Growing up in Dubbo (central-west NSW), I did not eat seafood often. There seems to be an unspoken agreement between some people in the country that there is an invisible line between country and coast, which marks where the seafood quality cannot be trusted past.
Moving to Newcastle in 2022, I discovered my love for making art about fish, as well as the region’s abundance of quality seafood and fishing enthusiasts.
My croquemfish artwork is an exhibition of Newcastle’s seafood industry, displaying fish that are eaten and used for bait. The croquembouche dessert tower is such a lavish flourish of wealth and fine food in my eyes, and I wanted to use that idea to display the wealth of fine seafood - and opportunities for the fishing folk - that the Hunter region has to offer.

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ARTIST BIO:

There is so much wonder hidden in the things all around us - especially in the things we overlook and see as boring or regular.
Tate A Luckensmeyer is based in Newcastle and works predominately with watercolour, creating artworks that aim to bring fresh perspective to everyday experiences.
She loves random connections, sentimentalizing regular things, and the way everything means something. She also loves fish.