High price for dramatic Somerset hill aquatint shows how Norman Ackroyd prints are on the rise
When it comes to the prints of Norman Ackroyd (1938-2024), his dramatic monochrome depictions of natural locations – such as St Kilda in Scotland, Skellig Michael and Achill Island in Ireland, or of the Yorkshire Dales – tend to command the most interest.
Many of his signature tonal landscapes were executed as aquatints, a medium that he felt best enabl…