New President for PAWA
The PAWA committee is delighted to announce the appointment of Chris Pullin as the new president. We would also like to thank all those members who took the time to attenThe PAWA committee is delighted to announce the appointment of Chris Pullin as the new president. We would also like to thank all those members who took the time to attend Saturday’s Extraordinary Meeting, the support and show of commitment to the association are very much appreciated. It is clear that PAWA will be continuing on a strong and enthusiastic footing which will include some exciting new workshops and other initiatives which will be announced at a later date.
In the meantime we will allow Chris to introduce himself…
Letter from the new President
It is a little surprising that I should have been elected President because I have only been printmaking for 3 years. However, in that short time I have managed to produce some etchings, lithographs and silkscreen prints. My interest was stimulated as a result of attending some PAWA workshops. In April this year I spent two weeks in Florence at the Il Bisonte studio working with two highly skilled printmaking sisters from Sydney. I will tell you more about them and about Il Bisonte in future editions of this newsletter.
The first resolution passed at the meeting at which I was appointed President, was that each committee member should do a self-portrait and publish it in Print News along with some notes about themselves or their work. My self-portrait is attached. You should not assume that you will recognise me as a result of seeing it. When I showed it to Sally, my wife, and asked her who it was she said, “Is it Edward Fox?”. Although I have been printmaking for only 3 years I have been drawing, painting or sculpting on and off since the 1950s (which tells you something about my age). Art is a leisure activity for me because my day job keeps me occupied pretty well from dawn to dusk.
PAWA has a strong core of dedicated workers and many of them are on the committee. You will be introduced to them in coming weeks (I hope in each case with a self-portrait). I wish to immediately single out one member of the committee for special mention, and that is Amanda Williams. Amanda is the webmaster and producer of Print News. Without her work PAWA would not be known to many people. Thank you Amanda.
I also have in mind introducing you in due course to some of our commercial backers. Some have supported PAWA for many years with only occasional recognition. They deserve more.
I close by also thanking our immediate past President Sarah Robinson for her fine work during her term in office. Sarah will be continuing on the PAWA committee.
Until next time happy printmaking
Chris Pullin
