Quiet Nature: The Woodblock Prints of Walter J. Phillips

“Since boyhood my ambition was to make prints.” Walter J. Phillips’ early goal was finally achieved when the British-born artist moved to Winnipeg at the age of 29. There he learned the etching process from a fellow artist. In the years following, he moved on to the woodcut technique, first teaching himself, and then, in London, learning from English printmakers, and notably, from the Japanese artist Mokuchu Urushibara.