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For Ismael Tiller. The Ledgy Rocks | David Blackwood
For Ismael Tiller. The Ledgy Rocks, 1990
Etching and Aquatint, Artist Proof
Image size: 15 X 36 inches
Price: SOLD
Condition: Excellent
Details: Signed, dated and titled in pencil by David Blackwood. Marked in margin "Archive DB"
Framed size: approximately 23 X 44 inches.
Provenance: Acquired directly from artist; by descent to current private collection, Alberta.
Additional photos and information available upon request.
Alice Lacey | David Blackwood
Alice Lacey, 1990
Etching and Aquatint, No. 18/75
Image size: 11 X 14 inches
Price: $3,200
Condition: Very Good
Details: Signed, dated and titled in pencil by David Blackwood.
Framed size: approximately 19 X 22 inches.
Provenance: Private Collection, Ontario.
Additional photos and information available upon request.
Uncle Sam Kelloway | David Blackwood
Uncle Sam Kelloway, 1983
No. 11 of 50.
Image size: 16 X 20 inches. Framed size: 24 X 28 inches.
Price: $2,800
Details: Signed, titled, numbered and dated in pencil by David Blackwood.
Provenance: Private Collection, Ontario
Condition: Very Good.
Additional photos and information available upon request.
Passing of Tom Barbour | David Blackwood
The Passing of Tom Barbour, 1979
2 Etchings & Aquatints: Working Proof H/C & No. 26 of 50 housed in same frame.
Image sizes: Each 11 X 14 inches.
Price: $5,000
Condition: Very Good
Details: Each signed, dated and titled in pencil by David Blackwood.
Framed size: approximately 25 X 44 inches.
Provenance: Private Collection, Ontario.
Additional photos and information available upon request.
Mummer Group from Pound Cove | David Blackwood
Mummer Group from Pound Cove, 1976
Etching and Aquatint, Artist Proof
Image size: 8 X 10 inches
Price: SOLD
Condition: Excellent
Details: Signed, dated and titled in pencil by David Blackwood.
Framed size: approximately 14 X 16 inches.
Provenance: Private Collection, British Columbia.
Additional photos and information available upon request.
Night Island | David Blackwood
Night Island, 1982
Etching & Aquatint, No. 33 of 50
Image size: 11 X 14 inches. Framed size: 18 X 20 inches
Details: Signed, titled, dated & numbered in pencil by David Blackwood
Provenance: Private Collection, Alberta
Condition: Excellent.
Price: SOLD
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Grenfell Rescued | David Blackwood
Grenfell Rescued, 1977
Etching & Aquatint, No. 25 of 50
Image size: 22 X 28 inches. This work is unframed.
Details: Signed, titled, dated & numbered in pencil by David Blackwood.
Provenance: Private Collection, Ontario.
Condition: Very Good.
Price: SOLD
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Young Whale in Greenspond Tickle | David Blackwood
Young Whale in Greenspond Tickle, 1974
Etching and Aquatint, No. 49 of 50
Image size: 20 X 16 inches
Price: SOLD
Condition: Excellent
Details: Signed, dated, titled and numbered in pencil by David Blackwood.
Framed size: approximately 28 X 24 inches.
Provenance: Private Collection, Ontario.
Additional photos and information available upon request.
Skipper Bax Ford | David Blackwood
Skipper Bax Ford Home in Wesleyville, 1979
Etching & Aquatint, No. 46 of 50
Image size: 16 X 20 inches. Framed: 24 X 28 inches
Details: Signed, titled, dated & numbered in pencil by David Blackwood.
Provenance: Private Collection, Alberta
Condition: Excellent.
Price: SOLD
Additional photos and information available upon request.
Passing Shadow | David Blackwood
Passing Shadow, 1990
Etching & Aquatint, No. 21 of 75
Image size: 32 X 20 inches. Framed size: 41 X 29 inches
Details: Signed, titled, dated & numbered in pencil by David Blackwood
Provenance: Private Collection, British Columbia
Condition: Excellent.
Price: SOLD
Additional photos and information available upon request.
Lone Mummer Inside | David Blackwood
Lone Mummer Inside, 1979
Etching and Aquatint, Artist Proof
Image size: 28 X 22 inches
Condition: Very Good
Price: SOLD
Details: Signed, dated and titled in pencil by David Blackwood.
Framed size: approximately 37 X 31 inches.
