Jo Manning was one of Canada’s foremost etchers. Her printmaking career spanned the years 1960 to 1980. During this time she was an executive member of the Canadian Society of Graphic Art, a member of the Canadian Society of Painter-etchers and Engravers, and a founding member of the Print and Drawing Council of Canada. She won many important awards for her etchings in Canada and abroad. In 1980, she became ill from exposure to acids, solvents and photoresists while teaching, and turned to drawing in ink, a
Since childhood, her interests had been the forests and meadows where she spent many solitary hours drawing and photographing, and collecting material to take back to the studio. The etchings and paintings that resulted were strongly constructed, with fine detail, and presented as allegories.
After a Life Well Lived, She Chose Her Time to Go Feature article by Dave Obee Editor and Publisher, Victoria Times Colonist