Welcome to the blog of Melanie McDonald ! I'm a professional artist, my life is divided between my home in Newquay, Cornwall and my renovation project - an 18th Century farm - in North Brittany, France. My inspiration comes from the beautiful beaches, skies and seas of Cornwall, Brittany and Scotland. This is where I share my paintings and photographs, I hope it inspires you.

September 15, 2017

#FridayPainting : Gull Watching, Daymer Bay, Cornwall


I'm not one who makes believe
I know that leaves are green
They only change to brown when autumn comes around
I know just what I say
Today's not yesterday
And all things have an ending

But what I'd like to know
Is could a place like this exist so beautiful
Or do we have to find our wings and fly away
To the vision in our mind?

Excerpt from the song 'Visions' by Stevie Wonder.  This track is from one of my most played albums of all time - 'Innervisions' (1973).  A brilliant album which I play at top volume when I Really need to finish a painting!

Painting above: Gull watching, Daymer Bay, Cornwall

You can take a look at all my paintings at - Melanie McDonald Gallery
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September 01, 2017

#FridayPainting : Sunrise walk, Nantucket



We're a thousand miles from comfort, we have traveled land and sea
But as long as you are with me, there's no place I'd rather be
I would wait forever, exalted in the scene
As long as I am with you, my heart continues to beat

Excerpt from 'Rather Be' by the British band 'Clean Bandit' who compose electronic style music, ideal for painting along to in my studio!  The song 'Rather Be' was a UK chart topping single in 2014 in collaboration with the female singer Jess Glynne (another studio favourite!)....

Painting above : Sunrise beach walk, Nantucket Island from this year's show in Nantucket.

View all my Nantucket Paintings here.

You can take a look at all my paintings at - Melanie McDonald Gallery
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June 09, 2017

#FridayPainting : Echoes of you, Crantock Beach

With her smile as sweet as a warm wind in summer
She's got me flying like a bird in a bright June sky
And then just when she thinks that I've got her number
Brings me down to the ground with her wintry eye
That's my baby
She can be all four seasons in one day

From the song Four Seasons written by Sting for his daughter Coco.  This lovely song features on his 1996 album, Mercury Falling, and is one of my regular studio plays... ideal for those quieter mornings...

Painting above:  Echoes of you, Crantock Beach, Newquay

You can take a look at all my paintings at - Melanie McDonald Gallery
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