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The Consternation of the Magi

Christmas Eve in New Zealand, warm and windy. My only Christmas painting, from about 2010. Durer’s Adoration of the Magi … More

acrylic, Adoration of the Magi, Alistair McDonald, cartoon, Consternation of the magi, Durer, einstein, expressionism, expressionist, magi, Painting, Porirua artist, Wellington artist

COVID Cartoon Gallery/Anzac Day

Today we commemorate our war dead in New Zealand. We are still in full isolation so the traditional Dawn Service … More

acrylic, Alistair McDonald, Anzac Day, Anzac Day 2020, art, Bottle Creek, cartoon, New Zealand, NZ, Painting, Porirua, Porirua artist, Sculpture, Wellington, Wellington artist

288 Cuba Street, Wellington

Small oil developed from 2 sketches attached. Built from wood in about 1906 in a New Zealand Italianate style (ie … More

288 Cuba Street, Alistair McDonald, art, artist, cartoon, Cuba Street quarter, Edwardian buildings, expressionist, heritage building Wellington, Kiwi art gallery, oil painting, old building image, Painting, Porirua, Wellington

Arnold

Either a painted sculpture or a sculptured painting – from the early 2000s, when I was doing both and interested … More

acrylic, Alistair McDonald, art, cartoon, mixed media, New Zealand, NZ, Painting, Porirua, Sculpture, Wellington

After Picasso

A small 12″x12″ oil on canvas which borrows from Picasso’s Girl before a Mirror, with hints of The Muse and … More

Alistair McDonald, art, cartoon, colour colorblind artist, girl in a mirror, New Zealand, oil painting, picasso, portrait of Jacqueline, The Muse

Mokotahi, the house

An old tin boatshed, or stables maybe, converted into a beachhouse on the seafront at Mahia. A bit Aubrey Beardsley, … More

Alistair McDonald, Beardsley, black and white illustration, Boatsheds, cartoon, colour colorblind artist, mahia, mokotahi, New Zealand, Porirua, Wellington

Avez-vous du sucre?

Based on my earlier painting The Neighbours. Noticed later that the right side building and awning are (accidentally) a bit Escher! … More

Alistair McDonald, black and white illustration, cartoon, colour colorblind artist, New Zealand, pen and ink, 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

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

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