Ruth Burgess is a prominent Sydney printmaker, whose career spans over 4 decades. Originally trained in drawing and painting, Burgess finally found her medium with the encouragement of friend Hendrik Kolenberg (who was the Senior Curator of Australian prints, drawing and watercolours at AGNSW). Her interest in Asian art practices also spurred her intense love of learning woodblock engraving and prints, a medium where her art practice truly flourished.
“The forest in which I live has long been the symbolic material for my work. Here, leaves, branches, tree trunks, stars, insects, sun, light, birds, moon and the distant sky, wind all create a chaotic order – an enigma of illusion where moments of bliss reveal the true nature of our experience.”
– Ruth Burgess, 2013