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Tag: acrylic

Bucket Fountain, Cuba Mall

Sold at my In the Style of Hiroshige solo exhibition, June 2021

acrylic, Alistair McDonald, Bucket Fountain, Cuba Street quarter, Hiroshige, Japanese art, japanese style, japonisme, New Zealand, NZ, Painting, Wellington, Wellington artist

Mokotahi, Mahia Beach

Here’s 7 pics of Mahia Beach and Mokotahi hill above it. Mokotahi started life as an island, you see layers … More

acrylic, Alistair McDonald, colour colorblind artist, Hawkes Bay, landscape, mahia, mokotahi, Porirua, Wellington

10 years of Fish

For several of the last 10 years or so, we have had a winter break in the Pacific, partly to … More

acrylic, Alistair McDonald, cartoon, colour colorblind artist, Porirua, tropical fish, 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 … More

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 … More

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 … More

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 … More

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 … More

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

Shackleton and the Sisters of Mercy

Shackleton’s 1914 mission to the Antarctic, with his crushed ship, smallboat journeys to Elephant Island and South Georgia, and crossing … More

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

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