Bill Meyer’s 'Old Dam and Grass' is an intimate and lyrical etching quietly capturing the earthly chaos of the Australian landscape. Created at the Port Jackson Press in Fitzroy and worked from two zinc plates, Meyer prints in black with plate tone to achieve an atmosphere that feels both observational and fleeting. His hand is confident and fast, giving the work a sketch-like immediacy that appears almost diaristic, as though pulled straight from a field notebook. What begins as an abstract tangle resolves into reeds, water and stillness.

The strength of 'Old Dam and Grass' lies in its ability to balance place, process and sensibility. It bridges observational landscape traditions with the experimental possibilities of late-twentieth-century printmaking, offering an unusually personal window into Meyer’s broader practice. Meyer belongs to Australia’s established middle generation of artists, with a deeply cosmopolitan career spanning Europe, Israel and the United States while maintaining a studio base in rural Australia.

Meyer’s 'Old Dam and Grass' is a poetic fragment of place; an etching that captures not just what the artist saw, but how he engaged with nature. It is the sort of work that introduces quiet strength to a collection; thoughtfully scaled, deeply atmospheric, and grounded in country.

Bill MEYER (1942 - )
'Old Dam and Grass' 1988
etching, printed in black ink with plate-tone, from two zinc plates on paper
Edition of 20
Image Size: 13 x 25 cm
Dimensions: 28 x 38 cm
Signed: Signed, titled and editioned below image

Comes with Letter of Provenance

Condition: Excellent

(c) The Artist or Assignee