Love Death Cowhide

April 2010

Catalogue essay by Rosemary Sorensen

 

"It's easy to be charmed by the world as created by Angus McDonald: but it's the frisson of uncertainty that really gives it its appeal..."

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Country Style

April 2010

Best in Show

 

"Art may be leading celebrated painter Angus McDonald down a different path but his prized bulls still have a part to play..."

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Northern Star

6 February 2010

New Big Prawn for Ballina

 

"Meet Neville, Ballina's new Big Prawn. Lennox Head based artist Angus McDonald teamed up with Lismore designer Natalie Wilkin to present the concept to Mr Condon last month. 'We tried to do what we thought would be really beautiful for the site', Mr McDonald said..."

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dumbo feather, pass it on.

Autumn 2009, Issue 19

Ant'art'ica 

 

"Artist, Angus McDonald has been to Antarctica twice more than most people...Only by the second time was he able to narrow his gaze and see the fascinating details..."

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Belle

October/November 2008

Sketch Pad

 

"A showcase for an extensive and enviable collection of artworks, gallery owner Tim Olsen’s Sydney home is also a warm, family retreat and the scene of many convivial artistic gatherings.."

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Resurgence

July/August 2008

Frozen Light

"The essence of Antarctica for me is in the scale of its contrasts. In the simultaneous power and subtlety of the light, the dynamic weather, the irrepressible daylight in summer, the cold oppressive darkness of winter. The intensity of colour and then the absence of it…"

 

 

 

 

 

Inside Out Magazine

July - August 2008

Works on Paper

"The first purchase for many art lovers is a work on paper. As Sydney gallery owner Damien Minton explains, 'It gives access to major artists without having a champagne budget'.."

 

 

 

 

 

 

Inside Out Magazine

July - August 2008

Pure & Simple

"If there's something that binds my pictures together it would be light," says Australian painter Angus McDonald. "In almost everypiece, I'm chasing after the light as it passes over surfaces and planes and empty space. In doing so, I'm attempting to articulate simple statements about beauty which have a tranquil potency and that are truthful..."

 

The Australian

10 March 2008

Uber male gets the chop

Rosemary Sorensen

"WHEN you paint or write about bulls, you are thinking about sex, the cliche goes. Male potency, sexual aggression: such are the simple connotations, which is why bulls' heads and horns adorn so many logos and the word is employed for all kinds of product names for everything from sugary drinks to heavy machinery.."

 

 

The Sydney Morning Herald

10 March 2008

His steer-way to heaven

"The bull art works, priced from about $11,000 to $15,000, include the winsome Warren, the solid Malcolm, and the sweet Sedley. But what's this? Amongst the beguiling bull portraits is a small collection of cowhide furniture, including the Consuela Chaise ($17,000) complete with hooves, and the Ferdinand Rocker, sold before the exhibition for a slice under $ 5,000.."

 

 

 

Antarctica Exhibition Catalogue

August 2007

"Antarctica is an exhibition about the grandeur and eloquence of a pure and powerful landscape. It is about an experience shared by two artists almost 100 years apart..."

 

Vogue Living

May/June 2007

Twin Feats

"A ceramicist and an artist are flung together by a Sydney Art dealer with an idea for a collaborative exhibition. The result is calmer than you’d expect.."

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Australian

September 14, 2007

Reflections of truth on a frozen canvas

"McDonald uses the word truth about his own goals, suggesting that finding a truthful way to ‘describe light’ aligns him with early Spanish still-life painters such as Velazquez.."

 

Catalogue Essay by Jacqueline Millner

30 June to 12 August 2006

Selected paintings 2001-2006

"Angus McDonald's paintings are marked by that very enhanced realism that renders the ordinary extraordinary. Through his adept handling of light, line, colour and composition, McDonald transforms his humble subjects..."

 

Herald Sun

Eons captured in a bowl

"There is an obsessive presence to Angus McDonald’s latest still life paintings at Scott Livesey that goes well beyond perceived reality.."