Allan Macdonald

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fall, Algonquin, 2021

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Moment in the sun

by | 25th October 2021 | Exhibitions | 0 Comments

Catalogue introduction by Allan MacDonald | Moment in the Sun Where did this begin? Partly in 2019, when I was awarded the Balavoulin Art Grant, but really over 25 years ago when a friend returned home from Canada with a book called Silence and the Storm. Inside were...
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The Sound of many waters

by | 11th March 2020 | Exhibitions, Thoughts | 0 Comments

This is a collection of paintings mainly sourced from a recent stay in Mangersta, on the South West corner of Lewis. The title is taken from text from both the Old and New Testament; the book of Ezekiel and the book of Revelation*. Why? Firstly, because it fits the...
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Transparency | An exhibition by ALLAN MACDONALD in Kilmorack Gallery

by | 20th August 2019 | Exhibitions | 0 Comments

Transparency ALLAN MACDONALD exhibition 24th August - 21 September You and your guests are invited to the private view of new work by Allan MacDonald. In this exhibition - transparency - MacDonald continues his exploration of untouched places and their closeness to a...
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Lunation

by | 22nd June 2018 | Exhibitions | 0 Comments

Sometimes, when we acquire something new (lawn mower, camera, stove), the desire is to use it immediately without reading the instructions. It’s only later that we find ourselves returning to the manual for more meaningful guidance. I think painting can be a bit like...
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Despatches from remote places

by | 18th March 2018 | Thoughts | 0 Comments

I'm writing this from a lay-by in a forsaken area of the West Coast of Lewis. The wind is a monotone chant, the rain beats out an irregular rhythm, the light is background only, a faint descant. What on earth am I doing here? The writer Michel Faber once described my...
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Allan Macdonald

Allan Macdonald

Artist

The writer Michel Faber once described my work as ‘excited despatches from remote places’ and there is an element of truth in this. I am drawn to paint in places where the human imprint is small. But where is truly remote? I can get as much a sense of remoteness looking out my back door as I can from driving till the road runs out on the North West coast.

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