Cecil Skotnes Wood Engraving "Sighting Land". Artist Proof 3/8! HAND SIGNED AND INSCRIBED! Framed.

Hand signed and inscribed personally by Cecil Skotnes: "For Carol and Bruno. Memories of a superb luncheon. Love C&T ( Cecil and Thelma, his wife). Engraving Sighting Land"

Wood engraving is also hand signed and dated 1996.

Numbered "A/P iii/viii" which means Artists Proof 3 of 8. Artists Proofs are the first and best prints of the engraving, reserved for the artist's personal use in the creative process.

Double black and white mount , three windows, in superb deep set black and silver frame.

Really beautiful object ready to hang on your wall. 

Engraving is 12 x 14 cm in the mount. Frame is 44 cm c 27 cm. 

Cecil Skotnes (1926-2009) is one of the best woodcut artists ever to work in South Africa.

Known as an artist, mentor, and teacher, Cecil Skotnes believed in nurturing talent and encouraging creativity. Born in East London, the son of Norwegian missionaries, Skotnes studied Fine Arts at Wits University after WWII. In 1952, he was employed to run the Polly Street recreation centre, which became the only art school available to black students in South Africa; training Sydney Kumalo and Ephraim Ngatane, among others. Encouraged by friend and mentor Egon Guenther, Skotnes turned his hand to woodcarving and produced many ground-breaking coloured carved panels and woodcut prints, often with images of neglected South African histories. He carried out significant public commissions, sometimes in collaboration with other artists such as Sydney Kumalo. Skotnes is remembered for his artistic innovation and major contribution to the diversity of South African art.