Linocuts and other works on paper
(inspired by a family collection of Scottish salmon flies)
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Read a review of the exhibition.
Objects of destruction can be very beautiful. Radically changing the scale of something as small as a fishing fly can change it into an alien still life, still beautiful but having different meaning.
When I leant to cast a line some years ago in the UK, I was fascinated by the unspoken rules of fishing. The thrill of the chase always outweighed by respect for the wily trout! I've always fantasised about the ancient wise fish, hiding in his pond, watching the flies with disdain, and occasionally teasing the fisherman by surfacing.
Anne Bell has written a wonderful poem where she demonstrates these reversed roles. "Another Angle" is presented here as a digital loose leaf book mingling her words with my images.
The habitats of Trout and Salmon are varied.
My memories are of the dark water holes in the forest in Southern England where the fish outfoxed me every time I visited.
The image of water's reflective surface and the imagination of visual depth are of ongoing interest, shown here in some of the "habitat"
prints in the exhibition
Katie Clemson
To view or purchase Katie's prints, contact Beaver Galleries in Australia or the Redfern Gallery in London.