Granda Glover on Bragg's Island | 1991 | Etching 50 of 75 30x30 building up texture and dimension

building up texture and dimension across the canvas

1 The stagehead served as threshold between isolation and connection—where boats arrived with news

impasto brushwork throughout the foliage

Depicted against a starry night sky

It's a heartwarming scene of children enjoying a classic winter activity - tobogganing

Granda Glover on Bragg's Island | 1991 | Etching 50 of 75 30x30 building up texture and dimensionAbout the Artwork Granda Glover on Bragg's Island (1991) is an etching and aquatint with hand colouring by David Blackwood (19412022), honouring his maternal grandfather, David Glover. The composition depicts an elderly man in dark work clothes walking down a sloping path toward the water, purposeful and determined. Behind a white picket fencesections hand coloured in coral pinkstands the willow tree planted by his wife Alfreda, its delicate branches