Peter McDonald

Going to Grandma’s Peter McDonald

Watercolor with Ink 24" x 18" $1200

Little Red Riding Hood’s forest was inspired by my own wrong turn on a hiking trail that ended my hike in the dark: a surreal, even scary moment. I poured the paint and, rebelling against the watercolorist’s admonition to “save your whites,” I did negative painting with ink to emphasize the darkness of the woods. I included a small Red Riding Hood. I don’t usually include figures in my abstracts, but, well, it was her story too.

All in the Family Peter McDonald

Watercolor with Ink 24" x 18" $1200

Looking into a tree line I was reminded that in a family, as in nature, we may have our similarities, but we are all unique. I began with a series of watercolor pours, allowing each layer to dry. The first was yellow-green, which I textured. The blue was poured onto unsecured paper allowing buckles to create similar but different patterns. On the red, I went back with a brush and pens to create a sharp contrast with the blues.