On Motherhood | Various Works | 1979-1985)

These are examples of artworks executed in various media (collage; screenprint; etching; pencil; gouache) over a number of years (1979-1990)

Night 1990

Night 1990 (photo litho & screen print)

Born at Midwinter

Born at Midwinter 1989 (etching)

Linea Nigra

Linea Nigra 1979 (colour plate lithography)

Butterfly Mask of Pregnancy 1979

Butterfly Mask of Pregnancy 1979 (colour plate lithography)

Mother & Child 1990

Mother & Child 1990 (screenprint on paper)

Figure on Bone 1990

Figure on Bone 1990 (etching on paper)

Maternity Suite III 1979

Maternity Suite III 1979 (pencil, oil pastel on paper)

Maternity Suite II

Maternity Suite II 1979 (pencil, oil pastel on paper)

Maternity Suite

Maternity Suite 1979 (pencil, oil pastel on paper)

The themes were revisited in the video installation Chimera in 1998.

Elaine Shemilt
‘Chimera’
Four channel 8 screen video projection onto latex
Annual Exhibition, Royal Academy Building, Edinburgh
1998
© Elaine Shemilt Stephen Partridge