"Cressida Campbell celebrates the career of an exceptional Australian colourist who has worked between painting and printmaking for over forty years. Combining keen observation with rigorous design, Campbell uses an innovative process to create woodblock paintings and unique woodcut prints that take direct inspiration from the everyday. Moving between still-life arrangements, domestic interiors, gardens and coastal panoramas, her stylised compositions intertwine life and art. These formal meditations on ordinary beauty are testament to Campbell astonishing attention to detail and technical virtuosity. This book offers new insights into Cressida Campbell artistic vision, featuring original research and reflections from curators, artists, poets and writers, as well the artist own autobiographical notes. Generously illustrated, the publication will locate Campbell within the lineage of significant Australian contemporary artists."--Publisher's website.

Published on the occasion of the exhibition Cressida Campbell 24 September 2022 - 19 February 2023, National Gallery of Australia, Ngunnawal Country, Parkes Place East, Parkes, ACT.

"Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are respectfully advised that this publication may contain images and voices of, and references to, deceased people. Where possible, permission has been sought to include their names and images."--Added title page verso.

Contents: 1. Cressida Campbell: the inner life / by John McDonald --2. What remains of us / by Eileen Chong -- 3. Cressida Campbell and the art of collecting / an interview with Cressida Campbell by Rebecca Edwards --4. A journey around bedroom nocturne / by Sarina Noordhuis-Fairfax --5. Japanese connections / by Carol Cains --6. Ordinary beauty / by Jude Rae --7. Memory, abundance, loss / by Zena Cumpston --8. Urban pattern: Cressida Campbell in Sydney / by Vanessa Berry --9.Framed by flowers / by Georgina Reid --10. A wild kind of optimism / by Imogen Dixon-Smith.


Indie Book Awards longlist 2022
ABIA Shortlist 2023