Dougal McKenzie
@dougalmckenzie.bsky.social
Artist's website at: www.dougalmckenzie.online
Urban composition, Belfast...
August 24, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Urban composition, Belfast...
Field notes, late August.
August 22, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Field notes, late August.
The field, mid- August, am and pm...
August 12, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The field, mid- August, am and pm...
Weekend notes from the field...
August 2, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Weekend notes from the field...
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
Today is the 135th anniversary of Van Gogh's death. He has long remained my painter's touchstone. Some more notes from another field...
'Figures by a Water Tank', oil on canvas, 2025
July 28, 2025 at 9:18 AM
'Figures by a Water Tank', oil on canvas, 2025
Notes from another field #2...
July 28, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Notes from another field #2...
Notes from another field.
July 28, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Notes from another field.
Field notes, late July.
July 25, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Field notes, late July.
Field notes, early July.
July 4, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Field notes, early July.
Field notes, late Spring.
May 20, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Field notes, late Spring.
Hedgerow report, Spring no.1
April 29, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Hedgerow report, Spring no.1
Field notes. Spring no.4
April 29, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Field notes. Spring no.4
Field notes, Spring, no.3
April 29, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Field notes, Spring, no.3
Field notes, Spring no.2
April 27, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Field notes, Spring no.2
Three weeks of a work in progress...
April 25, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Three weeks of a work in progress...
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
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...
Field notes, Spring, no.1
April 21, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Field notes, Spring, no.1
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
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:
The beginning of a painting is a curious space - you half watch, and half think about, what is going down, whilst leaving space for the unexpected.
April 12, 2025 at 3:24 PM
The beginning of a painting is a curious space - you half watch, and half think about, what is going down, whilst leaving space for the unexpected.
Evening through the hedgerow...
April 2, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Evening through the hedgerow...
March 30, 2025 at 10:26 PM
From Tolstoy's funeral, via the autocrat's use of technology to control the masses, to Michelangelo's Awakening Slave - all feature in the final episode of Kenneth Clark's 'Civilisation'. Great.
March 29, 2025 at 10:59 PM
From Tolstoy's funeral, via the autocrat's use of technology to control the masses, to Michelangelo's Awakening Slave - all feature in the final episode of Kenneth Clark's 'Civilisation'. Great.
I have only recently discovered the work of #MoiraDryer (1957-92). It is wonderful...
March 28, 2025 at 1:17 PM
I have only recently discovered the work of #MoiraDryer (1957-92). It is wonderful...