We are in the midst of the
cold at the moment. Let's dive deeper
for tales told by our True North. On
show at AGO are etchings by Canadian artist and printmaker David Blackwood
(1941-2022), who was born in Newfoundland and developed much of his career in Ontario. It is the preoccupation with the stories and
history in his childhood territory that inspired many of his works. All of them are hauntingly beautiful. The traits of his style and techniques, in
particular aquatint, are unmistakable.
Of course, there are those etchings related to the landscape and built
environment of the harsh territory that engulf me.
Titles of etchings shown
in the order of display are here:
1. April Iceberg off Bragg’s Island, 1976
2. John Stokes' Horse,
Cape Freels, 2007
3. Fire down on the
Labrador, 1980
4. Great Lost Party
Adrift, 1971
5. The Flora S. Nickers
in the Labrador Sea, 1982
6. Survivor Drafting,
1970
7. Great Lost Party
Adrift, 1971
8. Uncle Eli Glover
Moving, 1982
9. Abandoned Ancestors
on the Bragg's Island, 1971
10. Autobiography, 2010
