Emerging from a gifted family, Cressida Campbell is now one of Australia’s most celebrated artists. She chose an unusual medium with an ancient pedigree; she is a woodblock painter.
First drawing her subjects on plywood, she painstakingly carves the outlines, then paints the image in many layers of watercolour. The finished picture is sprayed with water and just a single impression taken.
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