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Artwork description:
This etching was initially a commission for an album cover for a musician. Selkies are a marine legend. In the water they are seals, on land they are human.
The three swimmers' identity is realised by their shadows, the shadows of seals.
The method used for this image is etching on a copper plate with hard ground and aquatint.
Materials used:
Oil-based printing ink and Somerset Satin paper
Tags:
#etching #printmaking #mythology #seals #selkiesThe Three Selkies (2015) Etching / Engraving
by Julie Dyer
2 Artist Reviews
£100
- Etching / Engraving on Paper
- From a limited edition of 30
- Size: 32 x 19cm (unframed) / 24 x 12cm (actual image size)
- Signed and numbered on the front
- Style: Surrealistic
- Subject: People and portraits
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Artwork description
This etching was initially a commission for an album cover for a musician. Selkies are a marine legend. In the water they are seals, on land they are human.
The three swimmers' identity is realised by their shadows, the shadows of seals.
The method used for this image is etching on a copper plate with hard ground and aquatint.
Materials used:
Oil-based printing ink and Somerset Satin paper
Tags:
#etching #printmaking #mythology #seals #selkies
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Artist Reviews (2)
Julie Dyer
United Kingdom
About
From my studio I produce etchings and aquatint prints. My prize possession is an old Hunter Penrose Printing Press called Little John N0. 8. I work on copper plates and... Read more