Artist Alex Macdonald

Blue Box Head (CB 6199) [filesize 11K]

ARTIST’S STATEMENT “Most paintings are complicated enough to demand that they be visually digested over a period of time - the degree of information making it impossible to witness the whole image immediately. These new paintings are a continued attempt to create an emotion that is simple and complete. The feeling they generate being more akin to the sense of smell or taste. The paintings remain subdued. They exist on a level that is only just audible. The new sprayed paintings are unfocussed, blurred - like a simple melody heard from a long way off. I’ve also been working in gloss or enamel paint on MDF. These paintings rely not on tonal change but the use of line to suggest the human form. They are a lot more blatant and sexy than the blue paintings . . . but they come from the same family. I hope you enjoy the show.” EDUCATION     1975   Studied at Ravensbourne College of Art   PROFESSIONAL     1978   Teacher of Art, HM Borstal, Shaftesbury, Dorset   1989-1994   Teacher/lecturer on the Adult Education Programme in Dorset   1989-1994   Part-time teacher of painting at Bryanston School, Dorset   1990-1992   Teacher of Art, Knighton House School, Dorset   1995   Paintings for BBC production of Dido and Aeneas, and other television productions   1995-1998   Once yearly Masterclass and Lecture. Allied to the Adult Education Programme, Bristol, Avon   GALLERY REPRESENTATION         Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO Connaught Brown, London   SELECTED ONE-PERSON EXHIBITIONS     2001   "Moving On," Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO   2001   Connaught Brown, London   1999   "Reflection," Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO   1998   Connaught Brown, London   SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS     2003   "Art Palm Beach," Atrium Gallery, Palm Beach, FL Atrium Gallery at HOK, St. Louis, MO   2002   "Art Palm Beach," Atrium Gallery, Palm Beach, FL   1999   Attendi Gallery, London   1998   "Who?," Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO   1997   Attendi Gallery, London Grovelands Priory, London Connaught Brown, London   1996   Mall Galleries, London Grovelands Priory, London Connaught Brown, London   1995   Bruton St. Gallery, London Grovelands Priory, London   1994   Grovelands Priory, London Connaught Brown, London   1991   Hambledon Gallery, Dorset   1990   Millfield Open, Somerset   1988   Hambledon Gallery, Dorset Mall Galleries, London   1987   National Portrait Gallery, London   1986   National Portrait Gallery, London   BIBLIOGRAPHY     2001   Daniel, Jeff, "Art," St. Louis Post-Dispatch, November 4 Schroeder, Ivy, "Fresh Paint," Riverfront Times, October 10-16   1999   Daniel, Jeff, "Alex Macdonald’s Work is Show’s High Point St. Louis Post-Dispatch, August 22   1998   Daniel, Jeff, "Group Exhibit Explores Figurative Pieces Dealing with Identity and Mood," St. Louis Post-Dispatch, August 7   1995   "Look at Me," Daily Telegraph, November 8 Daily Telegraph. November 6   1987   Arts Review. Spring   1986   Fewer, William, "John Player Special Exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery," The Observer. Spring