Frances Macdonald New Paintings
Frances Macdonald New Paintings 1 – 24 December 2010
The Scottish Gallery 16 Dundas Street, Edinburgh EH3 6HZ Tel 0131 558 1200 Email mail@scottish-gallery.co.uk www.scottish-gallery.co.uk
Front cover: 1 Rock Caught Pinks, Iona oil on canvas 61 x 81 cms 24 x 32 inches Back cover: 2 A Little Gem oil on canvas 10 x 10 cms 4 x 4 inches
Foreword
This is only our second show from Frances Macdonald so that after the huge success of her first show in 2009 this represents a triumphant return. But more we can recognize in her an enduring talent and can look forward to a long and fruitful relationship. Her deep familiarity with the landscape, sea and coasts of the West coupled with the bravura technique she has developed with a palette knife, allowing her to work in front of the subject with all the energy and urgency our climate demands, have reached full fruition in this body of work. As ever she started on Iona, a spiritual place of arrival and departure and continued by yacht to remote anchorages and by coastal paths with glorious views of the Mull of Kintyre. The view from her studio allows Frances to sample in every season and weather: the turbid waters of the Corryvreckan across to Jura, the comings and goings of the prawn boats and tall ships are seen from the high perspective of her vantage point above Crinan. The high points of summer invite us to picnic, while in the next picture a cruel Atlantic wave blasts us with spray and ozone; a full gale on its way. All is persuaded into the most satisfying of compositions, the artist’s sophistication allowing the poetry of her subject to become permanent. Guy Peploe Managing Director, The Scottish Gallery
3 A Glimpse of Ben Mhor oil on canvas 45.5 x 40.5 cms 18 x 16 inches
4 The North End, Iona oil on canvas 76 x 101.5 cms 30 x 40 inches
5 Emerald Shallows, Port Bhan oil on canvas 45.5 x 51 cms 18 x 20 inches 6 Lunga on the Horizon oil on canvas 45.5 x 51 cms 18 x 20 inches
7 Seal Bay oil on canvas 45.5 x 51 cms 18 x 20 inches 8 Staffa Beckons oil on canvas 45.5 x 51 cms 18 x 20 inches
9 Jagged Coastline near Musdale, Kintyre oil on canvas 61 x 81 cms 24 x 32 inches
10 Snow on Mull oil on canvas 61 x 86 cms 24 x 34 inches
11 Dutchman’s Cap from Calbha, Iona oil on canvas 61 x 86 cms 24 x 34 inches
12 The Widest Ebb, White Strand of the Monks oil on canvas 61 x 86 cms 24 x 34 inches
13 Breezy Day – Calbha – Iona oil on canvas 61 x 81 cms 24 x 32 inches
14 Seapinks, Ribwort and Lichen at Ronachan, Kintyre oil on canvas 61 x 81 cms 24 x 32 inches
15 Approaching Storm – Balevullin oil on canvas 61 x 81 cms 24 x 32 inches
16 Late Afternoon, Kilmory Knap oil on canvas 61 x 81 cms 24 x 32 inches
17 Lapis and Jade, Sound of Iona oil on canvas 61 x 81 cms 24 x 32 inches
18 Cottages on Gigha from Cleit oil on canvas, 91.5 x 152.5 cms, 36 x 60 inches
19 Lucent as a Prism for Days until a Westerly Blows oil on canvas 91.5 x 152.5 cms 36 x 60 inches
20 Possible Force Seven, The Mull oil on canvas 91.5 x 152.5 cms 36 x 60 inches
21 Port Bhan – A Very Low Tide oil on canvas 101.5 x 127 cms 40 x 50 inches
22 Aquamarine – Iona oil on canvas 101.5 x 127 cms 40 x 50 inches
23 Eddies and Rockpools, Iona oil on canvas 101.5 x 127 cms 40 x 50 inches
24 Footprints on the Sands, Vatersay oil on canvas 30.5 x 40.5 cms 12 x 16 inches
25 Bluebell Wood, Duntrune oil on canvas 76 x 101.5 cms 30 x 40 inches
26 The Gribun Cliffs, Mull oil on canvas 40.5 x 45.5 cms 16 x 18 inches
27 Bull Hole, A Safe Anchorage oil on canvas 40.5 x 45.5 cms 16 x 18 inches
28 Gigha and Islay from Ronachan, Kintyre oil on canvas 51 x 61 cms 20 x 24 inches
