Meet the Artists Series featuring Moira McDonald
Thursday, August 20 | 5-6pm PDT via ZOOM
FREE | $10 Suggested Donation

Real Artists. Virtual Studio Visits. A NU Series!

Fog-14, 14”x22,” courtesy of the artist

In this NU 4-part series, curator Allison Railo takes us into the homes and studios of the artists featured in the alternative process photography exhibition, Image + Object. It virtually doesn’t get any better than this!

Meet photographic artist Moira McDonald and learn about her multi-layered exploration of fog in Pacifica. We’ll discuss her processes, inspirations and future aspirations as she continues to explore innovations in alternative process photography.

McDonald uses expired silver gelatin papers that, when processed, bring out foggy gray, brown and black colors that resemble the very thing that they have absorbed - coastal Northern California fog. To further extend this connection, the exposures process outdoors during overcast days, so the amount of light they receive is filtered through that same fog. The artist intervenes and directs the moisture as it runs over the paper, drawing the puddles into images that resemble landscapes and dripping water, connecting the visual, the physical and the chemical in one enigmatic object. 

Moira McDonald is an Australian-American artist working and living in the San Francisco Bay Area. She earned her BFA in Photography at California College of the Arts, San Francisco,  and received her MFA from San Jose State University. McDonald’s photographs have been widely exhibited in the United States and abroad, and have recently been acquired by the Candela Collection in Richmond, VA.

This program has been made possible in part by a grant from the Silicon Valley Community Foundation.