David Lloyd Blackwood
(1941 - 2022) OSA, RCA, Order of Canada
Artwork from the 1990s
DAVID LLOYD BLACKWOOD
Passing Shadow
etching and aquatint with hand-colouring
signed, titled, dated 1990 and inscribed “H.C.” and “Many thanks Ken. Oct 6, 1990. David B.” in the lower margin
31.75 x 19.75 ins ( 80.6 x 50.2 cms )
DAVID LLOYD BLACKWOOD
Alice Lacey
colour etching and aquatint
signed, titled, dated 1990 and numbered "19/75" in the lower margin
10.75 x 13.75 in ( 27.3 x 34.9 cm ) ( plate size )
DAVID LLOYD BLACKWOOD
For Ishmael Tiller: The Ledgy Rocks
colour etching and aquatint
signed, titled, dated 1990 and numbered "Artist's Proof 4/15 Ed. 75" in the lower margin; condition noted: scratching present to the upper right quadrant of the glass
35.5 x 23.75 in ( 90.2 x 60.3 cm ) ( plate size )
DAVID LLOYD BLACKWOOD
Griffith Oakley’s Light
colour etching and aquatint
signed, titled, dated 1991 and numbered 72/75 in the margin
7.75 x 10 ins ( 19.7 x 25.4 cms )
DAVID LLOYD BLACKWOOD
Peonies & Mysotosis
monotype on rice paper
signed and dated 1991 lower left; titled and dated to a gallery label on the reverse
22 x 26 ins ( 55.9 x 66 cms ) ( sight )
DAVID LLOYD BLACKWOOD
Poster for Erindale
etching and aquatint
signed, titled and dated 1992 in the margin
29.5 x 19 ins ( 74.9 x 48.3 cms )
DAVID LLOYD BLACKWOOD
Folded Studies
etching and aquatint with hand-colouring
signed, titled, dated 1993 and inscribed “H.C.” in lower margin
14 x 34 ins ( 35.6 x 86.4 cms )
DAVID LLOYD BLACKWOOD
Loss of the Flora Nickerson
colour etching and aquatint
signed, titled, dated 1993 and inscribed AP IX/X in the lower margin
31.75 x 19.75 ins ( 80.6 x 50.2 cms )
Auction Estimate: $9,000.00 - $12,000.00
Price Realized $16,100.00
Sale date: May 25th 2017
DAVID LLOYD BLACKWOOD
Folded Studies
colour etching and aquatint
signed, titled, dated 1993 and numbered 44/75 in the lower margin
14 x 33.75 ins ( 35.6 x 85.7 cms )
Auction Estimate: $2,000.00 - $3,000.00
Price Realized $5,428.00
Sale date: November 19th 2019
DAVID LLOYD BLACKWOOD
Mummer in Lantern Light
colour etching and aquatint
signed, titled, dated 1993 and numbered 14/75 in pencil in the lower margin
15 x 12 ins ( 38.1 x 30.5 cms )
DAVID LLOYD BLACKWOOD
Folded Studies
etching and aquatint with hand colouring
signed, titled, dated 1993 and numbered 3/75 in pencil in the margin
15.75 x 13.25 ins ( 40 x 33.7 cms ) ( plate size )
DAVID LLOYD BLACKWOOD
Loss of the Flora S. Nickerson
etching and aquatint
signed, titled, dated 1993 and numbered 8/75 in the lower margin
33 x 21 in ( 83.8 x 53.3 cm )
Auction Estimate: $10,000.00 - $15,000.00
Price Realized $21,600.00
Sale date: November 27th 2024
DAVID LLOYD BLACKWOOD
Nocturnal Isle
lithograph
signed, titled, dated 1994 and numbered 10/20 in the lower margin
18 x 12 ins ( 45.7 x 30.5 cms ) ( subject )
DAVID LLOYD BLACKWOOD
Fallen Mummer on Brookfield Marsh
colour etching and aquatint
signed, titled, dated 1996 and numbered “34/75” in the lower margin
9 x 12 ins ( 22.9 x 30.5 cms ) ( plate size )
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David Blackwood Biography
(1941 - 2022) OSA, RCA, Order of Canada
Born in Wesleyville, Bonavista Bay, Newfoundland, one of the major sealing towns of that province, he is a descendant of a long line of master mariners. Blackwood was awarded a Government of Newfoundland Centennial scholarship to study at the Ontario College of Art in Toronto under Carl Schaefer, John Alfsen, H.W.G. MacDonald and Frederick Hagan. He went on to become Art Master at Trinity College School in Port Hope, Ontario. In 1969, Blackwood became the first artist-in-residence at Erindale College, University of Toronto, Mississauga.
David Blackwood uses his background on the East coast of Canada to create grande visual narratives reflecting both the landscape and culture of the province with an emphasis on combining the history, legends, and myths of settlement and developing culture of Newfoundland. He is best-known for his colour etchings with aquatint. His work was used to provide illustrations for Farley Mowat’s “Wake of the Great Sealers”, a collection of stories about the heroic Newfoundlanders who braved the icy seas of the treacherous North Atlantic in search of seals. Driven by hard times at home it was the only hope many of the men had of making money to feed their families. Men perished when their ships went down during wintry gales. Blackwood, a native of a sealing town himself, and a descendent of fishing skippers and sealing captains, provides Mowat’s stirring text with equally stirring and poetic figurative drawings and prints.
Blackwood was awarded the Order of Canada in 1993 in recognition of his work contributing to and preserving the cultural life and heritage of Canada through his artwork. At the Art Gallery of Ontario, the Blackwood Research Centre within the Morin Gelber Print and Drawing Centre was created after a major acquisition of the artists works in 2000. The museum also elected Blackwood as its honourary Chairman in 2003, the first practicing artist to hold this position. In the same year, he was awarded the Order of Ontario.
As one of Canada's most celebrated print-makers, David Blackwood's works are part of significant Canadian and international private and corporate collections including The Royal Collection, Windsor Castle, the Uffizi Gallery, Florence, the Art Gallery of Ontario and the National Gallery of Canada.
Sources: "A Dictionary of Canadian Artists, Volume I: A-F", compiled by Colin S. MacDonald, Canadian Paperbacks Publishing Ltd, Ottawa, 1977
