"One may lead a horse to water,
Twenty cannot make him drink.
Tho' the goblins cuffed and caught her,
coaxed and fought her,
Bullied and besought her,
Scratched her, pinched her black as ink,
Kicked and knocked her,
Mauled and mocked her,
Lizzie uttered not a word;
would not open lip from lip"

—excerpt from Christina Rosetti's The Goblin Market

Inspired by this poem, Bullies and Thieves II is part of a series exploring the lengths native Australian bowerbirds will go to to decorate their nests with bright blue objects. The sheer indifference of the natural world on human emotions.

This is an original hand pulled etching print. It is printed on 250gsm Somerset printing paper using charbonnel etching ink.

Dimensions: 11 x 15 inches

Please note: This item ships from Australia and has a lead time of 7 to 14 business days

Kate Belvedere is an artist living in the High Country mountains of Australia. A painter, draftswoman and printmaker, Kate uses these mediums to explore themes of decay. She is particularly interested in investigating the life giving and life taking aspects of the natural world.

Kate completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts at the Victorian College of the Arts in 2017 specialising in sculpture. It wasn’t until after she left university that she began oil painting and printmaking. Since then, they have become the major focus of her work. Heavy aquatinting conveys a sense of dark, otherworldliness in her prints, while similarly in her paintings, figures emerge out of thick brushstrokes, into light.

"I create my art because it satisfies my soul. Sometimes mournful, sometimes silly, I intend to create work that is true to my understanding of this funny old thing we call life."