High Tide, A Winter Afternoon

Artist Joan Eardley (Warnham, Sussex, England, 1921 - 1963)

Date1961

Mediumoil on hardboard

ClassificationsPaintings And Drawings

DimensionsSight Size: Height: 117 cm, Width: 235.7 cm
Frame Size: 125.5 × 248 × 5.5cm

AcquisitionPurchased in 1969.

LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub

Object numberABDAG003417

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About MeEardley first discovered Catterline when recovering from an illness during a visit to Aberdeen, where she had an exhibition of her work, in 1951. The small village became a new stimulus from which she could capture the immensities of nature in the open air.

This work illustrates the freedom of brushwork and expressive energy with which Eardley conceived and captured the character of the coastal landscape. The viewer can almost smell the salt spray as the waves come crashing to the shore.

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It’s been said that Eardley, "...painted with the perception of a mariner aware that waves are heavy, fast moving lumps of water as able to kill as support".

Exhibitions

Shoreline