Diana Croft 'The horse on the hill' Greetings Card
Diana Croft's greetings card The Horse on the Hill captures the undulating hills of the South Downs, with the eye drawn to the lively leaping white horse drawn into the landscape. Send it to a lover of nature and the countryside, as a breath of fresh air in an envelope.
Diana Croft studied Illustration at Brighton University in the 1980s and has worked as a printmaker ever since, specialising in collographs and linocuts. Her influences include William Morris and Eric Ravilious.
Her linocut The Horse on the Hill depicts an imagined, stylised landscape inspired by the distinctive undulating hills of the South Downs not far from where Croft lives. She is interested on man's influence on the landscape and the myriad patterns that form on the fields from centuries of grazing, plouging and working the land. The horse is an embodiement of the human desire to create a lasting feature on the landscape and it provides an image of constancy throughout the changing seasons.
This gree tings card is high quality litho print on 330 gsm board with a China White envelope. Both card and envelope uses pulp sourced from sustainable forests.
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https://shop.royalacademy.org.uk/gifts-for-art-lovers/diana-croft-the-horse-on-the-hill-greeting-card24245Diana Croft 'The horse on the hill' Greetings Cardhttps://shop.royalacademy.org.uk/media/catalog/product/c/r/croft-horse-on-the-hill-greetings-card-sku-02084533.jpg3.53.5GBPInStock/Cards & Gifting/Cards/Greetings Cards302<p>Diana Croft's greetings card <em>The Horse on the Hill</em> captures the undulating hills of the South Downs, with the eye drawn to the lively leaping white horse drawn into the landscape. Send it to a lover of nature and the countryside, as a breath of fresh air in an envelope. </p> <p>Diana Croft studied Illustration at Brighton University in the 1980s and has worked as a printmaker ever since, specialising in collographs and linocuts. Her influences include William Morris and Eric Ravilious.<br /><br />Her linocut <em>The Horse on the Hill</em> depicts an imagined, stylised landscape inspired by the distinctive undulating hills of the South Downs not far from where Croft lives. She is interested on man's influence on the landscape and the myriad patterns that form on the fields from centuries of grazing, plouging and working the land. The horse is an embodiement of the human desire to create a lasting feature on the landscape and it provides an image of constancy throughout the changing seasons.<br /><br />This gree tings card is high quality litho print on 330 gsm board with a China White envelope. Both card and envelope uses pulp sourced from sustainable forests.</p>
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