ALLAN MACDONALD
Above & beyond
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Beacon, Cul Mhor oil on canvas | 76cm x 101cm
+44 (0) 1463 783 230
art@kilmorackgallery.co.uk
Kilmorack Gallery, Inverness-shire iv4 7al SCOTLAND
ALLAN MACDONALD
Above & beyond
AUGUST 2025
Snowcloud, Suiven oil on canvas
76cm x 101cm
It is rare for me to be so excited about a collection of paintings, but this latest body of work by Allan MacDonald raises goosebumps on my right arm, and these goosebumps rekindle the origional goosebump-moments: catching site of the sleeping sphinx-like mass of Suilven; hearing the vast moving green sea as it pounds pre-Cambrian rock; mists of singing salt spray; warm winter light in a frozen land; a family of birches witnessing seasons, rooted and growning; the first fingers of awakening light; and a whale that swims silently known only by tail and spout. MacDonald transports me to these very real moments again-and-again and his visons, although we share many of them, are his own.
Maybe some of the power of these paintings is because they are shared, with the trinity of land, paint and God - with MacDonald stepping back to let it happen, for it to come through him and not by him - stopping thoughts that hault the natural flow of time-served hands and canvas. By stepping back a little, MacDonald goes forward. It is almost thirty years that we have been exhibiting MacDonald’s work and he is always going forwards and this collection of work shows he is leading the pack.
Tony Davidson, Director of Kilmorack Gallery
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YellowTriangle, Assynt oil on canvas | 25cm x 30cm
In and out, Cul Mhor oil on canvas | 61cm
x 91cm
Without end, Mangersta oil on canvas | 76cm x 101cn
Destination, Ness Point oil on canvas | 61cm x 91cm
All lit up oil on canvas | 61cm x 91cn
Rise and fall, Dalbeg oil on canvas | 40cm x 100cm
Breaking Point oil on canvas | 35cm x 90cm
Pale morning, Suilven oil on canvas | 20cm x 30cm
Birch Fingers, North West oil on canvas | 25cmx 30cm
Winter, Assynt oil on canvas | 25cm x 35cm
Afterglow, Cul Mhor oil on canvas | 25cm x 30cm
Road to somewhere oil on canvas | 25cm x 30cm
Crossed wires, Carloway oil on canvas | 25cm x 30cm
Overwhelm, Dalbeg oil on canvas | 30cm x 40cm
On the Move, Eastfjord oil on canvas | 20cm x 30cm
AVOVE
& BEYOND
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Allan MacDonald, July 2025
Onrush, Mangersta oil on canvas | 76cm x 101cm
Glories stream oil on canvas | 61cm x 91cm
The Long Wait, Kilmorack cemetary oil on canvas | 25cm x 35cm
Shadows flee oil on canvas | 25cm x 30cm
Easrthrise, Hirsey oil on canvas | 40cm x 50cm
