About this artwork
Eardley thrived on extreme weather conditions, particularly for painting the sea. In her Catterline works, broadly speaking, her paintings and drawings of fields were made in the summer or early autumn months, when the crops were ripening or had just been harvested. Her seascapes were made in the winter, when the wind picked up and the sea was rough. She rarely depicted a calm sea.
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title:Stormy Sea
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date created:Unknown
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materials:Pastel on two sheets of paper
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measurements:21.20 x 26.80 cm (irregular)
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credit line:Presented by the artist's sister, Mrs P.M. Black, 1987
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accession number:GMA 3248
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Joan Eardley
Joan Eardley
Born in West Sussex, Eardley moved to Glasgow at the outbreak of war. She studied at Glasgow School of Art and at Hospitalfield House under James Cowie. Cowie helped to shape her preference for everyday subjects. In 1949 Eardley rented a studio in the centre of Glasgow, and a few years later moved...
