David Blackwood

Bragg's Island

2007

David Blackwood, Canadian, 1941-2022 Dante's Barque, 2011 etching, aquatint in colours 8 x 12 in ( plate size ) signed, titled, dated 2011 and numbered (edition of 50) in the lower ...

Dorothy Knowles, Canadian, b. 1927 Watercolour, 1982 30 x 22 1/2 in 76.2 x 56.2cm signed and dated ‘D.Knowles.82.’ (lower right) PROVENANCE Property from the Collection of Theo Waddington, London, UK framed Dorothy Knowles Biography (1927 - 2023) RCA Dorothy Elsie Knowles was born on April 7, 1927 in Unity, Saskatchewan. She grew up on a farm overlooking a Prairie valley and initially had no plans to become a painter, studying biology at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon between 1944 and 1948. At the time of her graduation, a friend persuaded her to enroll in a six-week summer course given by the University of Saskatchewan at Emma Lake. The course was led by Reta Cowley from Saskatoon and James Frederick Finley from the Ontario College of Art and under their guidance young Dorothy found a proclivity for art. Upon her return to Saskatoon she continued to study painting under Eli Bornstein...

Nason, Thomas. ON THE ISLAND. BPL 213. Wood engraving, 1937. Inscribed "Ed. 80" and signed and dated in pencil. 5 3/8 x 10 inches (image), 10 1/4 x 13 1/2 inches (sheet). In excellen...

Alston’s work explores a plea for better respect of the earth, with nudges on what society can do to create a world of substantial ecological balance by understanding the tension bet...