Australian Katie Clemson is a painter and printmaker, who specialises in working with Linocuts. She's highly regarded within her field and is a member of the Australian Print Council and the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers here in the UK.  | | 'Fly' |
For her latest exhibition, fly fishing is the focus of her work. "When I learnt 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 fish!" says Katie. "Objects of destruction can be very beautiful. By radically changing the scale of something as small as a fishing fly, I can change it into an alien still life, something with a new meaning. In this set of mixed media images on paper I try to show flies with individual personalities". Alongside her images, Clemson also involves poetry by Anne Bell, whose work complements the conecept of the pictures. Her poem "Another Angle" is presented here as a digital loose leaf set, mingling her words with the images.  | | 'Wild Fly' |
The habitats of trout and salmon are also explored. According to Clemson "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". There is will also be another series of linocuts, called 'Pittwater Boatsheds'. These show a collection of much used boatsheds on Scotland Island and Pittwater shores north of Sydney. According to Clemson it is here where "some owners will sit for hours on a lazy evening with fishing line dangling and beer in hand...” 'Gone Fishing' is on at the North House Gallery from Saturday 12th August to Saturday 9th September. | 
