Gateway to the Interior

In Gateway to the Interior, the artist honours the memory of her mother, with whom she was very close. This lithograph was produced shortly after her death and depicts her comforting spirit, represented by the white form on the right of the image, reminiscient of an accordian-folded map to symbolize their geographical distance. On the left, a mass of tubes are stacked, ready to ship the print to exhibitions around the world, a metaphor for the artist’s professional life in Canada far from her home of Australia. 

The print is a shadowy picture with subtle touches of colour. The overwhelming darkness communicates the deep-rooted, mournful emotions the artist experienced when her mother passed away. She says of the time, ​“I was immersed in the creation of a series of prints that were completely derailed as I dealt with the intensity of my feelings.”