NEWS

We are pleased to announce:

Don Scott Macdonald:  Winner, Pacific Coast Competition, New American Paintings issue #73.

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New work exhibiting at Gary Farrell Winery

Sonoma County, California, July, 2008

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works now available at:

SFMOMA Artists Gallery, San Francisco, CA

REPRESENTATION
Presently available.

STATEMENT
My paintings are composed from an accumulation of observations and dreams. Rather than recreating details of a static landscape on canvas, I attempt to distill its essence, believing that simplicity is elegant and powerful. Many in this series juxtapose the peaceful, quiet mystery of nature with the rush of sensation we experience in such environments. I feel an affinity with the metaphysical content in paintings by Bierstadt, Frankenthaler and Rothko. Like them, I aim to create spaciousness that extends beyond the limits of the canvas. Overall, I hope my paintings convey something about who we are and what we feel — a balance of mystery and beauty, darkness and hope.

Artistic Process: The larger paintings take several weeks to complete. I’m using a classic oil technique of layering-on numerous thin glazes, allowing each to dry before the next is applied. The technique is time-consuming, but creates depth and glow. The surface preparation alone is painstaking, consisting of several layers of resin or gesso, each sanded by hand to achieve a smooth, eggshell surface. The visual inspiration for many of my images begins from time spent in nature, as well as motorcycling, hanggliding and fly fishing. In the studio, I'll sketch and note the essence of those experiences. The sketches are developed and then given life on canvas. I’m continually exploring how little representation is needed to capture an experience.


SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITION LIST

2008 Gary Farrell Winery, Healdsburg, CA

2007 The Stanford Faculty Club, Stanford, CA

2006 M.Gabriel Gallery, Sonoma, CA

2005 Gallery at the Geary, Union Square, San Francisco, CA

2005 ‘Journeys’, Wildwood Gallery, St. Petersburg, Florida

2004 Ross Valley Winery Gallery, San Anselmo, CA

1982 ‘Road Trips’, LA Eyeworks, Los Angeles, CA

1982 First Interstate Bank, Los Angeles, California

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITION LIST

2007 Arches Gallery, Healdsburg, CA
2006 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Artists Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2006 Cohen-Rese Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2005 Benefit Show, Giant Steps, Rohnert Park, CA
2005 Contemporary Fine Arts Gallery, San Anselmo, CA
2005 ‘An Artist’s View’, Petaluma Museum, Petaluma, CA
2004 Contemporary Fine Arts Gallery, San Anselmo, CA
2004 Marin Art Exhibition, Marin Civic Center, San Rafael, CA
1983 ‘Four New Directions’, Strategic Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1983 Los Angeles International Contemporary Art Exhibition, Los Angeles, CA
1982 “The New Landscape” First Interstate Bank, Los Angeles, CA
1980 Bell Memorial Union Gallery, California State University, Chico, CA
1980 BFA Art Exhibition, Best of Show: Painting, California State University, Chico, CA

SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Corporate Collections
Aparna Architects, Singapore
First Interstate Bank Corporation, Los Angeles, CA
Progressive Properties, Los Angeles; CA

Halperin & Christ Architects, San Anselmo, CA
I.R.S. Records, Los Angeles, CA
Individual Collections

Martin and Angela Wentzlik
David Hockney, Carrie Fisher, Davey Johnstone (Elton John Band), Chrissie Hynde


EDUCATION
The Art Center College of Design, Los Angeles, California
California State University, Chico, California


Born 1955 San Francisco, California

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