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John Macdonald is an accomplished Canadian artist whose abstract landscapes and impressionist portraits have been collected and exhibited nationally and internationally for over two decades. Originally from Prince George, BC, and a graduate with honours from Emily Carr College of Art and Design, his work is represented in major public and private collections including the Department of External Affairs in Ottawa and the Toronto Dominion Bank in Vancouver and Toronto. Macdonald’s paintings are known for their expressive, atmospheric quality, often blending memory-like imagery with a subtle sense of surrealism and movement. His abstract landscapes are an ideal choice for collectors seeking evocative, contemporary Canadian paintings that captures shifting light and a brilliant emotion.
“MacDonald’s large expressive paintings tackle a broad range of themes, from sunbathers to road trips to museum exhibitions. There is often an air of the surreal in his paintings emphasized by his use of figurative elements that seem about to materialize. They suggest characters from memory or dreams that warble and shimmer just the other side of our grasp.” George Harris, curator