29 Flood Tide, Port Bhan oil on canvas 40.5 x 45.5 cms 16 x 18 inches
30 Tarbert, Loch Fyne oil on canvas 51 x 61 cms 20 x 24 inches
31 Kishmul’s Castle – Castlebay oil on canvas 51 x 61 cms 20 x 24 inches
32 Along the Tidemark, Wavelets – Ronachan oil on canvas 51 x 61 cms 20 x 24 inches
33 Vatersay – Towards Port marker and Castlebay oil on canvas 30.5 x 40.5 cms 12 x 16 inches
34 Fladda Light from Cullipool oil on canvas 30.5 x 40.5 cms 12 x 16 inches
35 Bellochantuy – Kintyre oil on canvas 30.5 x 30.5 cms 12 x 12 inches
36 Surf’s Up, Tiree oil on canvas 30.5 x 30.5 cms 12 x 12 inches
37 Port na Fraig, Iona oil on canvas 30.5 x 30.5 cms 12 x 12 inches
38 Just over the Rocks to the Beach oil on canvas 30.5 x 30.5 cms 12 x 12 inches
39 Studio – “Pheasant’s Eye” oil on canvas 45.5 x 51 cms 18 x 20 inches
40 Poppies Have Their Day oil on canvas 25.5 x 25.5 cms 10 x 10 inches
41 End of Season Colour oil on canvas 30.5 x 30.5 cms 12 x 12 inches
42 Vetch and Thrift oil on canvas 30.5 x 30.5 cms 12 x 12 inches
43 A Break in the Clouds oil on canvas 15 x 20 cms 6 x 8 inches 44 Port Bhan from the 11th Tee oil on canvas 15 x 20 cms 6 x 8 inches
45 The Atlantic Beckons oil on canvas 15 x 20 cms 6 x 8 inches 46 Perched Pinks and Cara oil on canvas 15 x 20 cms 6 x 8 inches
47 Catkins and Snowdrops at my Studio oil on canvas 20 x 15 cms 8 x 6 inches 48 A Misty Inch Kenneth oil on canvas 20 x 15 cms 8 x 6 inches 49 Purple Paps of Jura oil on canvas 20 x 15 cms 8 x 6 inches
50 Daffodils in the Gloom, Studio oil on canvas 15 x 20 cms 6 x 8 inches 51 Shells are Scattered oil on canvas 15 x 20 cms 6 x 8 inches
52 Barra Head oil on canvas 15 x 20 cms 6 x 8 inches 53 Flowery Wee Gap oil on canvas 15 x 20 cms 6 x 8 inches
54 The Corryvreckan – Still and Calm – Studio oil on canvas 25.5 x 25.5 cms 10 x 10 inches
55 The Dorus Mhor Ahead oil on canvas 25.5 x 25.5 cms 10 x 10 inches
Additional works 56 “Tangles lie heaped in thousands, thrust and thrown.” Mull of Kintyre 57 Rhododendron Fragrentissima 58 Barra 59 Sanna Bay 60 The Old Lifeboat Station, Southend 61 The Stack – Gauldrons, Machrihanish 62 Inverleith Allotments 63 From the Jetty, Iona 64 OX Rock, Calbha, Iona 65 From the Dunes 66 Pink Cliffs of Mull from Storm Island 67 Black Rock and Back Eddies 68 Dusk, Port Bhan 69 The Waverley Slips By, Sound of Iona 70 Wind Driven Sands – Storm Island 71 Pebbles and Rock Pools 72 The Gauldrons – Machrihanish 73 Iona from Bull Hole, Mull 74 Prawn Boat arriving from Snowy Jura 75 Equinox – Machrihanish 76 Boats at Cassis 77 St Maxime 78 Cockle Strand, North Uist 79 Poltalloch Wood 80 Silver Birch and Bluebells 81 Flowers at the Coast 82 When the Westerly Blows 83 Almeria Maritima
Frances Macdonald
triptych, oil on canvas oil on canvas oil on canvas oil on canvas oil on canvas oil on canvas oil on canvas oil on canvas oil on canvas oil on canvas oil on canvas oil on canvas oil on canvas oil on canvas oil on canvas oil on canvas oil on canvas oil on canvas oil on canvas oil on canvas oil on canvas oil on canvas oil on canvas oil on canvas oil on canvas oil on canvas oil on canvas oil on canvas
183 x 244 cms 152.5 x 101.5 cms 91.5 x 152.5 cms 61 x 81 cms 61 x 81 cms 51 x 61 cms 61 x 51 cms 45.5 x 51 cms 45.5 x 51 cms 45.5 x 51 cms 45.5 x 51 cms 40.5 x 45.5 cms 40.5 x 45.5 cms 40.5 x 45.5 cms 40.5 x 45.5 cms 40.5 x 45.5 cms 30.5 x 30.5 cms 30.5 x 30.5 cms 30.5 x 30.5 cms 30.5 x 30.5 cms 30.5 x 30.5 cms 30.5 x 30.5 cms 25.5 x 25.5 cms 25.5 x 20 cms 20 x 25.5 cms 15 x 20 cms 15 x 20 cms 15 x 20 cms
Some titles inspired by George Mackay Brown. His poem ‘Seascape’ is about my great friend and fellow artist, Gunnie Moberg. All works for sale on receipt of this catalogue.
