Gillian McDonald Producing Gorgeous Landscapes in Watercolour.
I was 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 saying I fully relate to and it wasn’t until later that I was looking about our areas gallery that I viewed the work of Gillian McDonald a painter that is truly skilled in capturing the ambience of gorgeous countryside.
Her watercolour pictures are lovely encapsulating the nature of the countryside but nestle in structures that have a safety and peacefulness which gives the essence of untouched places. Gillian McDonald learnt her art at the London college of art but developed her joy for the medium of water colour in Indonesia. She is renowned for her brilliant use of colour which really deepens the feel of the subject she is trying to show.
It was lovely to see the stunning peaks of Ben More at the back of the scene with buildings placed in the comfortable and undulating landscape spread out before it. I love the fact that in Gillian McDonalds pictures you often discover detail in a flower or blade of grass that ties In so well with other parts of the picture. I understand that Gillian McDonald herself is an avid gardener and walker, often walking different areas of the landscape looking for her next piece to paint.
I understand Gillian McDonald now resides in Wales where she produces her work concentrating on her water colours and producing pictures that are enjoyed the planet over.