Mount Gambier’s Thumb Print Workshop is going “Under the Canopy” for this year’s exhibition by members.

Using printmaking and works on paper to express their ideas on the theme, a group of 11 artists have imagined the detritus of the forest floor including fungi, insects, feathers, leaf litter and the pattern and colour produced by dappled sunlight through the leafy canopy.

Members include Ruth Schubert, Anne Miles, Julie Bignell, Diana Wiseman, Libby Altschwager, Stephanie Yoannidis, Sue Shaw, Sally O’Connor, Trudy Tandberg, Lilija Quill and Joann Fife.

Their ideas for the works were drawn from everyday observations as well as childhood memories of their gardens and home visualised as a canopy.

Several works embrace eco printing following workshops held by the group during the year.

The eco prints have been enhanced by overprinting with woodcuts, linocuts and ink and pencil drawing.

Drypoint etching, monoprints, solar plate etching and linocuts have been used to explore the theme.

The exhibition is on show at the Riddoch Art Gallery until September 5.