heron island suite
(2009/2010)

twenty colour etchings – 12 with screenprints
printed in editions of 30 on Hahnemühle paper 50.0 x 35.5 cm
from zinc plates 24.5 x 19.5 cm

published by the artist and grahame galleries + editions

In February 2009 Judy Watson was appointed artist-in-residence at The University of Queensland’s Heron Island Research Station. Watson’s residency coincided with the official launch of the Research Station, rebuilt after being destroyed by a devastating fire in 2007.

heron island suite is the first major suite of etchings by the artist, Judy Watson. Of the twenty-one proofs exhibited at UQ Art Museum twenty were selected for the heron island suite. The artist has altered a number of plates by re-working and overlaying them with research charts by scientists: Professor Ove Hoegh-Guldberg, Dr Bradley Congdon and Dr Kathy Townsend.

The artist wishes to thank the following for their assistance in realising this project:
Plate preparation and proofing: Jonathan Tse, Queensland College of Art, Griffith University.
Plate preparation Dian Dharmansjar at Djumbunji, Cairns.
Editioning: Basil Hall Editions (BHE) printers: Basil Hall, Mats Undén and Nena Zanos
assisted by Natasha Rowell, Beth Conway and Ruby Alderton.
Madeline Hoy, graphic design.
Carl Warner, photography.
Fred Pohlmann, presentation boxes.
Scientists: Professor Ove Hoegh-Guldberg, Director of the Centre for Marine Studies and the Global Change Institute (both at The University of Queensland); Dr Bradley C. Congdon, School of Marine & Tropical Biology, James Cook University; Dr Kathy Townsend, Manager of The University of Queensland’s Moreton Bay Research Station.
Nick Mitzevitch, Director of the UQ Art Museum and staff.
Noreen Grahame and Linda McBride, grahame galleries + editions.

ten suites
containing all twenty etchings in presentation box
$8,500

singles #1 – #16 and #20 $470

singles #17 and #19 $550 #18 $880

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#1 (2009)
etching from two zinc plates – plate 1 blue, plate 2  black

#2 (2009/2010)
etching from two zinc plates and screenprint – plate 1 warm yellow ochre, plate 2 red burgundy – screenprint  pale blue

#3 (2009/2010)
etching from one zinc plate and screenprint – plate sanguine -
screenprint black  Mass coral bleaching graph courtesy Professor Ove Hoegh-Guldberg

#4 (2009/2010)
etching from three zinc plates and one screenprint – plate 1 warm yellow ochre, plate 2 transparent blue, plate 3 black and brown à la poupée – screenprint white

#5 (2009/1010)
etching from two zinc plates and screenprint – plate 1 brown,
plate 2 black and brown à la poupée -
screenprint white Seasonal-scale El Niño-specific effects graph courtesy Dr Bradley Congdon

#6 (2009)
etching from two zinc plates – plate 1 green, plate 2 blue

#7 (2009)
etching from three zinc plates – plate 1 warm yellow ochre, plate 2 red ochre, plate 3 black

#8 (2009)
etching from three zinc plates – plate 1 brown, plate 2 red-brown, plate 3 black

#9 (2009)
etching from three plates – plate 1 warm yellow ochre, plate 2 transparent red ochre,
plate 3 black

#10 (2009/2010)
etching from one plate and screenprint – plate dark blue -
screenprint white Meal mass and Feed frequency graphs courtesy Dr Bradley Congdon

#11 (2009/2010)
etching from 1 zinc plate and screenprint – plate yellow ochre -
screenprint black Black noddies feeding frequency and meal size graphs courtesy
Dr Bradley Congdon and Sea surface temperature graph courtesy Professor Ove Hoegh-Guldberg

#12 (2009)
etching from two zinc plates – plate 1 pink, plate 2 black

#13 (2009/2010)
etching from two zinc plates and screenprint – plate 1 yellow, plate 2 red and brown à la poupée -s screenprint black Feeding frequency and Seasonal Scale El Niño-specific effects graphs
courtesy Dr Bradley Congdon

#14 (2009/2010)
etching from two zinc plates and screenprint – plate 1 brown, plate 2 black -
screenprint white Top predator declines-Common noddies and Sooty terns graph
courtesy Dr Bradley Congdon

#15 (2009/2010)
etching from two zinc plates and one screemprint – plate  1 transparent grey, plate 2 aqua blue – screenprint black Chicks in trouble graph courtesy Dr Bradley Congdon

#16 (2009/2010)
etching from two zinc plates and two screenprints – plate 1 warm yellow ochre, plate 2 black -screenprint black Bleaching relative decrease and Net productivity graphs courtesy
Professor Ove Hoegh-Guldberg, screenprint white Meal size graph courtesy Dr Bradley Congdon

#17 (2009/2010)
etching from three zinc plates and screenprint – plate 1 yellow, plate 2 green, plate 3 black -
screenprint white Seasonal-scale El Niño-specific effects and meal size graphs
courtesy Dr Bradley Congdon

#18 (2009)
etching from four zinc plates – plate 1 yellow, plate 2 red, plate 3 brown, plate 4 black

#19 (2009/2010)
etching from two zinc plates and one screenpring – plate 1 yellow ochre, plate 2 burgundy red – screenprint black Coral calcification Rate graph courtesy Professor Ove Hoegh-Guldberg,
Turtle measure graph courtesy Dr Kathy Townsend,
Feeding frequency graph  courtesy Dr Bradley Congdon

#20 (2009)
etching from two zinc plates – plate 1 red/orange/yellow à la poupée, plate 2 black

Could be viewed as the sad life story of a busy woman or an invitation to take time to reflect. Hand-stamped. 12 x 13 cm. Published by numero uno publications in an edition of 5. $165

A complete digital book. Outputed from a file to an Indigo “Eprint” and printed on Mohawk options inxwell. Entirely made from recycled images & found texts. Prepare yourselves for his usual MalEisms. ‘The wind’ is recycled images from a U.K. Dyson advert for it’s vacuum cleaner combined with ‘the piss’ part, ‘martell cordon blue’, ‘moet et chandon vintage’, ‘absolute vodka’, etc opposite the appropriate ‘windbag’, all you have to do is match them up! ‘piss’n’wind’ is part of the artist’s continuing comments on the art scene. Dedicated to Sister Mary Boneventa “she know a good artist when she sees one”. 64 pp.15 x 10.7 cm. Edition of 20. numero uno publications, Brisbane . $60.00