Table Residency 2025

Artist Statement: Rose Montgomery-Whicher

Here you will see two themes: First, my fascination with how the appearance of a landscape changes as we walk through it. And second, my learning process as I experimented with "tetra pack printing" during my table residency.

My sister lives in a Swiss village nestled against a hill, with views overlooking the city and lake of Zug and the mountains beyond. Her village is connected to others by numerous public footpaths. Consequently, for me, visiting Ellie includes long walks with stops along the way to draw. This June, I focused on the mountains south of where she lives, drawing from various points around her village, Ebertswill, the gardens of the old monastery in nearby Kappel am Albis, and the paths that connect these villages. Look closely, and, among the sketchbook and the prints and drawings, you will see the "Rigi" - with it's easy to spot telecommunications tower at the top - nine times. And there is a curiously flat hill that appears in the sketchbook and on the left side of prints 4 - 9. As a group, I hope these and drawings suggest how a view can change - not only as our vantage point changes - but also as light and weather change.

Having enjoyed etching with traditional materials many years ago during my BFA, this residency gave me the opportunity to explore intaglio printmaking using easy to find, non-toxic materials: tetra packs and water-based ink. Rather than showing only printing that I think are "successful" I have chosen a selection that reflects my process of learning and experimenting with this form of printmaking. Thus, you will see imperfections that reveal how I am learning to balance my eagerness to see the next print with the show, methodical process of printmaking. I look forward to developing this form of printmaking further in conjunction with my drawing practice.