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Temple in Bangkok

Sketched this in Bangkok in April 1978. In the 40 ! years since then, the blue ballpoint ink almost completely…

Alistair McDonald, Bangkok temple, black and white illustration, Porirua, Wellington

Ken Gray Rides Out

Ken Gray was a famous All Black (NZ Rugby player) of the late 60s, a liberal man ahead of his…

Alistair McDonald, Bottle Creek, expressionism, expressionist, Ken Gray, landscape, New Zealand, NZ, oil painting, Painting, Porirua, Porirua harbour, Wellington

Boatsheds at Oriental Bay #4

My entry into The Friends of Pataka (Porirua Museum) 2016 exhibition. Sold 2022. Oils 500×500

Alistair McDonald, Boatsheds, expressionism, expressionist, landscape, New Zealand, NZ, oil painting, oriental bay, Painting, Porirua, Wellington

Routeburn Hut

Epic view of the main hut on the Routeburn Track in Fiordland, one of NZ’s Great Walks. Oils 100x100cm

Alistair McDonald, colour colorblind artist, expressionism, expressionist, Fiordland, New Zealand, NZ, oil painting, Porirua, Queenstown, Routeburn Track, Wellington

Titahi Bay from Colonial Knob

Titahi Bay, Plimmerton and Kapiti Island from the hill behind Porirua. This one was a battle, I think it’s done.…

Alistair McDonald, Colonial Knob, expressionism, expressionist, landscape, New Zealand, NZ, oil painting, Painting, Porirua, Titahi Bay, Wellington

Milford Sound #1

This one seemed to have a mind of its own regardless of what I intended at the start. However, big…

Alistair McDonald, expressionism, expressionist, Fiordland, landscape, Milford Sound, New Zealand, NZ, oil painting, Painting, Porirua, Wellington

Farmlet near Queenstown

The 1st, and most Expressionist(?), of the 3 oils completed in Java. This one was wide brush, lots of paint…

Alistair McDonald, Arrowtown, Central Otago, Coronet Peak, expressionism, expressionist, landscape, New Zealand, NZ, oil painting, Porirua, Queenstown

Shotover River, near Queenstown

Near Yogjakarta in Southern Java, painting with Indonesia’s leading contemporary landscape painter John van der Sterren. John is encouraging me…

Alistair McDonald, Arrowtown, ex, expressionism, landscape, New Zealand, NZ, oil painting, Porirua, Queenstown, Shotover River, Wellington

Sketches of South East Asia

Click through for 12 sketches/(coffee) washes from VietNam, Cambodia and Java Feb-April 2016

Alistair McDonald, art, black and white illustration, colour colorblind artist, New Zealand, NZ, Porirua, Viet nam images

Mitre Peak #1

View from my bedroom window. Nah, it’s the Milford Sound, Fiordland. Oils 100×100 Gifted to my daughter on her engagement…

Alistair McDonald, colour colorblind artist, expressionism, expressionist, Fiordland, landscape, Milford Sound, Mitre Peak, New Zealand, NZ, oil painting, Porirua, Queenstown, Wellington

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