It is a great privilege to be part of the Royal Scottish Academy’s 200th Anniversary Open Exhibition, and for our work [at far right, above] –
Calligraphies: Submerging: Natural Intelligence (NI): Large Physics Model (LPM), from our ‘Saltmarsh’ series, 2026
– to share a wall with the wonderful artists also being shown there [left to right]: […]
An aerial photographic work by Patricia Macdonald, in collaboration with Angus Macdonald, the triptych Calligraphies: Submerging… , is included in the Royal Scottish Academy 200th Annual Exhibition, on view 9 May – 14 June 2026, Royal Scottish Academy, the Mound, Edinburgh.
See: https://www.rsaannualexhibition.org/artists/628-patricia-macdonald/works/
Last chance to see the large composite aerial artwork: ‘Burnt moorland: grouse shooting’, by Patricia & Angus Macdonald, in the Great Hall of the Portrait Gallery, National Galleries of Scotland, Queen Street, Edinburgh – until Sunday 19 April 2026 (open daily 10am-5pm). The piece may be viewed both from ground level, just inside the […]
In January 2026 the Scottish Parliament passed the Natural Environment (Scotland) Bill which has rightly been hailed as a historic moment in nature protection and restoration that will bring in legally binding targets for Scotland’s biodiversity. Some experienced and knowledgeable commentators, however, continue to argue for stronger regulation on a number of controversial issues.
In […]
The large composite aerial artwork ‘Burnt moorland: grouse shooting’ by Patricia Macdonald in collaboration with Angus Macdonald, from the collections of the National Galleries of Scotland, is currently on display (until 19 April 2026) in the Great Hall of the Portrait Gallery in Queen Street, Edinburgh.
Burnt moorland, grouse-shooting (24-part work), Central Highlands, Scotland, 1998-2001, from the ongoing […]
The aerial image Lochan Uaine (the green lochan) below the Angel’s Peak of Carn an t-Sabhail, Cairngorms by Patricia & Angus Macdonald is included in the forthcoming exhibition of art from the Harry & Margery Boswell Art Collection: ‘From These Parts: Scotland, Art and Identity’ at the Wardlaw Museum, University of St Andrews, from Saturday […]
The article ‘Environmental regeneration in a dynamic Highland glen’ by Patricia Macdonald, featuring images of environmental change – including the dramatic return of the native pinewoods – over the three decades up to 2024, in Glen Feshie in the Cairngorms, appears in the journal ‘Leaves’, edited by Sara Stevenson with co-editors Julie Lawson and […]
An aerial photographic image by Patricia + Angus Macdonald * is one of the 100 works from the collections of the National Galleries of Scotland that are included in the impressive book Scottish Art in 100 Works (Allerston, Patricia, Ed.), just published by NGS to mark the opening in September 2023 of the beautiful […]
The highly regarded Danish photography journal Katalog has just published its 100th issue (No. 33.2) – Many congratulations to Editor & Publisher Jens Friis and Museum Director and former Co-Editor Finn Thrane for all their excellent work since 1988.
A ‘flick-book’ preview of Surveying the Anthropocene: Environment and photography now (Macdonald, Patricia, Ed., Studies in Photography/Edinburgh University Press, […]
The book Surveying the Anthropocene: Environment and photography now, edited by Patricia Macdonald; published by Studies in Photography in partnership with Edinburgh University Press; designed by Ian McIlroy, Edinburgh; and printed and bound by J Thomson Colour Printers / Bell & Bain Ltd, Glasgow; has won the Research Book of the Year award in […]