TITLE: Muse 2-18*

dimensions: 5" x 5", 12cm x 12cm No.18 of 30
media: mixed media on cavnvas

availability:
original artwork: AUD$ SOLD
commissions available: AUD$330, worldwide delivery 15%
giclee prints available

global license available: (YES)

biography:

Sally McDonald started to paint at the age of 36 in February 2008.
As an adult mother and wife, she was searching for a personal balance, an emotional outlet of expression.
Choosing the vehicle of abstract expressionism enables her to express emotively her inner responses to her environment.
A highly visual child, she was obsessed by colour, form, shape and the thrill of manipulating these elements through drawing and painting.
She was constantly ‘scribbling’ and leaving her mark on surfaces throughout her home environment.  

Inspired by the talents of The New York School of Abstract Expressionist including Rothko, Pollock and Motherwell, Sally also draws on contemporary Australian artists John Olsen, Dale Frank, Matthew Johnson and Marnie Wark.
She views the world around her as a revelation, through the context of colour, texture, movement, light and how she can translate emotions onto canvas and engage our senses.

It’s hard for me to articulate my ‘inspiration’ only to say that I trust my own intuitive ability to respond to my spontaneous impulses”.

Being relatively new to the art world has not hindered Sally from enjoying commercial success.  She has sold numerous large scale works through galleries in Paddington and Woollahra.  Often working with acrylic, her vibrant, highly textural displays feature overlays of metallic pigments and mixed media that have earned her a name for herself amongst interior designers and specialist design outlets in Sydney. 
After living in Sydney, Sally now resides in her hometown of Newcastle where she is involved in an ongoing body of work titled ‘Homecoming’.