Shona Macdonald - A Philosophical Abundance of the Mundane

Artist & Place

Episode 21 with Western Mass-based, Scottish Artist, Shona Macdonald! Shona Macdonald is an artist exploring themes of landscape, memory and place in her paintings and drawings. Macdonald has exhibited widely across the US, Canada, UK and Australia including exhibitions at the Roswell Art Museum, Zillman Art Museum, Proof Gallery and Reeves Contemporary to name just a few. Her work has been reviewed extensively and she has been a visiting artist at over 50 institutions. Macdonald is a Pollock-Krasner grant recipient, selected for numerous awards, and has work in numerous public and private institutions. This is a conversation about the slowness of making art and having a depth of inquiry to sustain you as an artist. Its a conversation about the studio as a place and our shared love of Yi Fu Tuan while defining what place is. We talk about books we love, the philosophical capability of a reflection in a puddle and the process of locating yourself through creating your work. It's a great exploration of the tension between a place that is longed for and a place that is lived. Please give Shona a follow and let her know your thoughts on this conversation!
Shona Macdonald Website & Instagram
Shona's professor Julia Fish
Louise Erdrich
Ruth Ozeki The Face: A Time Code
Marilynne Robinson Housekeeping
Yi Fu Tuan Space & Place
13 Ways of a Looking at a Blackbird by Wallace Stevens
John Hull Notes on Blindness
Joe Shute Forecast: A Diary of the Lost Seasons
Robert Macfarlane Landmarks
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