Claire Dalby (b.1944)

Born in St Andrews, Claire Dalby studied engraving and calligraphy at the City and Guilds of London Art School. A painter, wood engraver and book illustrator, she is best known for her botanical subjects and drew wallcharts of lichens for the Natural History Museum. She became a member, and later vice-president, of the Royal Watercolour Society, and is a member of the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers and the Society of Wood Engravers. Her print here comes from the Society of Wood Engravers’ portfolio marking the Great Storm of October 1987.