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Dougal McKenzie
@dougalmckenzie.bsky.social
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Artist's website at: www.dougalmckenzie.online
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Urban composition, Belfast...
The field, mid- August, am and 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...
'Figures by a Water Tank', oil on canvas, 2025
Notes from another field #2...
Notes from another field.
Hedgerow report, Spring no.1
Field notes, Spring no.2
Three weeks of a work in progress...
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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-...
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...
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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
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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."
Looks great, I have registered for the livestream.
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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
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: