipa Sturgess 1 | Phillipa Sturgess 2 | Ricardo Wilmshurst | Robyn Fields | Sally North 1 | Sally North 2 | Shannon Marsden | Yvonne Elton (Moloney-Law) |
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