This print was created in conjunction with the Glasgow Print Studio 50th Anniversary Here & Now Legacy Project. "'Many Moons Ago' is a large etching and deals with the same subject I constantly return to in my work - a solitary human figure who is unable to “speak”. She / He can only convey their personal thoughts and feelings using a symbolic language. In this etching, she can only express herself using the electronic transmitters, cables and electrical wires which surround her. Whilst I try to convey to the viewer what she is trying to say, I also want to conceal part of it."

"I was unaware that I used symbolism in my work until it was mentioned many years ago by an art critic, who was reviewing the Royal Scottish Academy’s annual exhibition. This was when I had first started etching so I was delighted to have been mentioned."

“'Many Moons Ago' was developed from a large pastel drawing entitled 'Telepathic Communicator'. The central figure in this pastel drawing is a male who is unable to “speak” and can only express himself using a symbolic language."

June Carey RSW, RGI, PAI, SWA, studied at The Glasgow School of Art in 1959 and at Edinburgh College of Art in 1981. She works in various media which includes etching, pastel drawing, painting and sculpture. Her first major solo exhibition “The Dream Machine” was held at Glasgow Print Studio in 1993, and she has been a member ever since. Awards include: 2022 SWA : Glasgow District Council Residency in Quebec : Scottish Arts Council Research Grant in India : One of three invited artists to exhibit in Olsztyn Castle, Poland: European City of Culture “Woman 2000”: Hope Scott Trust: Anne Redpath : Forth Valley/Creative Scotland Visual Artists.
Her work can be found in various public and private collections including: Oxford University: BBC Television: Lady Thynne: Peter Gabriel: The Royal Bank of Scotland: Scottish Arts Council: Stirling Smiths Art Gallery & Museum. In 2021 she was invited by The Folio Society, London, to illustrate Sir Walter Scott’s novel “Rob Roy” celebrating his 250th Anniversary.