Ethel Walker, "Seasons of Light"

Ethel Walker

2 - 19 November 2021

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Shore Line oil on board – 56 x 61cm

Seasons of Light I have had the immense pleasure and privilege of knowing Ethel Walker, and her incredible paintings, for over 25 years.

I have actually admired Ethel Walker‘s work long before I had the opportunity to work with her. I remember seeing her work, in so many different places, art fairs, people’s homes, and I even attended one of her private views at Thackeray Gallery in the mid 90’s before I worked there. I remember it like it was yesterday. Her work was extraordinary then, and is extraordinary still.

A room full of Ethel Walker’s is like having stepped out into the one of the most powerful landscapes ever. Huge skies, slithers of water beneath, and always light breaking. Storms brewing, rain in the distance, sun breaking through, all captured by Ethel in a breathtaking moment. Best experienced in a half light, you almost don’t need to have artificial light on her paintings at all, they are so moving and masterful in their own right, subtle and yet majestic.

Scotland, in particular the West Coast, is where Ethel continues to live, work, be inspired by and mainly paint. This new collection, marking Ethel’s 80th birthday year, pays homage to the land it’s beauty, expanse, drama and light.

Sarah Macdonald-Brown, 2021

overleaf detail: Jura – oil on board – 20 x 61cm backcover: Summer Nights – oil on board – 58 x 61cm

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September Cloud, Sound of Mull oil on board – 61 x 122cm

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Autumn Gold oil on board – 41 x 56cm

Mist towards Jura oil on board – 40 x 55cm

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Sunset Sky, Sound of Jura oil on board – 61 x 122cm

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SeaShore Green, Loch Fyne oil on board – 77 x 90cm

Head of the Loch, Craignish oil on board – 56 x 64cm

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Sea Loch into the Blue oil on board – 61 x 103cm

Loch Fyne oil on board – 18 x 34cm

Jura oil on board – 20 x 61cm

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EbbTide High Wind oil on board – 76 x 76cm

From the Hill in Winter oil on board – 84 x 76cm

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Silver Skies, Loch Craignish oil on board – 61 x 122cm

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Still Waters, Jura oil on board – 46 x 48cm

Cloud’s Edge oil on board – 56 x 61cm

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Winter Sun, Kilmartin Glen oil on board – 69 x 71cm

End of the Day oil on board – 60 x 61cm

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Kintyre Shore oil on board – 92 x 130cm

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Setting Sun oil on board – 37 x 38cm

Summer oil on board – 31 x 31cm

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Ben Loyal, Sutherland oil on board – 59 x 84cm

Moorland, Perthshire oil on board – 59 x 84cm

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Summer Rain oil on board – 61 x 122cm

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April Morning oil on board – 43 x 42cm

Frosty Morning oil on board – 58 x 61cm

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Winter Hills, Islay oil on board – 38 x 67cm

Storm Light oil on board – 38 x 76cm

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Light on the Hills oil on board – 61 x 122cm

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Dark Island, Shuna Sound oil on board – 61 x 102cm

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Islands oil on board – 20 x 20cm

Blue Evening oil on board – 20 x 20cm

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Pearl White Sands, Kintyre oil on board – 76 x 76cm

Easdale Island, Old Pier oil on board – 41 x 41cm

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Harvest Fields oil on board – 18 x 34cm

Cliffs of Mull oil on board – 46 x 76cm

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Corryvrechan Whirlpool oil on board – 18 x 24cm

Light on the Water oil on board – 61 x 76cm

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Snowy Morning oil on canvas – 18 x 24cm

Coming to Port oil on board – 16 x 21cm

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Cloud & Light oil on board – 61 x 81cm

Sky & Sea oil on board – 61 x 82cm

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Sea Loch into the Blue oil on board – 61 x 103cm

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Ben Mor, Mull oil on board – 34 x 51cm

BIOGRAPHIES Ethel Walker was born in Ayrshire, Scotland in 1941. She studied Fine Art at Glasgow School of Art between 1959 and 1964.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS FROM 1970 – PRESENT: Great King Street Gallery, Edinburgh; Lillie Art Gallery, Milngavie; Scottish College of Textiles, Galash-iels; Torrance Gallery, Edinburgh; Eden Court Theatre, Inverness; Kes Mosaics, Edinburgh; Broughton Gallery, Lanarkshire; Pitlochry Festival Theatre; Gladstones Land, Edinburgh; Mclan Gallery, Oban;The Gatehouse Gallery, Glasgow; Macaulay Gallery, Stenton; Flying Colours, Edinburgh; Rowan gallery, Drymen;Tolquhoun Gallery, Aberdeenshire; Ancrum Gallery, Jedburgh; The Contemporary Fine Art Gallery, Eton; Corrymella Scott Gallery, Newcastle; Fettes College, Edinburgh; Roger Billcliffe, Glasgow; Thackeray Gallery, London; Glasgow Caledonian, New York.

COLLECTIONS: Bank of Scotland; Herriot Watt University; Lillie Art Gallery; Royal Bank of Scotland; Britoil; Trustees Savings Bank; Argyllshire County Collection; Sarah Lee Holdings; City of Edinburgh Art Collection; P&O; Scottish Power; Nomura Securities; The St Rule Club, St Andrews; Nevision Ltd; Walter Scott and Partners Ltd; GCU, New York.

And in many private and corporate collections throughout the UK, Europe, USA, Hong Kong and Australia.

AWARDS: Anne Redpath Award, Scottish Society of Women Artists; Glasgow Herald painting Competition, (RGI); Alva Computers Purchase Prize, Scottish Society of Artists & Craftsmen, (SAAC); The Whyte & Mackay Group Award; The Scottish Provident Award; Most well received work, (SAAC); Barclay Lennie Award, Glasgow Society of Women Artists, (GWSA); Mabel McKinlay Award, RGI Annual Exhibition.

Ethel Walker has been exhibiting with Thackeray Gallery since 1994.

Jura oil on board 20 x 61cm

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