Tussock Upstairs Gallery is featuring Point Lonsdale artist Sue Cumming in its next exhibition. Sue commenced work in the Melbourne Textile Industry in 1970, after completion of a “Diploma of Art” majoring in Printed Textile Design.

In her career spanning nearly 40 years, she worked across all areas of design for menswear, women’s-wear, babywear, lingerie, manchester and furnishings. This led to freelance designing for the Australian, European and American markets.

During the 1980’s Sue spent periods of time in Hong Kong, working with clothing manufacturers and mentoring design students.

The latter years were spent specialising in the exciting Hawaiian and West Coast US markets.

This Hawaiian influence is evident in Sue’s current lino print work, which was embarked upon after joining Janet Goldman’s lino print workshops at Tussock Upstairs in 2012.

This exhibition is a representation of the “Hawaiian Years” leading to the present day.

Other artists on show during the exhibition include Matthew Broughton, Janet Goldman, Anne Hastie, Moyra Le Blanc Smith, Bevan Shepherd, Paul Waycott andTom Wells,

The exhibition runs from August 19^th – September 6^th. The official opening of the exhibition is to be held on Saturday 22^nd August at Tussock Upstairs Gallery 3-5pm