L'Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland

This etching was created in 1985. It is signed, dated and editioned on the bottom of the etching. The edition number is 72/100. It has been framed with archival material. The framed dimensions are 31 x 43.5 in. L'Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland is a celebrated, original multiple etching by renowned Canadian artist David Lloyd Blackwood. It masterfully captures the dramatic, rugged beauty and historical mystique of the northernmost tip of the island of Newfoundland. L'Anse aux Meadows is a famous UNESCO World Heritage site containing the excavated remains of an 11th-century Viking settlement. It is the earliest known evidence of Europeans in North America. True to Blackwood's signature style of storytelling, the print bridges myth, narrative and history. Instead of only illustrating a landscape, Blackwood evokes the haunting, desolate isolation of the Northern Peninsula, utilizing the atmosphere to hint at the ancient Norse exploration and the rugged maritime environment that defines outport Newfoundland.