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A Hebridean Painter

30 November 2018 - 22 December 2018

The Sands from the Machair

oil on linen
H:127cm W:142cm
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Anchored off Port Appin, June

oil on canvas
H:41cm W:46cm
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The Dun at the North End, Iona

oil on canvas
H:41cm W:46cm
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Bluebonnets and Rowans on the Canal Bank, August

oil on canvas
H:30.5cm W:30.5cm
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Autumn from my Studio

oil on canvas
H:25.5cm W:25.5cm
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Bluebell Wood, Poltalloch

oil on canvas
H:25.5cm W:25.5cm
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Sun Catching Reisa an-Sruth, Sound of Jura

oil on canvas
H:30.5cm W:30.5cm
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Towards Storm Island, Iona

oil on canvas
H:15cm W:20cm
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Towards the Dorus Mhor from Crinan Slip

oil on canvas
H:30.5cm W:30.5cm
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Sgarbh at Crinan Pier

oil on canvas
H:46cm W:41cm
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Rosebay Willowherb on Canal Bank

oil on canvas
H:18cm W:24cm
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4am Start from Ardgour

oil on canvas
H:30.5cm W:30.5cm
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The Paps of Jura from Colonsay, 2018

oil on canvas
H:15cm W:20cm
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Fingals Cave and the Herdsman’s Rock, 2018

oil on canvas
H:41cm W:46cm
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Clachanach, Iona, 2018

oil on canvas
H:61cm W:81cm
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Looking East Towards Ronachan Bay, 2018

oil on canvas
H:61cm W:81cm
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When Macdonald begins to work in earnest towards an exhibition of new work she will travel to Iona for inspiration. It has drawn artists back to work from nature, and in all her moods provides for Macdonald both the familiarity and stimulus she needs to begin another journey.

Like Peploe and Cadell, Frances Macdonald greatly appreciates the juxtaposition of dark, angular rock and white sand. Her use of the palette knife creates a dynamism and animation in each painting. Hers is bravura painting, her means perfectly suited to capture the essence of the broken skies and raging seas in full force, with rocks transformed into cubistic patterns. In her third exhibition at The Scottish Gallery during February 2013, Frances Macdonald looked at new subject matter: sketching the flora and fauna of the Galápagos, where she visited in November, and the South of France, where she often visits. In April 2013 Frances was awarded the Charles Rennie Mackintosh residency at Collioure and visited France in May 2013.

We look forward to hosting Frances’s next solo exhibition in December 2022.


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