‘Nadia’ drawing by artist Hamish MacDonald 1935-2008.
Our beautiful mother, Nadia, passed away last Sunday 07/07/24. Mum devoted life to family, and we are all devastated and heartbroken. She had not been in the best of health for a couple of years, but her condition deteriorated suddenly and unexpectedly over a couple of days. At the moment I am finding it very hard to write about our life together, as some of you may know, we were together a lot and I was lucky enough to be around and support her as her health deteriorated. This time is one of the most difficult 💔.
#vitalspark and Dùn na Cuaiche, Inveraray in the background.
Photo @nicolaamacdonald
VITAL SPARK, (ex-EILEAN EISDEAL, ex-ELSEDA, ex-VIC 72), was built by Brown’s Shipyard, Hull, in 1944, and was sold out of naval service at Devonport Dockyard (where she had been a stores carrier) in 1968, and was then motorised and renamed ELSEDA, based at Troon as a cargo vessel. In 1972, she was bought by an owner based on the Isle of Mull, and worked around the islands dredging coal from sunken vessels. In 1984, she was sold to an owner of Easdale Island, near Oban, and was renamed EILEAN EASDEAL to run a inter-island cargo service around the Western Isles until 1994 (when the Scottish Office withdrew its subsidy for Scottish Shipping). In 2001, she was brought to the Inveraray Maritime Museum, where she still is, and in 2006, she was re-registered as VITAL SPARK, the name of the ficitional puffer that appeared in the Para Handy books by Neil Munro
My dad, Hamish painted the original of this print circa 1988.
He loved to visit Arran as much as possible and other Arran prints such as ‘String Road Farm’, ‘Evening Landscape’ & ‘Goatfell’ are still favourites among our HMAC print collection. 🖼🍂💚
To view our full collection of prints, cards & gifts please visit our website,
Hamish MacDonald painting ‘White Table Top with Lemons’ circa 2006.
#OnThisDay in 2008 my Dad, Hamish MacDonald died aged 73. Still miss him everyday ♥️. Here he is painting ‘White Table Top with Lemons’ which was the #PrintOfTheWeek a few weeks ago. I love the doves in the bottom right. My Dad used to keep homing pigeons and they feature in many of his still life paintings. If the price of postage continues to raise maybe messenger pigeon is the way forward🤷🏻♀️. Thinking of you Dad ♥️. Photograph @theheraldscotland . #hamishmacdonaldartist #hamishmacdonald #stilllife #whitetabletopwithlemons #onthisday #artistlife #hamishmacdonaldprints
‘Snow upon the Mountains, Skye’ by Hamish MacDonald DA PAI (1935-2008) 💙💛
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Thank you everyone for all your support this year. Hope everyone is safe and well. Take care and here’s hoping 2022 is a little calmer. New Prints & Images coming next year! 🙋🏻♀️✨💛💟💝
Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Thank you everyone for your support this year, see you in 2022! 💖💫💚⭐️🙌❄️ Photography of George Square, Glasgow 2021. #photobynickymac4
On this day in 2008 my dad, Hamish MacDonald died aged 73.
My dad had cancer and fought a losing battle for many months. During those months he painted and sketched as much as was physically possible. Some of his largest paintings were painted during this time.
Near the end he donated some of the sketches he had done, while receiving treatment at the Beatson, to Glasgow’s University Medical School. Some of these sketches still hang in the atrium of the Wolfson building in Glasgow today.
He said at the time “I am a firm believer in the power that art has to inspire and help alleviate suffering and that it can play a key role in lessening the burden that illness brings.”
I believe this is still very poignant today, maybe even more so now after the struggles of the past 18 months and onwards. Art & Music has helped me and many others I know lessen the many burdens illness can bring.
My father’s art work and his bright pallet of colours & subjects always cheer me up. I hope you continue to enjoy my father’s artwork.
Best wishes,
Nicola MacDonald
The full ‘The Beatson Drawings’ article can be read through a link on this page:
Hello from the studio of Hamish MacDonald Prints in Glasgow. I hope everyone has been safe, well and coping over the past year. I have certainly missed seeing and catching up with everyone during exhibition times. Unfortunately there will be no exhibition from Glencoe this year but you can still view our full collection of Limited edition prints, cards and gifts on our website at www.hamishmacdonaldprints.comI
If you would like more details regarding any of our collection or would like to drop me a message please contact: nicola@hamishmacdonaldprints.com
While it is his art that endures and is loved my many, today thinking of Fathers’ Day I will focus on my dad, the artist, Hamish MacDonald. Hamish MacDonald was born in Glasgow in 1935. He graduated from Glasgow School of Art and from 1968 he successfully combined painting with teaching and also guest lectured throughout Scotland. In 1991 he retired from his post as an Art Department Principal to concentrate fully on the development of his painting. Much of his work was inspired by the Scottish Colourist movement, but MacDonald preserved an individuality which marks him out as both a vibrant and important artist. Throughout his career he succeeded in capturing dramatic scenes with his own passionately innovative palette. Hamish is now widely regarded as one of Scotland’s most successful contemporary artists. Since 1964, Hamish has staged numerous solo exhibitions in Scotland and Cornwall. He also participated in group shows with prominent galleries in London and throughout the UK. His works can be found in many major collections throughout the world including HRH the Queen, HRH the late Duke of Edinburgh and Kelvingrove Art Gallery.