Provenance: Private Collection, Ontario.
Additional photos and information available upon request.
Hauling Job Sturge’s House | David Blackwood
Etching and Aquatint, 1979
No. 46 of 50.
Image size: 13 X 31 inches.
Price: SOLD
Condition: Excellent.
Details: Signed, titled, numbered and dated in David Blackwood's hand.
Provenance: Private Collection, British Columbia
Pound Cove Mummers | David Blackwood
Pound Cove Mummers Crossing Coal Harbour Pond, 1985
Etching & Aquatint, No. 15 of 50
Image size: approx. 22 X 44 inches. Framed size: 28 X 41 inches
Details: Signed, titled, dated & numbered in pencil by David Blackwood
Provenance: Private Collection, P.E.I.
Condition: Excellent.
Price: SOLD
Additional photos and information available upon request.
Burning of S.S. Viking | David Blackwood
Burning of the S.S. Viking, 1971
Etching and Aquatint, No. 19 of 25
Sight size: 20 X 32 inches
Price: SOLD
Condition: Excellent
Details: Signed, dated and titled in pencil by David Blackwood.
Framed size: approximately 28 X 40 inches.
Provenance: Private Collection, Ontario.
Additional photos and information available upon request.
Coming Ashore | David Blackwood
Coming Ashore, 1982
Etching & Aquatint, No. 31 of 50
Image size: 7 X 9.75 inches. Framed size: 13 X 16 inches
Details: Signed, titled, dated & numbered in pencil by David Blackwood
Provenance: Private Collection, Ontario.
Condition: Good.
Price: SOLD
Additional photos and information available upon request.
Passing | David Blackwood
Passing, 1978
Etching & Aquatint, marked H/C to edition of 50
Image size: 11 X 14 inches. Framed size: 18 X 21 inches
Details: Signed, titled, dated & marked HC in pencil by David Blackwood
Provenance: Private Collection, Ontario.
Condition: Excellent
Price: SOLD
Additional photos and information available upon request.
Wedding on Braggs Island | David Blackwood
Wedding on Braggs Island, 1972
Etching and Aquatint, Artist Proof to edition of 25
Sight size: 20 X 32 inches
Price: SOLD
Condition: Excellent
Details: Signed, dated and titled in pencil by David Blackwood.
Framed size: approximately 28 X 40 inches.
Provenance: Private Collection, Ontario.
Additional photos and information available upon request.
Study for Captain Jesse Winsor | David Blackwood
Study for Captain Jesse Winsor Home from the Icefields, 1979
Original pencil sketch
Image size: 20 X 32 inches
Price: SOLD
Condition: Excellent
Details: Signed, dated and titled in pencil by David Blackwood.
Framed size: approximately 30 X 42 inches.
Provenance: Private Collection, Ontario.
Additional photos and information available upon request.
Cape Spear | David Blackwood
Cape Spear, Newfoundland, 1983
Etching and Aquatint, No. 54 of 100
Sight size: 20 X 32 inches
Price: SOLD
Condition: Excellent
Details: Signed, dated and titled in pencil by David Blackwood.
Framed size: approximately 28 X 40 inches.
Provenance: Private Collection, Ontario.
Additional photos and information available upon request.
Captain Jesse Winsor | David Blackwood
Captain Jesse Winsor Home from the Icefields, 1979/80
Triptych Etching and Aquatint, No. 10 of 35
Overall sight size: 20 X 63 inches.
Condition: Excellent
Price: SOLD
Details: Signed, dated and titled in pencil by David Blackwood.
Framed size: approximately 29 X 83 inches.
Provenance: Private Collection, British Columbia.
Additional photos and information available upon request.
The Burgeo Whale | David Blackwood
The Burgeo Whale: A Whale for the Killing, 1972.
Etching and Aquatint, No. 9 of 50.
Size: 20 X 16 inches. Framed: 28 X 34 inches.
Price: SOLD
Details: Signed, titled, dated and numbered by David Blackwood.
Provenance: Private Collection, Toronto.
Condition: Excellent.
For Ismael Tiller: The Ledgy Rocks | David Blackwood
Etching & Aquatint, 1990
Size: 35 X 24 inches
Price: SOLD
Details: Signed, dated 1990, Number 54/75 Edition. Framed size: 41 X 30 inches.
Provenance: Private Collection, Alberta; Douglas Udell Gallery.
