Annika Romeyn

Australian Women ArtistsPodcast episode 9Annika Romeyn Annika Romeyn is an important figure in contemporary Australian art.  This is in no small part due to her unique approach to depicting the Australian landscape and the innovative techniques she uses. Her work engages with cultural and environmental themes, and it has been described as bridging traditional landscape art and contemporary artistic practices.  More recently she’s been a finalist in the Pro Hart Outback Art Prize, winner of the Mandy Martin Art and Environment Award, winner of the Burnie Print Prize, Winner of the National Works on Paper and the Fisher’s Ghost Art Prize amongst many others. She’s had nearly 20 solo exhibitions and many more group exhibitions.  We talked broadly about her very distinctive and striking works that use one colour to amazing affect...and how her approach to colour has evolved over the years.  One happy accident was discovering a rust stain on a floor of her studio that led to using a rusted steel sheet as a pallet (you’ll see it in the Instagram photos). Her work combines elements of drawing, printmaking and painting and the results are stunning.  Join me for our conversation by heading to the link to the podcast in my bio.   Annika is represented by the fabulous @flinderslanegallery in Melbourne and we are having this conversation in her amazing Canberra studio.  1. Image:RG 2. Guerilla Bay, 2019 watercolour monotype on paper 168x228 3. Endurance 7, 2021 watercolour monotype on paper with watercolour additions 228x168 4. Old Mutawintji Gorge 1, 2023 watercolour monotype on paper 168x228 5. Wana Karnu 2024, rust and ink on paper 240x360 6. The palette (image RG)