Alice Macdonald, Sunbathers II, 2023 (framed)
Watercolour and acrylic on paper, 15 x 20cm
Alice Macdonald is an emerging, London-based artist whose diaristic paintings are informed by a broad range of sources spanning historical literature, classic films, myths, fairytales, and friends and family painted from life. Fascinated by the complexities of human emotions and relationships, she is attracted to the cinematic and the melodramatic, as well as the idea of role-playing.
Alice’s jewel-like works on paper form a core part of her practice, their smaller scale lending them an intense, voyeuristic quality. This characterful framed painting on paper is one of a series inspired by visits to the beach in Javea, Spain, where the Spanish Impressionist Joaquín Sorolla painted many beach scenes.
Alice studied at Falmouth University (2011- 2014) followed by the Royal Drawing School (2016 - 2017). Since graduating, she has undertaken several artistic residencies including the Dumfries House Residency, Scotland, the IIFA Teaching Residency, Modinagar, India and the Scuoloa Graphica Internazionale Printmaking residency, Venice, Italy. She has exhibited her work widely in the UK in group exhibitions including the Denton's Art Prize, London (2021), and the Summer Exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts (2019).
Most recently, Alice was presented with the RWS Young Artist Award at the Royal Watercolour Society Open, Bankside Gallery, London. Oliver Projects has shown her work regularly in group exhibitions, at the Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair and at the London Art Fair. Soho Revue presented a joint exhibition of Alice’s work with Joana Galego’s in 2024. Alice is based in south east London.
Watercolour and acrylic on paper, 15 x 20cm
Alice Macdonald is an emerging, London-based artist whose diaristic paintings are informed by a broad range of sources spanning historical literature, classic films, myths, fairytales, and friends and family painted from life. Fascinated by the complexities of human emotions and relationships, she is attracted to the cinematic and the melodramatic, as well as the idea of role-playing.
Alice’s jewel-like works on paper form a core part of her practice, their smaller scale lending them an intense, voyeuristic quality. This characterful framed painting on paper is one of a series inspired by visits to the beach in Javea, Spain, where the Spanish Impressionist Joaquín Sorolla painted many beach scenes.
Alice studied at Falmouth University (2011- 2014) followed by the Royal Drawing School (2016 - 2017). Since graduating, she has undertaken several artistic residencies including the Dumfries House Residency, Scotland, the IIFA Teaching Residency, Modinagar, India and the Scuoloa Graphica Internazionale Printmaking residency, Venice, Italy. She has exhibited her work widely in the UK in group exhibitions including the Denton's Art Prize, London (2021), and the Summer Exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts (2019).
Most recently, Alice was presented with the RWS Young Artist Award at the Royal Watercolour Society Open, Bankside Gallery, London. Oliver Projects has shown her work regularly in group exhibitions, at the Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair and at the London Art Fair. Soho Revue presented a joint exhibition of Alice’s work with Joana Galego’s in 2024. Alice is based in south east London.
Watercolour and acrylic on paper, 15 x 20cm
Alice Macdonald is an emerging, London-based artist whose diaristic paintings are informed by a broad range of sources spanning historical literature, classic films, myths, fairytales, and friends and family painted from life. Fascinated by the complexities of human emotions and relationships, she is attracted to the cinematic and the melodramatic, as well as the idea of role-playing.
Alice’s jewel-like works on paper form a core part of her practice, their smaller scale lending them an intense, voyeuristic quality. This characterful framed painting on paper is one of a series inspired by visits to the beach in Javea, Spain, where the Spanish Impressionist Joaquín Sorolla painted many beach scenes.
Alice studied at Falmouth University (2011- 2014) followed by the Royal Drawing School (2016 - 2017). Since graduating, she has undertaken several artistic residencies including the Dumfries House Residency, Scotland, the IIFA Teaching Residency, Modinagar, India and the Scuoloa Graphica Internazionale Printmaking residency, Venice, Italy. She has exhibited her work widely in the UK in group exhibitions including the Denton's Art Prize, London (2021), and the Summer Exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts (2019).
Most recently, Alice was presented with the RWS Young Artist Award at the Royal Watercolour Society Open, Bankside Gallery, London. Oliver Projects has shown her work regularly in group exhibitions, at the Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair and at the London Art Fair. Soho Revue presented a joint exhibition of Alice’s work with Joana Galego’s in 2024. Alice is based in south east London.
