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Wild Shore

Frances Walker

peacock: a workshop for art United Kingdom

Artwork details

Artist

Frances Walker

Title

Wild Shore

Description

Frances was one of the founder members of Peacock Printmakers in 1974 and has continued to have a close association with the workshop ever since and is still printmaking from stone, plate and screen.

This print was described by Frances as "based on a pen (swan’s wing feather) and ink drawing on Japanese paper which I made sitting on the side of an ancient dun (fort) on Tiree."

Date

2015

Medium

Etching

Edition

Signature

Signed

Sheet

76 x 106 cm

Status

Available

Price

Price on request

The Artist

Frances Walker

Frances Walker CBE, RSA, RSW, D.Litt, Hon FECA is an artist who has lived and worked in Aberdeen for 60 years. Born in Kirkcaldy in 1930 Frances Walker studied at Edinburgh College of Art and after attending Moray House College of Education was sole teacher of art for all schools in Harris and North Uist, Western isles 1956-1958 then lecturer in drawing and painting at Gray’s School of Art, Aberdeen 1958-1985.