Etching on paper, ready to hang.

Signed and numbered with a certificate of authenticity.

This artwork comes with an external frame

One of the prints of a large body of work exhibited at the Stanthorpe Regional Gallery and Gallery Downtown, Tweed Regional Gallery in 2020.
The Dairy is at Pikedale Station. Although the main homestead is long gone, what remains are the outbuildings. Pikedale station was established by John Pike in 1843 as a sheep station. In 1859 it was sold to W.B. Tooth and Cran who used it as a cattle station, selling it to Massie and Walker. In 1874 Donald Gunn purchased the property and established a sheep stub, which became famous for its wool quality, leading to the export of rams to the United States. Fred White and his son Charlie White operated the station until they sold it to James A. Rogerson in 1919. The Rogerson family owned the property until 1957. H. Vahl Rubin purchased the property in 1957. The homestead (then a 53 room mansion) burned down on Sunday 3 August 1963.
In March 1942 during World War II fearing a Japanese invasion, St Hilda's School evacuated 90 boarders from Southport to the Pikedale homestead. The school returned to Southport in December 1942.

The name Drypoint Engraving sounds complicated so let me explain the process.
First I take a small piece of acrylic or perspex, then with a needle pointed scribe I scratch the drawing into the surface. Now this drawing has to be reversed or back to front to how it will print. Then the scratches look white so I also have to do it in the negative. So the whitest areas (or deepest scratches) will print blackest because when I apply the ink, they will hold the most ink. The lightest scratches will be the finest lines.
Once all the engraving is completed, then its off to the print studio. I take a scraper and drag an even coat of ink onto the plate. Then with a soft cloth and a very gentle hand I wipe off the excess ink. The ink is then held in all the tiny scratches.
The plate is then placed (or registered) on the etching press. I use cotton rag paper that has been soaked in water for about 30 minutes. I dry off the damp paper and lay it over the plate then cover it with a blanket and roll it through the press. Then the exciting part.... lifting the blanket and peeling the completed paper engraving. Usually followed by a little happy dance. Then the finished piece is dried and the paper flattened ready for framing.