Elizabeth Blackadder Phil Long

This extensively illustrated book is devoted to the art of Dame Elizabeth Blackadder, one of Scotland's best-loved painters. Blackadder's art explores a diverse range of subjects through many mediums. The artist draws on experiences of foreign travel, as well as plant forms and animals closer to home, to produce highly original works that appear to breathe with their own life. Her deeply analytical eye allows her to see the underlying structure, design and colour harmony in both the exotic and the everyday. This book tells the fascinating story of her career, from her early days as a student in Edinburgh, and her friendships with Scottish painters William Gillies, William MacTaggart and Anne Redpath, to her very recent work.

Philip Long is a senior curator at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art in Edinburgh and is an acknowledged expert on in Scottish art. He is the author of books on William Gillies, John Maxwell and Anne Redpath as well as on the Scottish Colourists. Published in association with the National Galleries of Scotland.

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Elizabeth Blackadder and Senior Curator Philip Long talk about Blackadder's work in her garden and home studio.

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