Sheila Laidlaw-Radford holds a B.F.A. from York University and A.O.C.A. from the Ontario College of Art. She has exhibited her etchings in solo and group exhibitions across Canada, the U.K. and U.S.A. She has written articles on printmaking for Printmaking Today, and Canadian Woman Studies and discussed her work on Trent Radio, Trent University. Her work can be found in private and corporate collections throughout Canada and the United States as well as public galleries like the Winnipeg Art Gallery and Art Gallery of Peterborough.

The process of intaglio - incised or copper plate printing - uses a principle opposite to that of relief printing. The image to be printed is sunk into the printing surface and filled with a greasy printer's ink. Then the surface is carefully wiped clean so that the ink remains only in the incised design. The great pressure required to pick up the ink in the intaglio printing leaves a visible plate mark within the margin of the uncompressed paper. Sheila discovered double printed colour etching many years ago and was facinated by the variety of translucent colours achieved by this method of printing.

In recent years, Sheila has focussed on a series of etchings entitled “Eve’s Point of View”, which are a commentary on the Judeo-Christian tradition, the series being, indeed, a 20th century interpretation and, moreover, from a female perspective.