Walking Shadows
A Novel without Words
Winner of the Rebecca Smith Award for Fine Art
In this uniquely beautiful wordless graphic novel, a working-class family struggles to make ends meet and raise their children in a relentless world of economic challenges. The story of Walking Shadows is told through full-page woodcut engravings. Each page is a hyper-detailed Expressionist work of Social Realism suitable for framing. This book can be enjoyed both as graphic novel narrative and as a gift of impeccable art. Winner of the prestigious Rebecca Smith Award for Fine Art, this debut publication is unparalleled among modern works for its incredible visual details created in an uncommon medium, as well as the beauty of its deeply heartfelt narrative that speaks to common experience in these hard times.
Neil Bousfield is a professional printmaker, animator, and teacher whose work has been exhibited throughout the UK. His engravings reflect his interest in social concerns and the use of visual art to convey a narrative story. This is his first book.
