Having been born in Scotland and later married there I have a real love of the Scottish countryside. The quote Absence makes the heart grow fonder is a phrase I fully empathise with and it wasn’t until later that I was searching round our local gallery that I saw the work of Gillian McDonald an artist that is particularly skilled in capturing the ambience of beautiful landscapes.

Her beautiful pictures are amazing capturing the nature of the landscape but nestle in structures that have a security and peacefulness which gives the feel of untouched regions. Gillian McDonald learnt her art at the London college of art but focused her love for the medium of water colour in Indonesia. She is known for her fantastic use of colour which really deepens the feel of the scene she is trying to show.

It was really nice to see the stunning crags of Ben More at the back of the scene with homesteads placed in the comfortable and undulating landscape layed out In front of it. I love the fact that in Gillian McDonalds pictures you often find detail in a flower or blade of grass that links In brilliantly with other parts of the image. I understand that Gillian McDonald herself is an avid gardener and walker, often roaming different parts of the landscape searching for her next picture to paint.

I understand Gillian McDonald now lives in Wales where she produces her work focusing on her water colours and painting pictures that are loved the planet over.

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Posted in: Insightful | | December 2008