Bronwen Grutzner

On excursions with the Tuesday Art Group here on Flinders Island I came to realise that I'm interested in graphic art rather than painting, and working with monotones rather than colour.

I began with pencil, but found that I prefer pen and ink. The decisiveness of ink - you can't rub it out! - helps me draw with greater confidence. I like the strength and simplicity of ink strokes.

What I enjoy most is exploring the detail of particular elements in the natural landscape, rather than the broad scene.

In the future I hope I can develop my drawings into tonal designs from which to produce woodcuts or linocuts.

As a child Bronwen Grutzner enjoyed sketching on trips to the country with her mother. In her final year at school she again dabbled in drawing, doing surreptitious self-portraits when she was supposed to be studying. She has no formal training, however, now retired and living on Flinders Island, she has returned to art as a hobby after a lapse of 40 years.