72 x 96 inches 60 x 40 inches 36 x 60 inches 24 x 32 inches 24 x 32 inches 20 x 24 inches 24 x 20 inches 18 x 20 inches 18 x 20 inches 18 x 20 inches 18 x 20 inches 16 x 18 inches 16 x 18 inches 16 x 18 inches 16 x 18 inches 16 x 18 inches 12 x 12 inches 12 x 12 inches 12 x 12 inches 12 x 12 inches 12 x 12 inches 12 x 12 inches 10 x 10 inches 10 x 8 inches 8 x 10 inches 6 x 8 inches 6 x 8 inches 6 x 8 inches
Born Glasgow
1983 – 1986 Elected Council Member, SSWA
2004 – 2010 Elected Council Member, RGI
1975 1977 1988 1989 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2003 2005 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2009 2010
Solo Exhibitions Gallery Paton, Edinburgh Shore Gallery, Edinburgh Macaulay Gallery, Stenton Sue Rankin Gallery, London The R.G.I. Kelly Gallery, Glasgow The R.G.I. Kelly Gallery, Glasgow The R.G.I. Kelly Gallery, Glasgow The Scottish Arts Club, Edinburgh Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh Cyril Gerber Fine Art, Glasgow Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh Portland Gallery, London Art 2001: The London Contemporary Art Fair Portland Gallery, London Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh Portland Gallery, London Art 2005: The London Contemporary Art Fair Portland Gallery, London Portland Gallery, London Portland Gallery, London Portland Gallery, London The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh Portland Gallery, London The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh
Selected Mixed Exhibitions Aberdeen Art Gallery Mclean Museum Greenock The Royal Scottish Academy The Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts Visual Arts Scotland The Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour Collections Adam and Company, Edinburgh BKR Haines Watts, CA, Glasgow Drummond Miller Solicitors, Edinburgh First National Bank, USA Fred Olsen Shipping Line Gleneagles Hotel Halifax I and H Brown Ltd Misys PLC Property Capital Group Royal Bank of Scotland Robert Fleming Holdings Stenna Shipping Line and Private Collections Worldwide
Published by The Scottish Gallery to coincide with the exhibition Frances Macdonald, New Paintings 1 – 24 December 2010 Exhibition can be viewed online at www.scottish-gallery.co.uk/francesmacdonald ISBN 978-1-905146-48-2 Designed by www.kennethgray.co.uk Photography by Matt Pia Printed by Stewarts All rights reserved. No part of this catalogue may be reproduced in any form by print, photocopy or by any other means, without the permission of the copyright holders and of the publishers.
16 Dundas Street, Edinburgh EH3 6HZ Tel 0131 558 1200 Email mail@scottish-gallery.co.uk Web www.scottish-gallery.co.uk
Frances Macdonald New Paintings 1 - 24 December 2010
1
Rock Caught Pinks, Iona
oil on canvas, 24 x 32 ins, 61 x 81 cms
£3,500
2
A Little Gem
oil on canvas, 4 x 4 ins, 10 x 10 cms
3
A Glimpse of Ben Mhor
oil on canvas, 18 x 16 ins, 45.5 x 40.5 cms
£2,100
4
The North End, Iona
oil on canvas, 30 x 40 ins, 76 x 101.5 cms
£4,850
5
Emerald Shallows, Port Bhan
oil on canvas, 18 x 20 ins, 45.5 x 51 cms
