Bernie Meyers
Printmaker / Mixed Media (Warriewood, NSW)

Bernie is a Sydney artist living in the Northern Beaches area. She is endlessly fascinated with the world of nature, from the details of a feather to the enormous power of the thundering ocean. Her work is strongly influenced by her spirituality; "I believe that this beautiful planet was created by an awesome God. I love how the rhythms of life overlap and interweave with one another."

"The tide line is probably my most frequented source of reference. I can’t resist collecting treasures and noticing the uniqueness of every piece. Spending time drawing these delicate objects gives me an opportunity to immerse myself in intriguing miniature worlds and appreciate every aspect of them. Each piece carries its own story, shaped by the elements of time, water, wind and sun and influenced by the changing seasons. They are all fragments of a larger picture, each one reliant on all of the others to continue the circle of life."

"The abstract elements of design are for me the tools of communication. Often working in series I explore a concept and break down the idea into visual language. Each artwork is complete in itself but fits into the series to work as a group of images. The entirety of my work is not usually apparent at first glance but a subtle symbolism weaves through the images. "

Most of Bernie's pictures are works on paper, including printmaking, pastel and mixed media. Her training was in traditional etching techniques, however for the past few years she has been working with solarplate. She uses original artwork to make a negative which is transferred onto the plate using UV light. The plates are processed by scrubbing out the soft unexposed areas of polymer in water. After the plate has been hardened in the sun it is permanent.

She uses both intaglio and relief plates and ink and print them in the traditional way on an etching press. Although her prints are editioned they all tend to be unique, as she varies the ink colour and hand colouring and uses different combinations of layers.

Bernie's work has been exhibited in numerous solo, invitation and group exhibitions and currently her work is on consignment in Lake Russell Gallery-Coffs Harbour, Bare Bones Art Space-Bangalo and Advance Framing-Crows Nest. She has worked on commissions, graphic design and magazine photography.

Since 1995 Bernie has taught printmaking, drawing, pastel and mixed media at School of Creative Arts – Oxford Falls. She also teaches many individual classes and group workshops for both adults and children.

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