SHETLAND NOTEBOOK (ROYAL ACADEMY OF ARTS)

One of Britains foremost printmakers, Norman Ackroyd, has spent a lifetime recording the coastal landscapes of the British Isles. This notebook contains forty of his vivid landscape sketches of Shetland in watercolour. Made in the open air, often aboard a pitching and tossing fishing boat, these lively, spontaneous works capture the unique atmosphere of these remote and beautiful islands. An essential purchase for all admirers of this most characterful artists work.