David Blackwood: HOME
etchings and unique works
from the artist's studio
David Blackwood(1941-2022) CM, O.Ont, RCA, is one of Canada's most respected visual storytellers. His narrative work reflects the legend, toughness and landscape of Newfoundland- an historic journey not that far removed in essence and time.
Blackwood's work has been exhibited nationally and internationally with over 90 solo shows and scores of group exhibitions. He has been the subject of two major retrospective exhibitions and the National Film Board's 1974 Academy-Award nominated documentary film BLACKWOOD.
His work has been the subject of 3 major publications:
The Art of David Blackwood, text by William Gough, McGraw-Hill Ryerson 1988
David Blackwood: Master Printmaker, text William Gough, Douglas & McIntyre 2001
Black Ice: David Blackwood Prints of Newfoundland, text by Katharine Lochnan & others, Douglas & McIntyre & The Art Gallery of Ontario 2011
Blackwood's work may be found in virtually every major public gallery and corporate art collection in Canada, as well as in major private and public collections around the world, including the collection of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II (The Royal Collection,Windsor Castle) and the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, Italy.
Unique Works
 Fragment – Ephraim Kelloway's Door (2015-2021) |
 Pomegranate (1988) |
 Gros Morne Park (1987) |
 Ocean Wreaths and Mourners (1996) |
 Coming Ashore (1983) |
 Danté's Barque (2011) |
 Elijah Mullet Dreams (1975) |
 June Visit(2000) |
 Night Passage Down on the Labrador (1978) |
 Passing Shadow (1990) |
 Resettlement (1982) |
 Search Party: Lost (1970-2021) |
Folded Studies: Bonfire Night On Greenspond Island (2002) |
 Cowboy Rocks (2001) |
 Ephraim Kelloway's Door (2012) |
 Flatty (2015) |
 For David Judah: Home from Bragg's Island (2005) |
 Gram Glover's Tree on Bragg's Island (1999) |
 John Stokes' Horse: Cape Freels (2007) |
 The Flora S. Nickerson Leaving for the Labrador (2011) |
 The Nickerson Passing on our Starboard Quarter (2019) |