By: Peter Milton

Medium: Resist Ground Etching & Engraving  with direct photographic transfer
Year: 1975
Image Size: 19.63 x 31.75

Peter Milton’s Daylilies is a richly layered etching that explores memory, time, and the fragility of life. A solitary figure anchors the composition, surrounded by ghostly presences, portraits, and symbolic details that blur the line between reality and recollection. Milton’s intricate technique creates a dreamlike atmosphere where architecture, shadows, and figures overlap in a continuum of past and present.

The title evokes the fleeting beauty of daylilies, paired with “Limited” to suggest the constraints of time and mortality. Through this poetic imagery, Milton transforms personal reflection into a universal meditation on loss, remembrance, and the passage of time. Daylilies, Limited exemplifies the artist’s ability to turn etching into a vessel for memory — precise, atmospheric, and deeply resonant.

Milton gives a thourough description on his website at: Peter Milton Daylilies