Sally MacDonell

With her figures Sally creates personalities that share a sense of warmth and calm. Drawing from early memories of family gatherings spilling across summer lawns; the quiet intimacy of a confidence shared between sisters; expressions of visual anecdotes carefully collected and stored to later emerge as a figure. The everyday moments of human interaction being elevated from the ordinary into something special. Drawing from figurative artists such as Balthus, Cranach and the American artist Deborah Donelson she continually explores the female form. A current fascination is with medieval Netherlandic wood carvings, bringing her serene females with open, wide faces and worn coloured patinas.

All Sally’s figures are handbuilt using slabs of thin clay and coils. Modelling spontaneously from the inside, squeezing and pinching the clay together, before pushing out. Oxides are used to accentuate the joins. Coloured slips and engobes are built up in multiple layers to create surfaces with depth and experience.

After graduating in 1994 with a degree in ceramics, Sally joined her husband Neil MacDonell establishing a studio in Bath. Here they have worked independently, sharing the space for the past 30 years.

Sally has exhibited in America and widely across Europe and the UK.

Sally MacDonell
Reclining Figure 2 SM251X39
£1,452.00

PRODUCT CODE:SM251X39

Sally MacDonell
Standing Figure 2 SM251X41
£725.00

PRODUCT CODE:SM251X41

Sally MacDonell
Bust 4 SM251X51
£3,250.00

PRODUCT CODE:SM251X51

Sally MacDonell
Bust 5 Blue Fan SM251X52
£3,500.00

PRODUCT CODE:SM251X52

Sally MacDonell
Medium Bust 2 SM251X45
£1,505.00

PRODUCT CODE:SM251X45

Sally MacDonell
Large Figure 1 SM251X53
£5,000.00

PRODUCT CODE:SM251X53

Sally MacDonell
Bust 3 Arc Hat SM251X50
£3,000.00

PRODUCT CODE:SM251X50

Sally MacDonell
Medium Bust 3 SM251X46
£1,200.00

PRODUCT CODE:SM251X46

Sally MacDonell
Black Clay Bust 1 SM251X48
£3,500.00

PRODUCT CODE:SM251X48

Sally MacDonell
Standing Figure 1 SM251X40
£680.00

PRODUCT CODE:SM251X40

Sally MacDonell
Reclining Figure 1 SM251X38
£1,452.00

PRODUCT CODE:SM251X38

Sally MacDonell
Bust 2 Red Hat SM251X49
£3,500.00

PRODUCT CODE:SM251X49

Sally MacDonell
Small Torso 5 SM251X29
SOLD

PRODUCT CODE:SM251X29

Sally MacDonell
Small Torso 2 SM251X26
SOLD

PRODUCT CODE:SM251X26

Sally MacDonell
Torso 5 SM251X35
SOLD

PRODUCT CODE:SM251X35

Sally MacDonell
Torso 1 SM251X31
SOLD

PRODUCT CODE:SM251X31

Sally MacDonell
Torso 4 SM251X34
SOLD

PRODUCT CODE:SM251X34

Sally MacDonell
Seated Figures SM251X37
SOLD

PRODUCT CODE:SM251X37

Sally MacDonell
Medium Bust 1 SM251X44
SOLD

PRODUCT CODE:SM251X44

Sally MacDonell
Standing Figure 3 SM251X42
SOLD

PRODUCT CODE:SM251X42

Sally MacDonell
Torso 2 SM251X32
SOLD

PRODUCT CODE:SM251X32

Sally MacDonell
Large Figure 2 SM251X54
SOLD

PRODUCT CODE:SM251X54

Sally MacDonell
Small Torso 4 SM251X28
SOLD

PRODUCT CODE:SM251X28

Sally MacDonell
Torso 6 SM251X36
SOLD

PRODUCT CODE:SM251X36

Sally MacDonell
Small Torso 1 SM251X25
SOLD

PRODUCT CODE:SM251X25

Sally MacDonell
Small Torso 6 SM251X30
SOLD

PRODUCT CODE:SM251X30

Sally MacDonell
Medium Bust 4 SM251X47
SOLD

PRODUCT CODE:SM251X47

Sally MacDonell
Small Torso 3 SM251X27
SOLD

PRODUCT CODE:SM251X27

Sally MacDonell
Torso 3 SM251X33
SOLD

PRODUCT CODE:SM251X33

Sally MacDonell
Standing Figure 4 SM251X43
SOLD

PRODUCT CODE:SM251X43