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Dougal McKenzie
@dougalmckenzie.bsky.social
Artist's website at: www.dougalmckenzie.online
Urban composition, Belfast...
August 24, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Field notes, late August.
August 22, 2025 at 9:50 AM
The field, mid- August, am and pm...
August 12, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Weekend notes from the field...
August 2, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Today is the 135th anniversary of Van Gogh's death. He has long remained my painter's touchstone. Some more notes from another field...
July 29, 2025 at 8:53 AM
'Figures by a Water Tank', oil on canvas, 2025
July 28, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Notes from another field #2...
July 28, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Notes from another field.
July 28, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Field notes, late July.
July 25, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Field notes, early July.
July 4, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Field notes, late Spring.
May 20, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Hedgerow report, Spring no.1
April 29, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Field notes. Spring no.4
April 29, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Field notes, Spring, no.3
April 29, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Field notes, Spring no.2
April 27, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Three weeks of a work in progress...
April 25, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Reposted by Dougal McKenzie
Zona | Mark McGreevy at Ulster University Art Gallery

Mark McGreevy: Zona showcases a compelling new series of drawings and paintings created over the past five years, reflecting the artist's fascination with sentient landscapes as a repository for materials and
visualartists.ie/events/zona-...
April 25, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Do art debates like this even take place anymore? I mean on the level of argument and interrogation. The extraordinary recordings by John Link, of the Mountain Lake Symposium in 1980...
April 23, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Reposted by Dougal McKenzie
In two days: this Wednesday, April 23 at 6:30pm, I'll be in conversation with environmental scientist Peter Groffman at
@thegraduatecenter.bsky.social. Very excited for this event! Free and open to the public, in-person and online; reservations required: www.gc.cuny.edu/events/city-...
City of Science: Van Gogh and the End of Nature - Michael Lobel in Conversation with Peter Groffman
Elebash Recital Hall
www.gc.cuny.edu
April 21, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Field notes, Spring, no.1
April 21, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Reposted by Dougal McKenzie
A book about the history of iconophagy – eating images – is an enlightening if occasionally stodgy read, writes Tim Smith-Laing.
Pictures that look good enough to eat | Apollo Magazine
This chronicle of iconophagy – the act of consuming an image – is an enlightening if occasionally stodgy read, writes Tim Smith-Laing
buff.ly
April 17, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Reposted by Dougal McKenzie
If you need a pick-me-up today, definitely check out this lovely video posted by @libbyr.bsky.social of Wayne Thiebaud talking earnestly about Rosa Bonheur's majestic painting "The Horse Fair" at the Met Museum. Love how he identifies himself: "My name is Wayne Thiebaud. I'm a painter & teacher."
April 16, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Reposted by Dougal McKenzie
In one week, Wed. April 23 at 6:30pm, I'll be in conversation with environmental scientist Peter Groffman at @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social. Very excited for this event. Free and open to the public, in-person and online; reservations required www.gc.cuny.edu/events/city-...
City of Science: Van Gogh and the End of Nature - Michael Lobel in Conversation with Peter Groffman
Elebash Recital Hall
www.gc.cuny.edu
April 16, 2025 at 1:17 PM
One of the best ever painting books, by Julian Bell...the last page of What Is Painting? ends with the most intriguing statement to have been made on the subject:
April 16, 2025 at 9:57 AM
For Ellen Cantor hyperallergic.com/340652/for-e...
Beautiful article.
For Ellen Cantor
Ellen Cantor spontaneously called me on a July evening, inviting me to the Colony Room in Soho for a drink.
hyperallergic.com
April 12, 2025 at 11:34 PM