£2,250
6
Lunga on the Horizon
oil on canvas, 18 x 20 ins, 45.5 x 51 cms
£2,250
7
Seal Bay
oil on canvas, 18 x 20 ins, 45.5 x 51 cms
£2,250
8
Staffa Beckons
oil on canvas, 18 x 20 ins, 45.5 x 51 cms
£2,250
9
Jagged Coastline near Musdale, Kintyre
oil on canvas, 24 x 32 ins, 61 x 81 cms
£3,500
10
Snow on Mull
oil on canvas, 24 x 34 ins, 61 x 86 cms
£3,500
11
Dutchman's Cap from Calbha, Iona
oil on canvas, 24 x 34 ins, 61 x 86 cms
£3,500
12
The Widest Ebb, White Strand of the Monks
oil on canvas, 24 x 34 ins, 61 x 86 cms
£3,500
13
Breezy Day - Calbha - Iona
oil on canvas, 24 x 32 ins, 61 x 81 cms
£3,500
14
Seapinks, Ribwort & Lichen at Ronachan, Kintyre
oil on canvas, 24 x 32 ins, 61 x 81 cms
£3,500
15
Approaching Storm - Balevullin
oil on canvas, 24 x 32 ins, 61 x 81 cms
£3,500
16
Late Afternoon, Kilmory Knap
oil on canvas, 24 x 32 ins, 61 x 81 cms
£3,500
17
Lapis and Jade, Sound of Iona
oil on canvas, 24 x 32 ins, 61 x 81 cms
£3,500
18
Cottages on Gigha from Cleit
oil on canvas, 36 x 60 ins, 91.5 x 152.5 cms
£6,600
19
"Lucent as a prism for days until a westerly blows"
oil on canvas, 36 x 60 ins, 91.5 x 152.5 cms
£6,600
20
Possible Force Seven, The Mull
oil on canvas, 36 x 60 ins, 91.5 x 152.5 cms
£6,600
21
Port Bhan - A Very Low Tide
oil on canvas, 40 x 50 ins, 101.5 x 127 cms
£6,200
22
Aquamarine - Iona
oil on canvas, 40 x 50 ins, 101.5 x 127 cms
£6,200
23
Eddies and Rockpools, Iona
oil on canvas, 40 x 50 ins, 101.5 x 127 cms
£6,200
24
Footprints on the Sands, Vatersay
oil on canvas, 12 x 16 ins, 30.5 x 40.5 cms
£1,650
£650
25
Bluebell Wood, Duntrune
oil on canvas, 30 x 40 ins, 76 x 101.5 cms
£4,850
26
The Gribun Cliffs, Mull
oil on canvas, 16 x 18 ins, 40.5 x 45.5 cms
£2,100
27
Bull Hole, A Safe Anchorage
oil on canvas, 16 x 18 ins, 40.5 x 45.5 cms
£2,100
28
Gigha and Islay from Ronachan, Kintyre
oil on canvas, 20 x 24 ins, 51 x 61 cms
£3,000
29
Flood Tide, Port Bhan
oil on canvas, 16 x 18 ins, 40.5 x 45.5 cms
£2,100
30
Tarbert, Loch Fyne
oil on canvas, 20 x 24 ins, 51 x 61 cms
£3,000
31
Kishmul's Castle - Castlebay
oil on canvas, 20 x 24 ins, 51 x 61 cms
£3,000
32
"Along the tidemark, wavelets" - Ronachan
oil on canvas, 20 x 24 ins, 51 x 61 cms
£3,000
33
Vatersay - Towards Port marker and Castlebay
oil on canvas, 12 x 16 ins, 30.5 x 40.5 cms
£1,650
34
Fladda Light from Cullipool
oil on canvas, 12 x 16 ins, 30.5 x 40.5 cms
£1,650
35
Bellochantuy - Kintyre
oil on canvas, 12 x 12 ins, 30.5 x 30.5 cms
£1,500
36
Surf's Up, Tiree
oil on canvas, 12 x 12 ins, 30.5 x 30.5 cms
£1,500
37
Port na Fraig, Iona
oil on canvas, 12 x 12 ins, 30.5 x 30.5 cms
£1,500
38
Just over the Rocks to the Beach
oil on canvas, 12 x 12 ins, 30.5 x 30.5 cms
£1,500
39
Studio - "Pheasant's Eye"
oil on canvas, 18 x 20 ins, 45.5 x 51 cms
£2,250
40
Poppies Have Their Day
oil on canvas, 10 x 10 ins, 25.5 x 25.5 cms
£1,400
41
End of Season Colour
oil on canvas, 12 x 12 ins, 30.5 x 30.5 cms
£1,500
42
Vetch and Thrift
oil on canvas, 12 x 12 ins, 30.5 x 30.5 cms
£1,500
43
A Break in the Clouds
oil on canvas, 6 x 8 ins, 15 x 20 cms
£1,000
44
Port Bhan from the 11th Tee
