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Will Maclean

Will Maclean MBE RSA RGI RSW was born in Inverness in 1941 and has family connections to Achiltibuie and the Isle of Skye. He is a painter, printmaker and sculptor whose work is often related to the history and culture of the Scottish Highlands with particular reference to maritime themes. He is a consummate craftsman and his poetic imagery strikes a chord, although precise meanings can sometimes be elusive. ‘A Night of Islands’ (1991) is a magnificent suite of ten colour etchings with aquatint inspired by Gaelic poetry and sketchbooks containing daily observations and experimental work. A major retrospective show, 'Will Maclean: Points of Departure', was held at the City Arts Centre, Edinburgh in 2022. 
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A Night of Islands
Ten etchings inspired by poems and prose in Gaelic and English. An edition of 40 sets, plus artist’s proofs, each measuring 75 x 53.5cm. Each print is signed by the artist on the reverse. Published in 1991 by The Paragon Press, London and printed by Peacock Printmakers, Aberdeen. Read more about this series here.
A Highland Woman, etching & aquatint, 75 x 53.5cm
Adam's Clan, etching & aquatint, 75 x 53.5cm
Elegy to Capt. Ferguson, etching & aquatint, 75 x 53.5cm
Fraoch, etching & aquatint, 75 x 53.5cm
Strathnaver, etching & aquatint, 75 x 53.5cm
The Author of This Is Bard Macintyre, etching & aquatint, 75 x 53.5cm
The King's Fish, etching & aquatint, 75 x 53.5cm
Trio, etching & aquatint, 75 x 53.5cm

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The Land, screenprint, 48 x 62cm
The Departure, screenprint, 48 x 62cm
The Waiting, screenprint, 48.5 x 62cm
Wheel House, etching & aquatint, 40 x 28cm
A Catechism of the Laws of Storms - John Burnside Poems & Will Maclean Images
A series of twelve screenprints on BFK Rives 260gsm paper in a limited edition of 40. Printed by Paul Liam Harrison at the Visual Research Centre, DJCAD, University of Dundee. 2014.
Using woodcuts from 1882-3 issues of the weekly newspaper 'The Pictorial World', Will Maclean assembled a series of collages that he scanned and then digitally altered to create images relating to descriptions of storms and hurricanes. His references were nautical books and manuals in his own collection, in particular Henry Piddington's 'The Law of Storms'. John Burnside then composed a series of twelve poems in response to those images and Will in turn altered the images in response to the poems.   
1. Song of a Storm-Wave, screenprint, 19 x 24.5cm (image size)
2. Vision of the Hydromancer, screenprint, 20.5 x 14cm (image size)
3. The Late Gales Foundering I, screenprint, 20.5 x 22cm (image size)
4. Towards the Voice of the Night, screenprint, 20.5 x 16.5cm (image size)
5. Stormbreeder, screenprint, 20.5 x 19.5cm (image size)
7. Storm-Bird Harbinger, screenprint, 20.5 x 15cm (image size)
8. Laws of Dereliction, screenprint, 20.5 x 15.5cm (image size)
9. The Late Gales Foundering II, screenprint, 20.5 x 18.5cm (image size)
10. Remote Viewer with Three Moons, screenprint, 20.5 x 23.5cm (image size)
11. Transit of Venus, screenprint, 18.5 x 24.5cm (image size)
12. Sullen Aftermath, screenprint, 20.5 x 19.5cm (image size)
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