Night Flowers

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'Night Flowers' is a hand made Linocut print. Printmaking was a major elective of mine at uni, and I was honoured with Distinctions. I love the work, I love the history, and the rewards were always wonderfully surprising and satisfying. There is a lot of work involved in linocut printmaking. The lino has to have a drawing, then it has to be chiselled out. A bit like making a hand made but rather large, rubber stamp, only in this instance, linoleum was used. If there is a printing press involved then a few copies of these prints can be made. But there is no guarantee because linoleum can be very tricky. Especially when you are not using a printing press. Sometimes pieces of linoleum can fall off in the printing process, and to get a clear print, can also be very tricky. Carving very small pieces, as in the instance with this work, can almost give the jitters when it comes to retaining clarity . If you see white dots on this work, it means I have carved tiny little holes in the linoleum. Where you see dark black ink, this is where you see the linoleum is raised. The paper has to be good quality and also acid free as all art should be based on these edicts. The ink has to be ink made especially for printing. Printing ink preparation is also about 'warming up' the ink before using. A spatula on a glass like surface has to continually mix and spread the ink,... mix and spread , mix and spread. Once this is done for a good 5 minutes or so, the ink can then gain much more plasticity, and then a special roller can be guided over the linoleum, and then used on the paper or card for printing, with or without a press. There are many other details involved, but this will give you the gist of what is involved.
The Inspiration is another type of Conceptual idea I had which did gain some momentum within me.
One night I was looking at a bed of flowers in the moonlight and it was so beautiful. It led me to thinking about how linocut printmaking is such a hard medium/ genre of practice to convey the mood of lighting on the linocut printed image. So the concept in this one was not so much the subject, but the technique of conveying light differences on a subject in linocut printing. I believe I was able to work this out successfully. The work is divided into 2 main areas: The night sky with stars, and the moonlight on the left part of the bottom of the image. The moonlight is unseen, but its brightness is able to be understood there.
This is the meaning, and the inspiration for this work.
The medium sized artwork is not a huge work. After all, a section of linocut linoleum is only 30cms x 30cms to buy, and that's for the large one! But they are beautiful to have in the home, for they are like an old favourite hand made sweater. A lot of toil, charactered and caricatured in its process of being hand made. There is a lot of charm in these works. This piece has a modern frame to the work which helps it to fit aesthetically into the modern present. I have provided an in situ for this work and it may provide you an idea of how this can be arranged.
The frame is black painted wood, and is 2cm x 2cmx x 2 cms.
I have also provided a process image of what the linocut looks like. This has been provided so that its bona fide, as every work I do has process pictures for authenticity. Another point too that I will make is that the front signature is not shown. It will be shown on the back of the work. Like all of these works, a Certificate of Authenticity is always provided with these works including large prints of my smaller original drawings.

The front glass is non reflective art glass. This work has been exhibited at Frogmore House, Werrington Campus, and also at Tap Gallery in Sydney.

Thankyou for taking time out to read this. I hope this helps you to gain some insight into the art of Printmaking. There is a definite learned 'knack' to Printmaking!
Please enjoy my profiles and art, and I hope you enjoy yourself. Please feel free to contact me for your art queries. Thankyou!
Sincerely,
Anna Boros

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Anna Boros is a professional artist based in Sydney, Australia.

She currently resides within a living sculpture; walls plastered with mirror mosaics, windows glowing blue with custom leadlighting. It is a personal gallery and exhibition space that houses a lifetime of art creation.

"The abstracted mirror mosaics was a conceptual work, based on the reverence of church reflections and also the inner sanctum of our own reflection when we are alone. We reach a certain so personal space and place within us. The reflections were also to bring about colour, and the colour in the reflections when people visit, is the spark of joy that others bring me- reflections can also be about having our own 'inner sanctum' lit up!"

Anna has been exhibiting her art since 1973: Her work, "King Nebuchadnezzar on his chariot with his team of horses" was her first sale, with the proceeds quickly purchasing a couple of Levi's and some shoes.

In her life Anna has worked as a singing teacher, professional singer, sang at many different venues from Sydney to the Blue Mountains, Metaphysics teacher, radio host, songwriter, poet, performance artist, sculptor, and art teacher (in mosaic and sculpture). Her dedication and contribution to the art world is unquestionable: dozens of her works have been displayed in almost a hundred exhibitions.

Her latest exhibition series, "Everyday Matriarchal Heroines", is a collection of 18 individual portraits. Each portrait, drawn in pastel on canvas, was a celebration of an unsung hero. Titled "Everyday Matriarchal Heroines" , the exhibition, opened by the Honourable member for Lindsay Emma Husar, marked the end of a touching and unique experience for Anna. It took nearly a full year of dedication and hard work to realise 18 portraits of everyday women who had come out on top of debilitating traumatic experiences and events. The 18 women were interviewed, written records of their experiences, photographed, drawn, then beautifully framed, then exhibited.

"The women that have been drawn are very special. They are a few of the many women who walk silently within our midst who should be honoured and recognised for their heroism and courage."

The 2nd last real life exhibition was early 2019 at Katoomba, One88 Gallery where a joint exhibition was conducted to celebrate women . Everyday Matriarchal Heroines was exhibited. Upcoming exhibition (Finalist) will be Campbelltown Art Gallery, the Fishers Ghost Art Awards, November, 2020. Also for November, Fairfield Art Society Online Open Art Prize 2020. 'The Preponderance Of Dorne-May', (being a conceptual work, pastel drawing/ painting) has been entried.

The latest art exhibition was at Campbelltown Art Gallery where she was invited to lend an artwork titled 'Kitty Kitty' to them for an exhibition titled 'Space YZ'. . It has been in the gallery since early January 2021, and will be being bumped out in early March 2021. During its time of stay at the gallery , the Space YZ Exhibition was part of the Sydfest 2021, being 6-26 January.

Also, Anna will be uploading more artworks when she can. There are many works for sale and she is still sorting through everything with the new studio. She is definitely hoping to sell some of the older works at reduced prices to clear floor space of which the works are quite lovely. So pop in to check. She will still be here. :-) If you like a particular style or colour combinations or even if you have a photograph of something you would like her to work for you, please feel happily free to contact her.

Please check out her new website at https://www.annaboros.com or you can go to her up to date website at www.annaborosartist.com
For a complete list of exhibitions please visit http://annaborosartist.com/about-ms-boros-list-of-exhibitions/