Ali Mackie on painting, joy and the art of bright

Dialogues with Nature

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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.

• Ali’s website and Instagram
• Artists Support Pledge
• Ali’s Artist Support Pledge page

Recommended resources to read by Ali:

• Elle Decoration
• Michael Morgan RI in Waterstones
• Outlander - Diana Gabaldon in Waterstones

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