Rainbow gumleaves
1983
Medium
screenprinted cotton
Measurements
361.5 × 87.5 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1994
© Linda Jackson/Licensed by Copyright Agency, Australia
Gallery location
Not on display
About this work
Throughout her career, Jackson has experimented with unorthodox silk screening techniques. Her Rainbow gumleaves fabric lengths are screenprinted with an array of fluorescent colours, with Jackson using actual gumleaves as stencils to create the design. The vibrant fabrics highlight the artist’s fascination with rainbows and light, and evoke the colourful leaf litter and changing glow of the bush. Her fabrics formed the basis of many of her Bush Couture collections.
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Sydney, New South Wales
Accession Number
CT8-1994
Department
Australian Fashion and Textiles
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Professor AGL Shaw AO Bequest
Physical description
Screenprinted fabric length featuring vibrant rainbow of green, blue, purple, pink, orange and yellow stencilled gumleaves.