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Jock Macdonald’s career as an artist took him from design and illustration to landscape painting and, from the early 1930s onward, to a lifelong search for expression through abstraction. His quest was guided by the most current discussions of art and aesthetics and of mathematical and scientific theories. As a teacher, Macdonald integrated these ideas into his classroom; in the studio, they informed his artistic practice. At the base of that search was his belief that design and art—even abstract art—must be rooted in the natural world.


  • Jock Macdonald, Lytton Church, B.C., 1930

    Lytton Church 1930

  • Jock Macdonald, The Black Tusk, Garibaldi Park, B.C., 1932

    The Black Tusk 1932

  • Jock Macdonald, In the White Forest, 1932

    In the White Forest 1932

  • Jock Macdonald, Formative Colour Activity, 1934

    Formative Colour Activity 1934

  • Jock Macdonald, Departing Day, 1936

    Departing Day 1936 (dated 1935)

  • Jock Macdonald, Etheric Form, 1936

    Etheric Form 1936 (dated 1934)

  • Jock Macdonald, Fall (Modality 16), 1937

    Fall (Modality 16) 1937

  • Jock Macdonald, Indian Burial, Nootka, 1937

    Indian Burial, Nootka 1937

  • Jock Macdonald, Russian Fantasy, 1946

    Russian Fantasy 1946

  • Jock Macdonald, Scent of a Summer Garden, 1952

    Scent of a Summer Garden 1952

  • Jock Macdonald, Black Evolving Forms, 1953

    Black Evolving Forms 1953

  • Jock Macdonald, Airy Journey, 1957

    Airy Journey 1957

  • Jock Macdonald, Legend of the Orient, 1958

    Legend of the Orient 1958

  • Jock Macdonald, Nature Evolving, 1960

    Nature Evolving 1960

  • Jock Macdonald, Far Off Drums, 1960

    Far Off Drums 1960

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