Finella in the Waterfall

Artist Sheila MacFarlane (Aberdeen, Scotland, born 1943)

Date1995

Mediumwoodcut and linocut on Japanese paper

ClassificationsPrints

Dimensions259 × 76cm

AcquisitionPurchased in 2014 with assistance from the National Fund for Acquisitions.

LocationOn Display - Gallery 04

Object numberABDAG017803

Keywords

About MeArtist Sheila MacFarlane lives and works on the north-east coast, at Tangleha, near St Cyrus. She trained at Edinburgh College of Art in the 1960s where she was in a cohort of talented young students which included John Bellany. MacFarlane completed her studies in Paris having won a scholarship to study printmaking at the famous Atelier 17.

Finella was the daughter of a 10th century Earl of Angus who held the lands around Fettercairn. According to the ancient 'Chronicle of the Kings of Scotland', Finella murdered King Kenneth II to avenge the death of her son, luring the king into a boobytrap, consisting of crossbow device. The prints tell the story of Finella's legendary flight from the king's men, running through the treetops before leaping into a rocky waterfall.

Exhibitions

Gallery 04 - Imagined Landscapes