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Don Mackinnon

Paintigs Volume One

By Donald J. Mackinnon

Overview


This is a visual biography of an artist showing a painters evolution from the early paintings to the current state of the art work over a period of sixty five years. There is some commentary on the modes or strategies of painting that came about in a journey from a realist style of working to an abstract way of working and what came in-between .This is volume one of a 2 book set that covers work done from the early 60's to the late 80's.

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Description


This book series is a visual journey of an artist who's range of art work is in drawing, painting & sculpture. That basically shows the evolution of his work from his early years to his later years. There is some commentary on how his interest in visual art came about & what his teachers at Pratt Institute of the 1960's taught that turned out to be invaluable advice that would impact on the artists worldview of art, the direction of his work and later, the artists professional career. And also how the New York art worlds views on the style of abstraction effected the way he worked in the studio before the digital revolution in the late 1990's had changed the way people perceived the visual world.
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This is a visual biography of an artist showing a painters evolution from the early paintings to the current state of the art work over a period of sixty five years. There is some commentary on the modes or strategies of painting that came about in a journey from a realist style of working to an abstract way of working and what came in-between .
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Book details

  • Genre:art
  • Sub-genre:American / General
  • Language:English
  • Series Title:The Art of Donald John Mackinnon
  • Series Number:1
  • Pages:132
  • Hardcover ISBN:9798350999662