MIRRANDA BURTON

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Saturday, January 25, 2014

The black dam

'Sky drinks from the black dam' © M. Burton 2014
Silk cut linoleum print on Japanese Kitakata paper

A place of historical significance, but also inspiration for artists such as Clifton Pugh, Fred Williams, John Olsen, and Rick Amor, the 'black dam' in Barreenong Rd, Cottles Bridge has now filled my ink pot. I visit this place regularly to find a feather lightness of being. 

The black dam, Barreenong Rd. Cottles Bridge, Victoria

Black dam, Cottles Bridge
Rick Amor 1987
Woodcut

 

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