oil on canvas, 6 x 8 ins, 15 x 20 cms
£1,000
45
The Atlantic Beckons
oil on canvas, 6 x 8 ins, 15 x 20 cms
£1,000
46
Perched Pinks and Cara
oil on canvas, 6 x 8 ins, 15 x 20 cms
£1,000
47
Catkins and Snowdrops at my Studio
oil on canvas, 8 x 6 ins, 20 x 15 cms
£1,000
48
A Misty Inch Kenneth
oil on canvas, 8 x 6 ins, 20 x 15 cms
£1,000
49
Purple Paps of Jura
oil on canvas, 8 x 6 ins, 20 x 15 cms
£1,000
50
Daffodils in the Gloom, Studio
oil on canvas, 6 x 8 ins, 15 x 20 cms
£1,000
51
Shells are Scattered
oil on canvas, 6 x 8 ins, 15 x 20 cms
£1,000
52
Barra Head
oil on canvas, 6 x 8 ins, 15 x 20 cms
£1,000
53
Flowery Wee Gap
oil on canvas, 6 x 8 ins, 15 x 20 cms
£1,000
54
The Corryvreckan - Still and Calm - Studio
oil on canvas, 10 x 10 ins, 25.5 x 25.5 cms
£1,400
55
The Dorus Mhor Ahead
oil on canvas, 4 x 4 ins, 10 x 10 cms
£650
Additional Works
56
"Tangles lie heaped in thousands, thrust and thrown." Mull of Kintyre
triptych, oil on canvas, 72 x 96 ins, 183 x 244 cms
57
Rhododendron Fragrentissima
oil on canvas, 60 x 40 ins, 152.5 x 101.5 cms
£7,750
58
Barra
oil on canvas, 36 x 60 ins, 91.5 x 152.5 cms
£6,600
59
Sanna Bay
oil on canvas, 24 x 32 ins, 61 x 81 cms
£3,500
60
The Old Lifeboat Station, Southend
oil on canvas, 24 x 32 ins, 61 x 81 cms
£3,500
61
The Stack - Gauldrons, Machrihanish
oil on canvas, 20 x 24 ins, 51 x 61 cms
£3,000
62
Inverleith Allotments
oil on canvas, 24 x 20 ins, 61 x 51 cms
£3,000
63
From the Jetty, Iona
oil on canvas, 18 x 20 ins, 45.5 x 51 cms
£2,250
64
OX Rock, Calbha, Iona
oil on canvas, 18 x 20 ins, 45.5 x 51 cms
£2,250
65
From the Dunes
oil on canvas, 18 x 20 ins, 45.5 x 51 cms
£2,250
66
Pink Cliffs of Mull from Storm Island
oil on canvas, 18 x 20 ins, 45.5 x 51 cms
£2,250
67
Black Rock and Back Eddies
oil on canvas, 16 x 18 ins, 40.5 x 45.5 cms
£2,100
68
Dusk, Port Bhan
oil on canvas, 16 x 18 ins, 40.5 x 45.5 cms
£2,100
69
The Waverley Slips By, Sound of Iona
oil on canvas, 16 x 18 ins, 40.5 x 45.5 cms
£2,100
70
Wind Driven Sands - Storm Island
oil on canvas, 16 x 18 ins, 40.5 x 45.5 cms
£2,100
71
Pebbles and Rock Pools
oil on canvas, 16 x 18 ins, 40.5 x 45.5 cms
£2,100
72
The Gauldrons - Machrihanish
oil on canvas, 12 x 12 ins, 30.5 x 30.5 cms
£1,500
73
Iona from Bull Hole, Mull
oil on canvas, 12 x 12 ins, 30.5 x 30.5 cms
£1,500
74
Prawn Boat arriving from Snowy Jura
oil on canvas, 12 x 12 ins, 30.5 x 30.5 cms
£1,500
75
Equinox - Machrihanish
oil on canvas, 12 x 12 ins, 30.5 x 30.5 cms
£1,500
76
Boats at Cassis
oil on canvas, 12 x 12 ins, 30.5 x 30.5 cms
£1,500
77
St Maxime
oil on canvas, 12 x 12 ins, 30.5 x 30.5 cms
£1,500
78
Cockle Strand, North Uist
oil on canvas, 10 x 10 ins, 25.5 x 25.5 cms
£1,400
79
Poltalloch Wood
oil on canvas, 10 x 8 ins, 25.5 x 20 cms
£1,250
80
Silver Birch and Bluebells
oil on canvas, 8 x 10 ins, 20 x 25.5 cms
£1,250
81
Flowers at the Coast
oil on canvas, 6 x 8 ins, 15 x 20 cms
£1,000
82
When the Westerly Blows
oil on canvas, 6 x 8 ins, 15 x 20 cms
£1,000
83
Almeria Maritima
oil on canvas, 6 x 8 ins, 15 x 20 cms
£1,000
Paintings are for sale on receipt of this catalogue
£15,000