Stormy Sky over Catterline Sea Shore
About this artwork
This drawing shows the beach at Catterline, a small fishing village near Aberdeen, where Eardley spent much of her time from the mid-1950s onwards. By the late 1950s the fishing industry in Catterline was in decline and there were just four fishing boats left. They appear in many of Eardley’s works and can be identified by their colour; here, the blue Linfall is in the foreground with the green Mascot behind it. Both were old ship’s lifeboats. They had two main catches: lobster and crab caught in creels, and haddock and cod caught on a line. The tall pole in the centre of the picture is a light that was permanently fixed to the Mascot. Eardley’s sketch shows the boats pulled up onto the beach, protected from the rough winter seas by the pier, which spans across the composition in the background.
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title:Stormy Sky over Catterline Sea Shore
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date created:Unknown
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materials:Pastel on two sheets of paper
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measurements:12.50 x 29.70 cm
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credit line:Presented by the artist's sister, Mrs P.M. Black, 1987
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accession number:GMA 3252
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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...