Llael McDonald is a mid career artist with over 27 years experience as a professional artist. Llael's work is moody and nostalgic, with underlying narratives that change from viewer to viewer. Delving into the familiar and bringing forward the ordinary to be presented to an audience with emotional and visual elevation. Llael's early influences were Jeffrey Smart and Edward Hopper and, in later years as her work evolved into what we see today Llael cites the Flemish masters and Pre Raphaelites as a major influence on her work. Llael has sold her work into private and corporate collections in New York, Miami, France, London  Melbourne, Sydney and Queensland. She now has a studio in the Victorian highlands where she continues her painting practices.

 

History 

Llael McDonald grew up in the inner-city Melbourne suburb of Spotswood and showed and early propensity toward the visual arts, particularly painting, which set her on the path as a professional artist at a young age. 

 

In her tertiary years Llael attended ICAD (independent college of Art and Design) situated in the creative and high energy hub of Chapel Street. She studied painting under artist Terri Matassonni and graduated with one of the top portfolios in 1996.

 

Art Prizes

Finalist in the Lethbridge Small Scale Art Prize 2014
Finalist in Bluethumb Art Prize 2017
Highly Commended Trentham Easter Art Show 2017 and 2019

Finalist in the Lethbridge Scale Art Prize 2022

Finalist in the Tacit still life art prize 2022

Winner of the Tacit still life  art prize, Curator's Prize 2022

Winner of the Tacit still life art prize people choice award 2023

Selected Exhibitions

101 Collins in the CBD of Melbourne (1995),

The ICAD Galleries in Prahran, Melbourne (1993 to 1996)

The Cherry Tree Restaurant in Prahran, Melbourne (1996).

Pantechnicon Gallery in Daylesford in Joint exhibitions (2003) 
The Melbourne Art Fair (2004)
Pantechnicon gallery solo show. (2005) 
Pivotal Galleries in Richmond (2004 to 2005).
The Substation Newport (2007-2009)
UFFK Manhattan New York (2010)
Solo Show Arthouse Ink Gallery. (2011)
Group Exhibition Arthouse Ink Galleries, Yarraville. (2011)

Blue Raincoat Spotswood (2012)

The Black Dog Footscray (2012)

Fawn Gallery Collingwood (2013)

Solo Show, Catherine Abel Galleries (2014)

Solo Show, Cosmopolitan Trentham (2015)

Solo show, Cosmopolitan Hotel Trentham (2019)

Miami Basel 2019

Cosmopolitan Hotel (2020)

The Banquet, group exhibition Weswall Gallery, Tamworth NSW 2021. 

Sydney Affordable Art Fair 2022

Melbourne Affordable Art Fair 2022

Micheal Read Sydney and Le Cornue Australia exhibition 2022

"Sumptuous" Solo show Sketch Co gallery Sydney NSW 2023

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Current Representation

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Represented by Sketch co Gallery Sydney 

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