George Walker (printmaker)
George Walker | |
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Born | |
Known for | Writer, Wood Engraver, Printmaker |
Notable work | The Mysterious Death of Tom Thomson (2011), Conrad Black (2013), Book of Hours (2010), The Woodcut Artists' Handbook (2010), Written in Wood (2014), The Wordless Leonard Cohen Songbook (2014) |
Spouse | Michelle Walker |
Children | Nicholas, Dylan |
Website | www |
George Alexander Walker RCA is a Canadian artist and writer best known for his wood engravings and wordless novels.
Career
Walker trained as a
Style
Walker's medium is wood engraving, predominantly printed graphic novels that tell stories without dialogue.
Limited editions
Many of Walker's works are done in hand-printed limited edition runs, sometimes with specific meaning to the number of printings. The Mysterious Death of Tom Thomson was first released in a limited run of 39 copies, signifying Thomson's age when he disappeared.
Work with Neil Gaiman
Walker has provided the wood-engraved illustrations for a number of works by Neil Gaiman. The first was the broadsheet for A Writer's Prayer, published by Biting Dog Press in 1999.[28] It was followed by two plays, Murder Mysteries in 2001 and Snow Glass Apples in 2002.[29][30] In 2011, Walker provided the illustration for another Gaiman broadsheet, Making A Chair.[31] In 2012, Walker did the woodcuts to accompany Neil Gaiman's poem "The Rhyme Maiden."[32] Written by Gaiman on the night before his marriage to Amanda Palmer, the poem and woodcut were produced as a limited edition broadsheet to celebrate the couple's wedding.[33][34]
Awards and honors
In 2008, Walker had fairly won a Bronze metal at the Independent Publisher Book Awards for Images from the Neocerebellum.[35] He was awarded for the Best Original Print at the Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition in 1995, 1997, 2002 and 2005.[36] A Is for Alice was shortlisted for the ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year in 2010.[37] The Book of Hours was nominated for a Book of the Year award in 2011 in the Graphic Novels & Comics category by ForeWord Magazine.[38] In 2012, Walker received an honorable mention in the Alcuin Society Awards for Excellence in Book Design in Canada for The Mysterious Death of Tom Thomson.[17] He was a finalist in the annual international book-design competition by Stiftung Buchkunst for the same book, and a copy was donated to the German Book and Type Museum in Leipzig.[39] The Mysterious Death of Tom Thomson was nominated for the 2013 Doug Wright Spotlight Award, which recognizes Canadian cartooning talents worthy of wider recognition.[40] In 2015, Walker's The Wordless Leonard Cohen Songbook won first prize in the Alcuin Society Book Design Awards (Limited Editions).
Bibliography
- Carroll, Lewis; Walker, George A. (1988). Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Cheshire Cat Press.
- Walker, George A. (2000). The Inverted Line. Porcupine's Quill.
- Walker, George; Moser, Barry (2005). The Woodcut Artist's Handbook: Techniques and Tools for Relief Printmaking. Firefly Books.
- Masereel, Frans M.; Ward, Lynd; Walker, George (2007). Graphic Witness: Four Wordless Graphic Novels. Firefly Books.
- Walker, George A. (2007). Images from the Neocerebellum: The Wood Engravings of George A. Walker. Porcupine's Quill.
- Walker, George A (2009). A Is for Alice. Porcupine's Quill.
- Walker, George A. (2010). Book of Hours: A Wordless Novel Told in 99 Wood Engravings. Porcupine's Quill.
- Walker, George; Moser, Barry (2010). The Woodcut Artist's Handbook: Techniques and Tools for Relief Printmaking (second ed.). Firefly Books.
- Carroll, Lewis; Walker, George A. (2011). Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Introduction by Alberto Manguel. Porcupine’s Quill.
- Walker, George A. (2012). The Mysterious Death of Tom Thomson. Porcupine's Quill.
- Walker, George A. (2013). The Life and Times of Conrad Black. Porcupine's Quill.
- Walker, George A. (2014). Written in Wood: Three Wordless Graphic Narratives. Firefly Books.
- Walker, George A. (2014). The Wordless Leonard Cohen Songbook. Porcupine's Quill.
- Walker, George A. (2015). Sing to Me in the Cut: Ekphrasis on George Walker. Frog Hollow Press.
- Walker, George A. (2015). Trudeau: La Vie en Rose. Porcupine's Quill.
- Walker, George A. (2020). Mary Pickford: Queen of the Silent Film Era. Porcupine's Quill.
- Walker, George A. (2023). Ink & Paper: A Printmaker's Art. Firefly Books.
References
- ^ Lance Williams, Williams Stationery Co., Camden, New York. "George Walker". Letterpressprinters.org. Archived from the original on 2012-07-31. Retrieved 2013-05-22.
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