Title: Winter Snow II
Size: 70cm x 40cm
Medium: Etching
Margaret McClaughlin
Artist Status: Purchase
About This Work
These pieces, the last a pairing of Winter Snow II with a third in the
series, are etchings of the winter landscape of County Wicklow, its moods,
colours and seasonal changes. These pieces are etchings, though Margaret
uses a variety of printmaking media to capture a landscape at once peaceful,
exhilarating but also at times threatening . Margaret registers and overlays
several etched plates for every print, each with its own line and inking
to give a richly coloured image that invites the viewer to obtain a sense
of the peace and tension of this great landscape.
Artist Background
Margaret was born in Dublin in 1963 and is a graduate teacher in Fine
Art, specialising in printmaking, from the National College of Art and
Design in Dublin. She has twice won the Irish Mini-Print award and was
the Taylor prize winner in 1986. As an accomplished member of the renowned
Black Church Printmakers' Studio, Margaret has exhibited work
throughout Europe and was a member of the '6x6' Art for
Ireland tour of Xhanghou, China in 2004. Examples of her work are in
the collections of The Arts Council, Ireland, University College , the
Dublin Contemporary Irish Arts Society, the Irish State, Office of Public
Works and the Institute of chartered accountants.
- Other Works by this Artist
- Winter Snow I
- Winter Snow III (paired with Winter Snow II)