About this artwork
The village of Catterline, near Stonehaven on the north-east coast of Scotland became Eardley’s home in the 1950s. She lived in a basic cottage on the headland above the bay and set about capturing the changing moods of the seasons and the weather. Her seascapes were painted outdoors, mainly in winter, in extreme cold and in winds which sometimes blew the paintings away. Clamps were used to keep Eardley’s paintings fixed to her easel, which was sometimes weighted down with rocks.
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title:Seascape (Foam and Blue Sky)
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date created:1962
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materials:Oil on board
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measurements:94.00 x 167.00 cm; Framed: 98.30 x 171.70 x 5.20 cm
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credit line:The Henry and Sula Walton collection: bequeathed 2012
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accession number:GMA 5240
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artwork photographed by:Antonia Reeve
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...