Eric Gaskell was born in Wigan, England in 1957 and studied painting and printmaking at Wigan College and Sunderland University.
He left art college in 1980 winning two painting scholarships, one to New York and one to Istanbul, as well as the Sunderland Fine Art prize.
The Canal Prints
I was brought up near canals swimming and fishing in them as a child, and watching the coal barges chug past. I wanted to produce a series of works from all over the canal system, but in a different light to the traditional canal drawing or painting.
After looking at canals from different angles I found the graphic nature of the varying elements that make up canal life suited a simple, bold linoprint style. The textures and patterns of the pathways, trees and lock gates. The swirling waters as the locks empty, and the calm as they wait to be used. The buildings and bridges that give our canals a backdrop. All these elements blend to create simple, yet striking, prints.
Each print, printed, numbered and signed, by me.

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