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Margaret McDonald
Artist Info
Margaret has taken her love of pattern, colour and repetition from quilting and changed to working with paint and paper. While mark-making with acrylic, watercolour and pastels, she has a deep interest in colour and abstraction while gleaning the smallest scraps for collage. Using universal symbols, currently circles, multiple layers provide an exciting visual experience. As an artist I am fascinated by the changes I have seen in my lifetime particularly around communication. Listening to a few FM radio stations in the 70's to hearing my husband describe recordings from pirate ships outside UK waters, music has always been an important part of my life. Now we have an endless supply of any genre at our fingertips playing wirelessly. Many people still profess vinyl is the best way to enjoy music. This is the theme of my latest series. Enjoy.
SMember of East Central Ontario Art Association Member of The Colborne Art Gallery Member of Spirit of the Hills (SOTH).
Follow along @margaretmsdonald4art
About the Curator
Maddi Snowden is a multidisciplinary artist and designer based out of Grafton's Cherry Hill Studio. She is part of Alchimista as the resident artist, curator, graphic designer, illustrator, and keen coffee drinker.
Her work is in series, choosing and exploring a style and subject matter, experimenting through repetition. For florals, she works without references, aiming to create the impression of being immersed in a spring garden without specifically indicating which species are on display. When painting wildlife, colours are heightened and creatures imbued with character. When painting still life, work is done predominantly with a palette knife to sculpt the image out of the canvas. Most pieces are done in heavy acrylics with lots of sculptural medium to model thick, drippy images that have literal and visual depth. The goal is to produce impressionistic pieces that evoke the feelings that arise from taking the time to look closely at the vivid spaces around us.
Maddi's work is regularly on display on the walls of the cafe, and she curates guest artists to fill the community wall on a monthly basis.
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