[Decorative glazed panel depicting a Scottish west coastal landscape] [art original] /
Walker, Frances,1930-
[Scotland],
[1988?]
An art original.
Statement by the artist: I wanted to depict in this work a Scottish west coastal landscape - it is based on my experience of the seashores on the Island of Tiree. I felt the translucent quality of a shore pool could be an appropriate focus to the subject of this shore-scape and also suit the nature of the materials employed and a window site. I was also keen to try to introduce actual examples of natural form gathered on Tiree into the work - and to this end I have used tiny shells and bits of sea-weed.
One of a series of twelve decorative glazed panels which were previously arranged on levels 3 to 7 of the north facade of the National Library of Scotland's Causewayside Building. A group of Scottish artists were commissioned to create these panels which were then incorporated into the building which opened in 1988. The artists represented are Barbara Rae, Elizabeth Blackadder, Gordon Bryce, John Houston, William Littlejohn, Frances Walker, Glen Onwin, William Crosbie, Michael Docherty, Charles Pulsford, Ian McKenzie Smith and George Donald.
Glass painting and staining
Glass art