Granda Glover on Bragg's Island | 1991 | Etching 50 of 75 30x30 impasto brushwork throughout the foliage

impasto brushwork throughout the foliage

The tall evergreen in the foreground is rendered with denser

building up texture and dimension across the canvas

The composition is built around the contrast between the textured

White villas and tall cypress trees overlook a blue Mediterranean coastline from a garden of rounded rocks and vivid vegetation

Granda Glover on Bragg's Island | 1991 | Etching 50 of 75 30x30 impasto brushwork throughout the foliageAbout 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