Frances Malcomson and Julie Todd   
          "The Tracings II"
            24 Unique State Monoprints in                             The Inner Gallery 

Julie and Frances, two committed and sensitive Artists from southern Tasmania, choose to exhibit together because their Unique State (one-off) monoprints, in their different ways, complement and enhance each other ...    Frances' work brings to light the wonder that we so easily overlook in overgrown, neglected inner-city gardens and   wastelands. She observes and questions 'the urban disconnect between person and nature' and asks the viewer to find beauty and value in those fragile places that so often disappear in the name of progress.                                     Julie's focus is landscape, particularly in coastal areas, and her response, too, is linked to the impact of "progress" on our natural inheritance. She writes of 'developing a process of multilayered printing' and presents powerful imagery 'reflecting our planet's environmental intricacies .... where one action leads to another, which leads to another...'                                                                                                                                                                         There is much to connect to in this wonderful collection of images. Come by, stand or sit and ponder; soak up the   beauty .. emerge enlightened !