#FridayPainting: Twilight air, north Brittany

May your love for me be
like
the scent of the evening sea

drifting in
through a quiet window

so I do not have to run
or chase or fall
... to feel you

all I have to do
is
breathe.

Poem by the wonderful Sanober Khan

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Painting above: Twilight air, north Brittany

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Paintings on Paper

Solitude Polzeath

Hello Friends!  I've (finally!) loaded some of my new small paintings on paper to my online shop.  These are 12x12 inch originals on handmade paper, please take a look (once they are gone, they are gone!).  Thanks so much!

Nocturne Treyarnon

Celtic Nights, Scotland

After Dark Cornwall

Autumn Gold, north Cornwall

Eventide, South Cornwall

After Dark, Cornwall

Winter Tide Cornwall

Winter Flight Cornwall

Salt Water Brittany

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Art Exhibition #Locquirec Bretagne



Painting above: Locquirec, Brittany - morning walk along the shining sands.

 

Friends, I'm having an exhibition of my paintings and prints at the municipal gallery in Locquirec, near my French home.  'L'Ere du Large' Gallery is a fab light-filled space and free for local artists!  Here are a few of the paintings that will be on display.  The exhibition runs until 25th September, open daily 3-7pm.  All paintings are available as Limited Edition Prints in my online shop.
 

 L'Ocean Breton

Girl Rider, Pink Beach, Brittany

Celtic Tides, Santec, Brittany

The Parisians, le Dossen Plage, Brittany

Sunset Riders, Les Sables Blancs, Brittany

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Wedding photography in Brittany

Earlier this summer, I was invited to photograph a wedding at Locquirec, in north Brittany, close to my French home.  The couple live and work in London.  Hannah's dream was to be married in Brittany as she has many happy memories of childhood holidays spent here.  For her wedding venue, she chose the gorgeous Hotel Spa - Grand Hotel Des Bains, (the garden even has a gate which opens directly onto a private beach!).  It was a perfect day.  The sun shone... the bride looked beautiful... and the groom couldn't stop smiling....

 

 

 

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Celtic Family Magazine interview

I love small scale, niche publications.  So, when the editor for Celtic Family Magazine recently approached me for an interview, I immediately said Yes!

Today, the Celtic lands, (known as the Celtic Nations), are Brittany, Cornwall, Wales, Scotland, Ireland and the Isle of Man.  Celtic Family Magazine celebrates Celtic communities, and provides global news on travel, entertainment, art, culture and history.  It's published and distributed in the USA, and is available worldwide online via Celtic Family Magazine website.

Excerpt from my interview below...

Celtic Family Magazine: You paint parts of Cornwall, Brittany and Scotland.  Can you tell the readers about their unique characteristics and your relationship to these places?

Melanie McDonald: I'm very, very lucky to have a connection with these beautiful places.  They are all Celtic regions, with strong historical and cultural similarities, yet each region has its own striking beauty and uniqueness.
 
These days, my life is divided between Cornwall and our renovation project - an 18th Century farm - in northwest Brittany, France.  (Cornwall and Brittany are easily accessed via the Brittany Ferry link which was started by farmers in the small fishing port of Roscoff close by).  Cornwall to me represents memories of time spent with my family on windy granite cliff walks and golden sandy beaches.  When I think of Cornwall, images of surfers enjoying strong Atlantic swells and the fairy tale romance of St. Michael's Mount float before my eyes.
 
The attraction of Brittany is space and the gorgeous coastline, of which there is a stunning 1,780 miles, representing a third of the total French coastline.  The coast of Brittany ranges from the dog-toothed Wrecker's Coast to islands with white sandy beaches and emerald bays, and to the famous giant sparkling pink granite boulders of the Cote de Granite Rose.  My personal sense of freedom starts in Brittany where there is so much for me yet to discover and paint.

(Read more by clicking on the photos!)

On Golden Shores, Locquirec, Brittany

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Bright Day at Polzeath, Cornwall

 

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#FridayPainting : Catching the last sun rays, Brittany

... and forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair.

Excerpt from The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran.

Painting: Catching the last sun rays, Brittany

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Snapshots of March '15

Enjoying a break on this tranquil, empty beach ... during a hectic month.

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#FridayPainting : Winter Skies, Santec, Brittany

Had I the heavens’ embroidered cloths,
Enwrought with golden and silver light,
The blue and the dim and the dark cloths
Of night and light and the half light,
I would spread the cloths under your feet:
But I, being poor, have only my dreams;
I have spread my dreams under your feet;
Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.

Excerpt from the poem Aedh Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven by William Butler Yeats 

You can read more about this famous Irish poet here -W. B. Yeats

Painting Details: Winter Skies, Santec, Brittany

Prints of this painting are available from Melanie McDonld Online Gallery

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Snapshots of January '15

Coastline and harbour around Locquirec one wild January afternoon...

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Snapshots of December '14

A beach walk at beautiful Carantec on the far shores of north western Brittany... the best of December!

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