Morella, oil and acrylic on canvas. Pic courtesy Maddox Arts
Exhibition Preview: Fiona MacDonald – Morphology, Maddox Arts, London, April 2 – May 2 2009
Fiona MacDonald is a painter capable of exquisite colour and intensity, but it’s her eye-catching ability to create pieces resembling living, breathing organisms which is most likely to catch the eye at first sight.
Hotbed IV, self-firing clay, acrylic. Pic courtesy Maddox Arts
Table tops, ceramics and furniture are fashioned from branches and organic matter, turning her ceramics into quirkily-moulded sculpture.
It’s hard to imagine anything MacDonald couldn’t concoct something crafty with – mushrooms, blood cells, flowers and a shower puff all get used here, and glittery watercolours suggest foliage in the multi-coloured underworld formed.
A Symmetry, watercolour. Pic courtesy Maddox Arts
The natural world becomes more magical and colourful through this style, driven by disciplined, intricate oil canvasses.
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