New work

Mallee Country IV 2025 is part of the 'Vantage' exhibition showing at Michael Reid Southern Highlands Gallery.

Sweetwater, 2025

Working on a large scale gives me the freedom to explore intricate details that smaller works can’t hold. As I carve, I focus on finding form, feeling my way around a petal or a branch, using texture to reveal the essence and presence of what lies before you.

The National Contemporary Art Prize 2024

Peta West's original linocut print Halcyon Song (2024) was the Open Winner of The National Contemporary Art Prize 2024.

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Peta West - Australian linocut print artist at work

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New Work

Donkeys

Donkeys (2025) is one of the smaller studies were created out on Country, capturing moments directly onto lino. These intimate works become the foundation and inspiration for my larger-scale pieces.

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Latest Exhibition

This November, Peta West and Miranda Hampson return to Michael Reid Southern Highlands with Vantage — the first time these two celebrated artists have exhibited together. The exhibition brings into focus the ways we see, remember, and interpret the land.

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About Peta

Peta West is an Australian practicing contemporary printmaker whose work taps into the sublimity of her surrounds on the South Coast of New South Wales. Working primarily with linoleum, West creates immersive linocut prints that beguile audiences with their intricate detailing and depth...

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West’s practice evokes the sublime. Often works that tap into this line of thought are undercut with a sense of unease, as the grandeur of the natural world tends to remind us of our own perceived insignificance. Western Art History has long celebrated the achievements of human civilisations and the worlds we construct for ourselves. As a result, sublime landscapes are portrayed with equal parts awe and fear. What West captures so beautifully is a sense of the sublime without fear. Life explodes before our eyes yet we are not alienated from it. Instead, West’s landscapes allow us to feel a part of the great web of life, giving us a sense of coming home.

Quote from Alice Sandner

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