Ardmore Point Storm 1 [2021]
original
Oil on canvas
Image size: H:73 cm x W:104 cm
Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:61 cm x W:92 cm x D:1.2cm
Frame Size: H:73 cm x W:104 cm x D:1.5cm
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Ardmore Point is a wonderful, circular, peninsula of land that is surrounded by the River Clyde. Experiencing a sort of micro climate, the weather on the point can be surprisingly mild compared to surrounding areas. However being so exposed to the wind and rain it is also wonderfully wild over the winter months.
Here is have chosen thick layers of dark oil paint and applied with the energy of what I feel Ardmore provides. Glimpses of sunlight indicated within the sky and accross the sands.
Mary McDonald artist works are available with Wychwood Art online to buy and in our art gallery. Exploring the structures of landscape is my starting point for creating paintings. I love to experiment with perspective and the layering of directional lines, often simplifying a subject into what I see as an assembly of elements.
I strive in my paintings to strike a balance between painting a particular subject and trying not to focus my attention on the most obvious elements.
I work from my sketch books and photographs and am very lucky to be surrounded by amazing inspirational landscapes in the west of Scotland. My studio is at home and when I’m not painting I’m mum to two young children and my husband and I are also renovating our home. As you can imagine the days with us are creative, busy and unpredictable.
I studied at Duncan of Jordanstone college of art and design, graduating in 2000. Then worked as an interior designer for many years before giving it up in 2015 to focus on painting and the family. To discuss any of Mary McDonald's original art works please contact deborah@wychwoodart.com or call 07799 535765 / 01869 338155.
