Ethel Walker

Ethel Walker was born in Ayrshire, Scotland in 1941. She studied Fine Art at Glasgow School of Art between 1959 and 1964.

“When you first see Ethel Walker’s work, you would be forgiven for believing it is all about the ‘moment’, the immediacy of the light, the rain, the clouds passing across, the reflection but, in truth, it is so much more than this. 

It is about a sense of place. A sense of being in the place, as well as the place being part of the history of the landscape. The grandeur, the majesty, the ancient landforms, appearing, and disappearing with the everchanging weather.  

It is also about a sense of light. Skies dominate Ethel’s work, and in her own words “The light on the land can appear to change contours, solid can seem unsubstantial, and air, sea and stone merge into an interdependent whole.”

To create works of art the way Ethel does, and has done for over 60 years, takes courage, humbleness, respect for her environment, and overall an extraordinary gift of daring to work with what is essential. To strip back to an almost abstract sense of what is there, what she sees, what she feels, and always staying true to the concept ‘less is more’.”  Sarah Macdonald-Brown

Ethel Walker has been represented by Thackeray Gallery since 1982.

Photo of Artist by Slaven Vlasic, New York © 2019