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The paintings & sculptures of Alistair McDonald

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Taranaki Farm Gate #1

Sepia version gifted to friends, 2015

Alistair McDonald, colour colorblind artist, farm gate, landscape, New Zealand, oil painting, sepia ink, Taranaki Gate

Fiordland

Dusky and Doubtful Sounds, both poetically named by Captain Cook in 1770. Now largely national park and an isolated, brooding,…

Alistair McDonald, colour colorblind artist, Doubtful sound, Dusky Sound, Fiordland, landscape, New Zealand, oil painting

Road to Mahia

Our wider family have a bach at Mahanga, the southern-most beach on the East Coast of the North Island. There’s…

Alistair McDonald, art, colour colorblind artist, Hawkes Bay, landscape, mahia, oil painting, Porirua, Wellington

Awarua O Porirua taniwha learns to fly #5

My entry into (and sold at) the 2014 Pataka Museum Art Awards. Awarua O Porirua is a taniwha (in the…

Alistair McDonald, Awarua, Awarua o Porirua, colour colorblind artist, New Zealand, oil painting, Porirua harbour, taniwha, Wellington

Awarua O Porirua Taniwha Learns to Fly #4

Awarua is a taniwha (in the form of a giant lizard) of Porirua Harbour. The young Awarua wanted to be…

acrylic, Alistair McDonald, Awarua, Awarua o Porirua, Mana Island, Maori rock drawings, New Zealand, NZ, Opihi rock drawings, Opihi taniwha, Painting, Porirua, Porirua harbour, taniwha, Wellington

Domestic Bliss 1-6

The subtleties and body language of domestic arrangements  (other peoples’ of course!). More below. This group of pix was intended as throwaways…

acrylic, Alistair McDonald, cartoon, colour colorblind artist, Domestic Bliss, New Zealand, Painting, Porirua, Wellington

The Neighbours

I like this one, putting the familiar into a new context is what cartooning does best. Acrylic on canvas 12″x15″

acrylic, Alistair McDonald, cartoon, colour colorblind artist, Neighbours, Painting, Porirua, tropical fish, urban France, Wellington

3 Birds

A modified toucan, gannet and flamingo, Egyptian-style. Sold at Mana Arts Trail 2019. Acrylic on canvasboard 18″x24″ We spent a…

acrylic, Alistair McDonald, art, birds, cartoon, colour colorblind artist, Egyptian art, flamingo, gannet, New Zealand, Painting, Porirua, toucan, Wellington

The Betrayal

Maybe you have to like cartoons to like the Betrayal. I posted it because my early audience seem to be…

acrylic, Alistair McDonald, cartoon, colour colorblind artist, New Zealand, Painting, Porirua, Wellington

Buzzy Bee – on a mission

Buzzy Bee is an iconic toy many Kiwis had as a child. When you tow it, it whirs and the…

acrylic, Alistair McDonald, art, Buzzy Bee, colour colorblind artist, New Zealand, Painting, Porirua, Wellington

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