Art Gallery Book I

[Melbourne: the artist, 2008]

Artist’s book. Unique example, signed, titled and dated 2008 in pencil, signed again in pen 2012. Handmade paper-covered boards, 150 x 285 mm, [36] cotton rag paper leaves bound together by black string; each leaf is printed double-sided with an etching and coloured ink. Each of the pages is uniquely crafted, with patterned impressions in the paper, printed etchings, square cut-outs and handpainted additions.

Bronwyn Rees completed an illustration degree at Queensland College of Art in 1991. Since graduating she has been involved in large commission works for Quay West Brisbane and Holiday Inn Sanctuary Cove. Her work has been exhibited in numerous group and solo exhibitions, and she has also completed short printmaking courses at Macgregor Summer School in Toowoomba, where her tutors have included Basil Hall and Wim de Vos. She held an artist residency at the Glasgow Print Studio in 2000 and is currently based in Melbourne.