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Linden Langdon
- How long have you been working in printmaking?
- L.L. I was first introduced to printmaking by Raymond Arnold during a wilderness experience unit in 2000. At the time I was studying for my Bachelor of Arts, and he suggested that I take up printmaking as a major - which I did! It is such an invovled art form that I haven’t been able to stop since.
- Do you concentrate on one medium, or do you use a few different techniques to create your work?
- L.L. Printmaking offers so many fantastic methods that I find it hard to stick to one. It seems that the image itself dictacts to me what the technique will be, but having said that I am most attracted to lithograph and etching, and especially sugar lift etching.
- Why do you choose this way to work?
- L.L. Lithograph allows me to put on any sort of hat really - painting on the stone, drawing, washes - it is a very generous path. Etching offers a more precise means of mark making, but then the sugar lift allows for a more free movement replicating the painted mark.
- What inspires your work at present?
- L.L. I’m currently studying for my Masters of Fine Arts, so I am quite driven by research into my topic, which is looking at how trauma affects life after the event(s). Also I am having an exhibition in Melbourne in November, so that provides a shorter term goal, as I amm studying part time for my degree.
- Has this been the basis for your work for a long time, or is it a recent passion?
- L.L. My honours project was about incarceration and suicide, so I guess you could say that I have been looking into issues related to trama fro a number of years.
- How much do you think living in Tasmania influences your work?
- L.L. Hugely. I was born and raised in Queensland on the Sunshine Coast whcih is a completly different environment, so everyday (well almost) I see something a bit different. Visiting the coast each year inspires me to look at the contrasts and notice things like insects, plants and differences in communication.
- Are there any artists that you look to for inspiration?
- I think it changes constantly according to who is in the limelight at the time. Having said that though, I keep coming back to some favourites like Frida Khalo, John Olsen, Antony Gormley, Raymond Arnold and so the list goes on…
- What ambitions do you have for your continued development as an artist? Travel? Residencies? International exhibitions?
- L.L. Residency - yes please! Oh all of the above - but I think that study at the University of Tasmania is my main current development, with my supervisors Milan Milojevic and Karen Lunn as a constant inspiration.
- How important is study for you?
- L.L. Currently very important!
- Where do you see yourself in three years time?
- L.L. Finishing my masters - so that will be a big year!
