Barbara Semler I first learnt about printmaking when I was living in Alice Springs (13 years ago) where I attended   Centralian  College   in the evenings learning a range of different styles of printmaking. Living in Alice Springs and the beauty of the   Central  Australian  Desert   inspired a number of my prints. 

I moved to Bendigo ten years ago. I have returned to studying printmaking again and have been working with collagraphs in particular. I love to use found objects from the environment in the creation of my plates. I have been exploring the shapes and structures of landscapes and the light at different times of the day and night in the landscape. My work interprets both the large and small scale in the environment.
   
The environment for me is a spiritual place and so exploring the environment in some detail feels like part of my own spiritual journey. I have found a connection with the shapes of the environment in the printmaking I have done. I have grown to love the beauty in the Box Ironbark   forest  of  Central Victoria   and have been fortunate recently to be able to build a small studio of my own located close to the forest. 

Barbara can be contacted at semlerbarbara@gmail.com
My studio is at home:
155 Eaglehawk-Neilborough Rd, Eaglehawk  

'Desert Mountains' print method and size TBA

'Through the grass' print method and size TBA