Orkney artist Sam MacDonald's work is becoming increasingly well known. Sam creates impressions of fish and sea-life in various states using the tactile. He has exhibited widely including most recently at the CLA Game Fair at Blenheim Palace.

Sam's interest tends towards the reputedly 'ugly' and predatory side of the sea. The ecology of the sea and all water-life is of great concern to Sam, as is the question of what will be left to become fossilized from the age we live in. Many of his works echo his concerns.

In some pieces the fish appear between large sheets of metal as if viewed through the remains of a sunken superstructure. Gold leaf is also used to accentuate the flash of a synchronized turn of many separate creatures. He enjoys the decorative aspect of the metal and seeks to balance shapes and colors. Developing concepts on composition, he creates pieces with larger areas of plain sheet metal and patination in blocks so the viewer can respond emotionally to the base metal.

奧克尼藝術家山姆·麥當勞的作品日漸知名。他運用觸覺效果來創作不同狀態下魚類和海洋生物的壓印作品。他已經在多處展出其作品，包括最近一次在布倫亨宮舉行的CLA Game Fair中的展出。

山姆鐘情于海洋所謂“丑陋”和弱肉強食的一面。對于山姆來說，海洋生態和所有的水生物都是重要的，例如山姆會擔心在我們生活的時代當中會留給后世怎樣的化石。他的許多作品都響應了他的擔憂。

在某些作品當中的魚在一片片的金屬之間浮現，仿佛是透過一艘沉沒巨艦的殘骸中看過去一樣。他還會利用金箔去突出一大群魚同時轉向時閃爍的光芒。他喜好金屬的裝飾功能，尋求在形狀與顏色之間取得平衡。在構圖的概念方面，他運用了大面積的金屬片和層疊的薄片，務求令觀賞者能夠對最底層的金屬做出感性的反應。



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