From Cornish shores to the west coast and Western Isles of Scotland, Hamish captured the atmospheric beauty through all the seasons. One of his favourite places on the mainland close to Skye was Plockton. ‘Poppies Plockton’ is a typical MacDonald landscape with vibrant red poppies blowing in the wind. His broad, fluid style and bold palette place him directly within the continuing lineage of the Scottish Colourist tradition whilst his ability to capture the atmosphere and vitality of his subject is enhanced by a confident and unique style. Hamish died in 2008 but his art lives on. In the years since I have added greeting cards, scarves and cushions to the print collection, added new prints from the archives, and exhibited in Glencoe, Glasgow, Milan and Peebles. My Dad’s art has also inspired my love of photography – his use of texture and juxtaposition of colour for instance, sometimes appearing improbable but always rooted in nature. Lastly, in this most introspective of times, I would like to thank my family for their support with Hamish MacDonald Prints, helping with the exhibitions, order fulfilment and day to day running of the business. It is very much a family business. Family was most important to Hamish too, and he often sketched and painted family members, always with love, sometimes with playful artistic license. Look out for a new website for Hamish MacDonald Prints sometime in 2021 and hopefully some new additions to the Collection!I really hope to welcome you to a Hamish MacDonald Prints exhibition sometime soon! In the meantime, thank you very much for all your support & orders during these very difficult times.
‘Beach, Loch Carron’ by Hamish MacDonald PAI (1945-2008) our #PrintOfTheWeek for the very first-time! 🎯🐥🌼🐝💝 I love the berries, boat & two little birds in the foreground.
With a little snow still upon the mountains, here is ‘Misty Morning, Lochness’, our #PrintOfTheWeek. The original painting was painted c1999 by Hamish MacDonald PAI (1935-2008) The image is available as a limited edition medium size lithographic print from our website www.hamishmacdonaldprints.com
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Please note due to the coronavirus pandemic, orders may take longer to get to you than usual.
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My brilliant dad, Hamish MacDonald DA PAI, born on this day b1935 – d2008. He would have been 86 today. Happy Birthday Dad ! Peace and love Nicola X 💛✨❄️ Here he is painting outside circa 1960’s…
“I don’t reinvent myself, the changes in my work are gradual, yet over time there has been an unconscious stripping away of superfluous details. I begin with an idea and then the painting starts to talk to me. There is a mercurial quality to my work, it is a mixture of a dialogue, between me, the canvas and the paint’s attributes-its texture, the tones and its depths.” Hamish MacDonald PAI. September 2007
A year ago today was the last day of our Glencoe Exhibition 🖼⛰💛 at The National Trust for Scotland Glencoe Visitor Centre. Unfortunately this years Exhibition didn’t make it but our Limited Edition Giclee Print ‘Glencoe’ has made it as our Print Of The Week! 🖼
Painted circa 1980 by Hamish MacDonald PAI (b.1935-d.2008). It is part of our Limited Edition Gicee Print Collection & is also available as a Greeting Card 💛⛰🖼
Painted circa 1980 by Hamish MacDonald PAI (b1935-d2008) It became part of our 2019/20 Print collection as a large lithographic print and it is also available as a greeting card 🌸🔆🦋
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Thank You💕 for all your support & orders during these very difficult times 🌸🔆🦋
A year ago today was the opening of our Summer Exhibition at The National Trust for Scotland Glencoe Visitor Centre. Unfortunately our Summer Exhibition will not be happening this year but I thought I would send a little ‘hello’ and some photos from the exhibition last year.
I am still working from our studio in Glasgow and posting orders all over the UK and Worldwide. Orders may take a little longer than usual to arrive but postage is still available. I can also add a special message if your order is for a gift.
UK and Worldwide postage available 🌀💙⛵️ If you would like a special message sent with your gift please just let me know: info@hamishmacdonaldprints.com
THANK YOU for all your support & orders during these very difficult times.
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