"Purchased with the support of the Canada Council for the Arts Acquisition Assistance program/Oeuvre achetée avec l'aide du programme d'aide aux acquisitions du Conseil des Arts du Canada".
Gillian Armitage was educated in the United Kingdom and the United States, emigrating to Canada in 1974. She has served as President of the Malaspina Printmakers Society and Director of the Northwest Print Council. Her work has been exhibited internationally and is held in private, public and corporate collections around the world.