Link to a short film by Nelson MacDonald, shot on 16mm:



https://vimeo.com/165240778

LEVITATING WOMAN    

sculptural installation, Cape Breton Centre for Craft and Design, April 2016     

photos & card design:  Weldon Bona

30 March 2016

SAUNA: DIVINE COMEDY SERIES

SAUNA: DIVINE COMEDY:  INFERNO No. 1

2016   oil on canvas   132 X 122 cm

SAUNA: DIVINE COMEDY:  PURGATORIO No. 1

2015   oil on canvas  152.5 X 122 cm

SAUNA: DIVINE COMEDY:  PURGATORIO No. 2

2016   oil on canvas   132 X 122 cm

SAUNA: DIVINE COMEDY:  PARADISO No. 1

2015   oil on canvas   132 X 122 cm

SAUNA: DIVINE COMEDY:  PARADISO No. 2

2015   oil on canvas   152.5 X 122 cm

SAUNA: DIVINE COMEDY:  PARADISO No. 3

2016   oil on canvas   132 X 122 cm

VIHTAJA No. 1

2015   oil on canvas   102 X 76

VIHTAJA No. 2

2015   oil on canvas   122 X 61 cm

November 12: Filmmaker Nelson MacDonald shooting a new studio video on film on a Bolex 16mm.

Next day Nelson flies to Sweden to the Stockholm International Film Festival, where his & Ashley McKenzie's drama '4 Quarters' is one of sixteen films chosen from around the world (it won best short at the Atlantic Film Festival).

NEW WORK OCTOBER 2015

EMIGRANT      2015     oil on canvas      214 X 152 cm.

EMIGRANT ASLEEP  ( PEOPLE IN HOUSES DREAM OF SHIPS, PEOPLE IN SHIPS DREAM OF HOUSES )     2015     oil on canvas     214 X 152 cm

IMMIGRANT-AT-ZERO     2015     oil on canvas      214 X 152 cm.

 

IMMIGRANT      2015     oil on canvas      214 X 152 cm.

 

IMMIGRANT ASLEEP  ( PEOPLE IN HOUSES DREAM OF SHIPS, PEOPLE IN SHIPS DREAM OF HOUSES )     2015     oil on canvas     214 X 152 cm

NEUTRAL COUNTRY   2015   burdock, acrylic, velcro   81 X 81 X 6 cm

  

BOBBY DARIN   oil on canvas   2015 91.5 X 91.5 X 4 cm

TO McMURDO   2015   oil on wood   46 X 46 cm

LEADBELLY   2015   sod, yarn, gesso, plexiglas   81 X 81 X 4 cm

black sABBAth   2015   acrylic fur   94 X 61 cm