Condition: Excellent
Outward Bound for the Labrador | David Blackwood
Etching and Aquatint, 1985
Size: 15 X 36 inches.
Price: SOLD
Details: Signed, titled and dated 1985. Artist Proof
Condition: Excellent.
Provenance: Private Collection, Newfoundland; Franklyn Gallery (Corner Brook)
The Great Peace | David Blackwood
The Great Peace of Brian and Martin Winsor
Etching and Aquatint, 1985
Size: 31.5 X 19.75 inches
Price: SOLD
Details: Signed, dated 1985, Artist Proof 7/10, Edition of 50.
Provenance: Private Collection.
David Blackwood is one of Canada’s most distinguished and iconic artists.
Biography
David Lloyd Blackwood is best known for his superb and much-sought-after etchings of traditional scenes of life in rugged, outport Newfoundland, where he was born.
The artist and master printmaker’s subject matter features majestic whales, ships, fishermen, sealers, bird hunters, town folk, and the celebrations and disasters that marked Newfoundlanders’ lives in the early 1900s. A recurring theme in David Blackwood’s stunning visual storytelling is man’s struggle to survive in a harsh environment where nature – particularly the cold, unforgiving sea – rules.
David Blackwood’s art is rooted deeply in his memories of growing up in Wesleyville, Bonavista Bay, Newfoundland, and stories told by his forefathers. David Blackwood’s father was a ship captain. His grandfather was also a ship captain, involved in the massive commercial seal hunts off the Labrador coast in the early 1900s.
Master Printmaker
When David Blackwood portrays the ‘good old days’, his images portray in a spiritual way the essential character of hard-working everyday people, showing their personal strength, dignity, warmth, honesty, determination and faith.
David Blackwood studied at the Ontario College of Art, Toronto, under Carl Schaefer, John Alfsen, J.W.G. (Jock) MacDonald and Frederick Hagan, graduating in 1963 with several awards. He then turned to printmaking and teaching in the Toronto area.
David Blackwood mastered the difficult art of etching in copper plate, adding small details of colour where appropriate – red to show fire, as featured in Fire in Indian Bay.
Books and Exhibitions
David Blackwood’s Newfoundland prints are meticulously handmade in small editions, with each numbered and signed print having unique colour variations. Calling these works “prints” is almost an injustice. (See blog post on David Blackwood’s best “prints”)
David Blackwood has had dozens of solo exhibits, nationally and internationally, including most recently Black Ice: David Blackwood Prints of Newfoundland. Black Ice originated at the Art Gallery of Ontario (2011) and has since travelled to The Rooms in St. John’s, Newfoundland (2012). The Art Gallery of Greater Victoria will host the exhibit from May to September.
Black Ice features 70 prints spanning 40 years of David Blackwood’s distinguished career, and includes such masterpieces as 1980’s Fire Down on the Labrador. The exhibit draws on 242 archival prints and artifacts David and Anita Blackwood donated to the AGO in 1999.
David Blackwood passed away in 2022.
Suggested Viewing:
- David Blackwood website
- Video: AGO Curator Katharine Lochnan introduces Black Ice: David Blackwood Prints of Newfoundland (2011); Time: 1:25. AGO, retrieved from YouTube.com
- Video: David Blackwood (2012); Time: 2:55. WhitePineTV, retrieved from YouTube.com
- Video: In Conversation with David Blackwood and Seamus O’Regan (2016); Time: 57:57. Tristram Clark Visual Media Services, retrieved from YouTube.com
- Video: Blackwood: Artist of Wesleyville (circa 1980s); Time:15:15. Memorial University Art Gallery, retrieved from YouTube.com
- Video: Black Ice – Prints of Newfoundland (2013); Time: 8:05. Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, retrieved from YouTube.com
Suggested Reading:
- FineArtCollector.ca Blog Post: A Guide to David Blackwood’s Best Prints
- FineArtCollector.ca Blog Post: David Blackwood’s art tells my family’s story
- FineArtCollector.ca Blog Post: Collecting David Blackwood
- Black Ice: David Blackwood Prints of Newfoundland (2011, Editor: Katharine Lochnan)
- David Blackwood: Master Printmaker by William Gough (2001)
- The Art of David Blackwood by William Gough (1988)
Suggested Listening:
- Rex Murphy and David Blackwood in Converation. MP3 audio interview, Art Gallery of Ontario (2011); Time: 83 minutes.
