Creative work

I am an exhibited illustrative photographer and published writer with experience in short film production and direction. I have recently included printmaking techniques in my creative practice which focuses on the detail of everyday life, presenting intersectional moments in space. 

After Lluci, 137 Stanzas … a novella

After Lluci, 137 Stanzas tastes the random observations, recollections and encounters of the photographer Lluci Swan as she travels from Australia to the emerging ‘new Europe’ of 1994, from a life wanting change to one that creates it. Touching Edinburgh to settle in, Lluci’s journey edges stories into which she steps. London greets her like the first rush of love, and a halting fluidity with herself and the world begins. A publisher’s rejection of her photographic work affirms Lluci’s difference, and a chance encounter in an elsewhere place propels her sense of hope – might someone think her work real? From a mood determined to one quieter, Lluci senses another self approaching, making connections in virtual ways. Like the differing shades of the cities she visits, the passions of centuries persuade her to think again about places and people, as well as herself. After the strange and familiar byways of Scotland, England and Wales come the new intensities of France, for Paris is where re-imaginings begin to form. The city is alive with detail. Shadows emerge from the remnants of matter, and Lluci begins the imperfect process of transformation. By way of cities in Southern France she travels to Italy, craving her customary solitude, the ‘riot of silence and the mayhem of the still.’ But on arrival in Milan, Lluci falls, tripping into the eyes of another. Unprepared and surprised, alteration grabs her in ways and shapes only Lluci can see. Through Venice to Florence and elsewhere on the continent, it is finally in Zurich that change born of loss is solidified. Lluci negotiates the spirit of this Other, and goes on to secure the most enduring fluidity of all.

Contact me for a full CV (1991-now), commissions, photographic and other artwork and licensing, or to collaborate.

Selected photo-arts and printmaking exhibitions

McDonald, L. ‘Pony Tail,’ lino print, edn of 4, #6 Manton Gallery, Hindmarsh, South Australia, 2018.

McDonald, L. ‘Sensitive When Complete,’ acrylic drypoint with ink wash, edn  of 3, 1 A/P, #6 Manton Gallery, Hindmarsh, South Australia, 2017.

McDonald, L. ‘Disposition,’ acrylic drypoint with single colour tint, edn of 1, 1, Union Street Printmakers Annual Medley, Union Street Studios, Stepney, South Australia, 2017.

McDonald, L. ‘Transit Lounge,’ digital photographic artwork for Vicki Crowley, SASA Gallery, University of South Australia City West Campus, 2013.

Creative writing

McDonald, L. (2015) ‘Special Forces’ in Fellowship of Australian Writers (Queensland) (eds.) They Shall Grow Not Old. Brisbane, QLD: FAWQ.

McDonald, L. After Lluci, 137 Stanzas. Adelaide, SA: Lisa McDonald & Associates. ISBN: 978-1388915995 Available from Amazon for Kindle http://www.amazon.com/dp/B079TKTMFP Apple iBooks https://itunes.apple.com/us/author/lisa-mcdonald/id1354577925?mt=11 and Blurb.com http://www.blurb.com/b?ebook=654742