B. 1970

Australian printmaker Trudy Rice is revered for her material sensitivity, delicately layered imagery and deep connection to the natural world. With a background in fashion, art education and teaching, Rice’s work draws largely from personal experience. Regarding her practice, Rice describes that she is “not attempting to interrupt the order of nature, purely, recording it and encapsulating it as it unfolds with every brief moment of time.”

Drawn to the quiet moments in nature, Rice’s work is contemplative, owing to the artist’s observational and intuitive approach to printmaking. Using archival materials to layer hand-drawings, etching, monotype and stenciling, Rice embraces the unpredictability of the process, playing with the subtle impressions of spontaneity and structure in the natural world. Her sensitivity captures the fleeting textures and rhythms of the diverse Australian landscape - softly holding her calm, deep connections to nature in a single image.

Rice’s works are represented by Queenscliff Gallery in Victoria, and were exhibited in the Gallery’s 2026 show ‘Homage to the Geelong Gallery’s ‘Discovering the Impressionists’’. She has also been featured in magazine Art New York. Rice’s work is held in public and private collections across Australia, New Zealand, the United States, and the United Kingdom.