Frances Walker RSA, RSW
Title: Island
Date: 2008
Bronze, H 6.5 cms x D 14.5 x W 18
My screen print “Passing Stac an Armin” is based on the several
experiences of sailing round the islands of the St. Kilda group when it has been too rough to land. My bronze “Island” is a totally imagined rocky Scottish island.
Biography
Frances Walker studied at Edinburgh College of Art, and her first teaching job was as sole visiting teacher of art for all the schools in Harris and North Uist in the Western Isles. From 1958 to 1985 she was a lecturer in Drawing and Painting in the Fine Art Department of Gray’s School of Art, Aberdeen.
She continues to live and work in Aberdeen, is a member of the Royal Scottish Academy, and has received an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Letters from Heriot Watt University. |
