A stunning new exhibition entitled ‘Of Time and Tide’ has opened at Kirkby Gallery, showcasing the work of artist and printmaker Anthony Ratcliffe.
Anthony was born in South Yorkshire and has always based his work around an exploration of British landscape. After retiring as a senior lecturer at Manchester School of Art he became a full-time printmaker.
His work extends geographically from Shetland, Northwest Scotland, Cumbria, North York Dales and Moors, Dark Peak and the Mersey estuary. Shipwrecks, abandoned fishing stations, tree forms, island shorelines, watercourses and mine workings are captured in watercolours, woodcut prints and artists books.
‘Of Time and Tide’ features recent commissions and projects looking at the remote British landscape from mountain top to shoreline in watercolour and woodcut prints.