Black Ice – David Blackwood’s Newfoundland
Hauling Job Sturges House, 1979, etching and aquatint on wove paper, 43.9 x 88 cm, Gift of David and Anita Blackwood, Port Hope, Ontario, 1999
A native of Newfoundland, printmaker David Blackwood pictures a harsh existence in the Northern Canadian province. His world is either shrouded in insular mysteries and myths, veiled by snowy winds, aglow with infernal fires, or sharply lit by the bright sun, the clear moon beaming over vast expanses of white, rich with reflections. Fascination creeps in, as portentous sleep enfolds the benumbed wanderer in the cold.
Black Ice: David Blackwood – Prints of Newfoundland
February 5 – June 12
Art Gallery of Ontario – Musée des beaux-arts de l’Ontario, Toronto, Canada
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Flora S. Nickerson Down on the Labrador, 1978, etching and aquatint on wove paper, 89.5 x 47.5 cm, Gift of David and Anita Blackwood, Port Hope, Ontario, 1999
Fire Down on the Labrador, 1980, etching and aquatint on wove paper, 87.9 x 61.9 cm, Gift of David and Anita Blackwood, Port Hope, Ontario, 1999 ©2011 David Blackwood
Vigil on Bragg's Island, 1973, etching and aquatint on wove paper, 61.8 x 92.1 cm, Gift of David and Anita Blackwood, Port Hope, Ontario, 1999
Wesleyville: Burning of the Methodist Church, 1976, etching and aquatint on wove paper, 67.2 x 82.8 cm, Gift of David and Anita Blackwood, Port Hope, Ontario, 1999
