Jodi Heffernan 'Coastal Walk' etching crouches in the shadows

crouches in the shadows

So remote is Kalgoorlie

creating a work that is both abstracted and deeply representative

Benjamin’s compositions reveal a deep sensitivity to light

commanding the viewer’s attention

Jodi Heffernan 'Coastal Walk' etching crouches in the shadowsJodi Heffernans 'Coastal Walk' reimagines the possibilities of printmaking through a poetic use of materiality. Built upon a silkscreen base and veiled with sheer tulle, the work captures the wind battered form of a coastal tree fragile yet enduring. Across a moody field of greys and blacks, soft tonal shifts and diffused edges convey the movement of a cloudy sky. The tulle overlay amplifies this atmosphere, lending the work a sense of mist, salt air,