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Miriam Macgregor ~ England |
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| Born in Shillong, Assam, Miriam Macgregor moved to England when she was ten. She studied at Guildford Art School and then worked for some years as typographer at the publisher Batsford's. In 1977 she joined The Whittington Press, where she still works as a part-time compositor. | |
| Diary of an Apple Tree woodcuts English countryside woodcuts |
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| In 1997 Macgregor produced Diary of an Apple Tree (Whittington Press) showing seasonal changes of a single apple tree through woodcuts. | |
March (Apple Tree) 8.5 x 7" single sheet with 6 x 4.5" woodcut. Signed & numbered . Apple tree in March: beginning to leaf, birds flying above, rabbits at the base. |
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October (Apple Tree) 8.5 x 7" single sheet with 6 x 4.5" woodcut. Signed & numbered. Apple tree in October: apple-heavy limbs through morning fog, a hot air balloon drifting above. |
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November (Apple Tree) 8.5 x 7" single sheet with 6 x 4.5" woodcut. Signed & numbered. Apple tree in November: fewer leaves, fewer apples, struggling to hold on. |
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December (Apple Tree) 8.5 x 7" single sheet with 6 x 4.5" woodcut. Signed & numbered. Apple tree in December: bare branches, roosting birds. |
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| Much of Macgregor's work exhibits a great affection for the English countryside, especially Whittington. | |
Earth 6 x 8" single sheet with 3.5 x 5" woodcut. Signed & numbered. Hillside stratas, foregrounding roots & fossils beneath the surface, with trees, flowers, and a shepherd and flock above. |
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One Fat Hog 4 x 4.25" single sheet with 3 x 2.5" woodcut. Signed & numbered. Two men, bewigged and in tricorns, admire a huge hog. |
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The Outback 6.25 x 6.25" single sheet with 4.5 x 4.25 woodcut. Signed & numbered. Nature reasserting itself: remains of rock buildings and fences overgrown by forest. |
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The Sewer Comes to Whittington 11.5 x 6.5", single sheet with 10 x 5" woodcut. Signed & numbered. Machines and men digging trenches and laying pipe in the rain for a sewer in the village of Whittington. |
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