Ali Mackie on painting, joy and the art of bright
06/26/20 • 72 min
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In this new episode, I’m talking to Ali Mackie, who is, a painter and mixed media artist based in the Chilterns in the UK. We talk about wide ranging subjects, encompassing all what it entails to live and work as an artist, including motherhood and how that experience influenced and informed our artistic journeys and how in its own magical way has given some weight to what we do now and, what we pursue as artists. We also talk about Ali's work in great detail.
Her main subject is nature and her inspiration comes from the landscape that captures her attention. She uses lots of unexpected colours in her work that is, part of her unique way of not only translating into artworks what she sees but expressing joy and beauty of her subject. Nature portrayed with bright colours plays an essential role in her paintings, collages and mixed media work. She also comes from, an interior design background, which, she tells me more about in our conversation, and how she draws on those experiences in her current work, both as a small business owner and as an artist.
Recommended resources to read by Ali:
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The music for the podcast is by Band of Burns ‘Now Westlin' Winds’ song that was recorded live at Union Chapel in 2017. I used this song with the band’s permission.
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In this new episode, I’m talking to Ali Mackie, who is, a painter and mixed media artist based in the Chilterns in the UK. We talk about wide ranging subjects, encompassing all what it entails to live and work as an artist, including motherhood and how that experience influenced and informed our artistic journeys and how in its own magical way has given some weight to what we do now and, what we pursue as artists. We also talk about Ali's work in great detail.
Her main subject is nature and her inspiration comes from the landscape that captures her attention. She uses lots of unexpected colours in her work that is, part of her unique way of not only translating into artworks what she sees but expressing joy and beauty of her subject. Nature portrayed with bright colours plays an essential role in her paintings, collages and mixed media work. She also comes from, an interior design background, which, she tells me more about in our conversation, and how she draws on those experiences in her current work, both as a small business owner and as an artist.
Recommended resources to read by Ali:
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If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe,
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You can find me as @walkinglantern on instagram and on twitter.
And if you are interested to hear more about Dialogues with Nature Network, please follow the new instagram account @dialogueswithnature here and sign up to the mailing list here.
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Ways you can financially support this podcast now:
- One time donation of a virtual cup of coffee here
- Become a regular patron supporting me with a recurring donation of £1 per month via Patreon here
—
The music for the podcast is by Band of Burns ‘Now Westlin' Winds’ song that was recorded live at Union Chapel in 2017. I used this song with the band’s permission.
Follow Band of Burns on instagram here and their website for tour dates is here: https://www.bandofburns.com/
Previous Episode
Bex Partridge - Everlastings, An ode to the art of drying flowers
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An ode to the art of drying flowers.
In the latest episode here, available today, I talked to Bex Partridge, a floral artist who you may have come across on instagram as @botanical_tales. She recently published her first book: Everlastings.
In this interview she talks about her creative practice in great detail: all aspects of growing, foraging and drying flowers. I asked her what the word everlastings meant to her. What she responded to that question is one of the reasons what makes this episode a great one to listen to! There are lots of gems here in this episode worth hearing.
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Order a copy of her book: Everlastings from here.
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Recommended books by Bex in this episode:
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The music for the podcast is by Band of Burns ‘Now Westlin Winds’ song that was recorded live at Union Chapel in 2017. I used this song with the band’s permission.
Band of Burns on instagram here and their website is here: https://www.bandofburns.com/
Next Episode
Mugdha Sapte on holistic healing, ayurveda, and rituals
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‘Trying to connect to nature itself is healing in a way, because it kind of gets you out of your own, I guess, worries, and thoughts and problems in your own mind and asks you to observe something.’
In this episode, Mugdha talks about an urge to connect to nature in a more sensory manner: smelling things, touching things and feel them that is different from simply walking in the park and breathing in fresh air. We also talk about Ayurveda, holistic healing and what ritual means to us.
- Mugdha’s online shop Kindred + Wild and Instagram
- a blogpost Mugdha wrote about Ritual v/s Routine
- Creative Countryside
Recommended books we talk about in this episode:
- Second Skin - India Flint
- Eco Colour - India Flint
- The Thinking Hand - Juhani Pallasmaa
- The Enchanted Life - Sharon Blackie
- If Women Rose Rooted - Sharon Blackie
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Dialogues with Nature Network has just launched. Find out more here.
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If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe,
leave a review or share it with a friend.
You can find me as @walkinglantern on instagram and on twitter.
And if you are interested to hear more about Dialogues with Nature Network, please follow the new instagram account @dialogueswithnature here and sign up to the mailing list here.
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Ways you can financially support this podcast now:
- One time donation of a virtual cup of coffee here
- Become a regular patron supporting me with a recurring donation of £1 per month via Patreon here
—
The music for the podcast is by Band of Burns ‘Now Westlin' Winds’ song that was recorded live at Union Chapel in 2017. I used this song with the band’s permission.
Follow Band of Burns on instagram here and their website for tour dates is here: https://www.bandofburns.com/
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