I have been fortunate to visit a number of the more remote islands in the South Atlantic – Tristan da Cunha, Gough Island, Signy, South Georgia, and Bird Island – while working on the British Antarctic Survey’s research ship the James Clark Ross. These pieces attempt to capture the wildness of these bleak, but often stunningly beautiful landscapes.
‘Approaching Tristan da Cunha’ – etching – 30x14cm – edition of 10‘Twilight Gough Island’ – etching – 10x4cm – edition of 10‘Low Cloud Over Signy Island’ – etching – 30x14cm – edition of 10‘Bird Island Research Station’ – etching – 15x15cm – edition of 10‘Grytviken’ – etching – 15x15cm – edition of 10‘In Royal Bay South Georgia’ – etching – 15x15cm – edition of 5‘The Wreck of the Lyn’ – etching – 12x12cm – edition of 10Iceberg in Cumberland East Bay, South Georgia – etching – 40×12 cm – edition of 10Dirty Ice – Nordenskjold Glacier, South Georgia – etching – 30×6 cm – edition of 10Riesco Island (overcast) – etching – 20×20 cm – edition of 5
The four circular etchings below were all made on plates found in a workshop scrap metal bin, junk from some bit of laboratory equipment. I left all the scratches and marks on the plates for added visual texture – I like the ‘roughed up’ feel it gives them. They feature the four named islands clustered to the south of Tristan da Cunha, in the middle of the South Atlantic.
‘Stoltenhoff Island’ – etching – 12.5cm diameter – edition of 15Inaccessible Island – etching – 12.5cm diameter – edition of 15Nightingale Island – etching – 12.5×12.5 cm – edition of 15Middle Island – etching – 12.5×12.5 cm – edition of 15‘Husvik’ – etching – 12×12 cm – edition of 15‘Twilight, Tristan da Cunha’ – etching – 30×12 cm – edition of 15‘Across Borge Bay’ – etching – 15x13cm – edition of 15‘Waterpipe Beach- – etching – 11x10cm – edition of 16‘Snow Cap, Mount Paterson’ – etching – 15x13cm – edition of 15‘Calving Front’ – etching – 20×18 cm – edition of 12‘Grytviken Whaling Station’ – etching – 29.5×28.5 cm – edition of 12
