In Sea Fever we find Frances Macdonald painting her long-favoured subjects: the curve of the White Strand of the Monks and the Island of Storms on the east coast of Iona; the distinctive rocks of the North End; the extraordinary views west from Crinan; the full blooming of bluebells in the Argyll forest and a group of late autumn pictures of Brittany.
Frances Macdonald has an approach which makes her painting quite distinctive and instantly recognisable. She takes her tonal range and palette from nature and then goes some way to represent the movement and physicality of her subject with the palette knife and oil paint she favours.
Get a feel for Macdonald’s home and other favourite painting locations in this short film below…
