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While I liked undertaking this project and the thinking it entailed, I’m no longer interested in the analytical view from above these circles imply. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6265c03e9a86bf2601af5e6b/8a8c156b-cce2-4d0a-bda5-f5807343a45c/McNallyBoatHull.png Ethnographic Art https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6265c03e9a86bf2601af5e6b/ee867f4a-3ae6-4691-b904-287fbfdc3f80/Turn+With+the+Sun+1+copy.jpg Ethnographic Art "turn with the sun" - I've met fishing people across the North Atlantic who use this phrase to mean that they will only turn their boat to the right, even if it means making multiple right-hand turns to meet their desired heading. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6265c03e9a86bf2601af5e6b/28733d31-b24e-4391-92b0-5aa12f04e2cd/capelin_cyanotype-whiteback.jpg Ethnographic Art https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6265c03e9a86bf2601af5e6b/300e8525-bb12-4988-98a5-9e1da80b1f0e/fox+harbour.jpg Ethnographic Art "time for work" - the view out my window at 5am in Fox Harbour, NL, where many rose early to build an oil rig in the nearby town of Argentia. This is one of my favorite early works because of the way the lights in the windows encourage the viewer to imagine the scenes of life, the tiredness, the early cup of coffee taking place inside. Yet, I felt that for my purposes it was too literal -it flattened experience- as a scene life in this place. I painted this from one of my photographs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6265c03e9a86bf2601af5e6b/aa5397c8-2dc1-4faa-b5e5-1e8d1c8c545e/McNally_AN_image1.jpg Ethnographic Art https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6265c03e9a86bf2601af5e6b/ef57e060-f93b-40fc-83bf-176c99e0ac1a/Salvage+Weather+Block.png Ethnographic Art I painted the scene out my window in Salvage, NL as the seasons passed from January (bottom right) to June (top left). I like how this represents the change of the seasons and the weather, which is a major daily force of life in rural places. Yet, people and how they live with this changing weather is largely absent from these images. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6265c03e9a86bf2601af5e6b/4febb42d-610d-45b8-84e8-34114e96ac53/Screenshot+2025-10-16+at+10.50.04%E2%80%AFAM.png Ethnographic Art https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6265c03e9a86bf2601af5e6b/b2c71c6a-8417-4401-999f-2780167517a1/IMG_2109.JPG Ethnographic Art motion rocks in winter - I painted this scene from one of my photographs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6265c03e9a86bf2601af5e6b/c74ecb67-8550-472f-aff0-fb4f33f6792f/rabbit+jaw+crop.png Ethnographic Art https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6265c03e9a86bf2601af5e6b/49ea171d-4fc3-4921-9db8-d97bcef5f11e/ShetlandShetllfishPainting+copy.jpg Ethnographic Art crab fishing in shetland - I painted this scene from one of my photographs. While I was pleased with some of the way I was able to portray light and water, especially on the slick deck of the fishing boat, I felt it was not successful in evoking the shifting relationships I witnessed and participated in during this day at sea. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6265c03e9a86bf2601af5e6b/7d232797-f200-4920-8feb-5f1eb80e5d4d/IMG_9461.jpg Ethnographic Art https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6265c03e9a86bf2601af5e6b/15dbf8e4-212b-4428-949e-6d8b3fb88875/Salvage+Trails.png Ethnographic Art I painted this scene from life https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6265c03e9a86bf2601af5e6b/7305598d-7385-4be4-b64e-9473278b9f70/Frum+and+Watson+plain+copy.png Ethnographic Art https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6265c03e9a86bf2601af5e6b/b1156d52-dc0a-49ab-8e47-12bbe0dff042/fogo+field+sketch.png Ethnographic Art I painted this scene from life. There are ways in which I have returned to this sketchy style in my recent work. I find it more dynamic and interesting in the ways it explicitly shows an artist (me) interacting with a place more than my increasingly literal attempts to capture a scene. These latter attempts might be more technically "good," but to me they are also more flat. They leave less room for imagination and engagement. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6265c03e9a86bf2601af5e6b/af32409b-1f1c-4d42-bc67-35e5860a53df/NL+brown+trout+1.png Ethnographic Art https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6265c03e9a86bf2601af5e6b/b2233bb5-9850-4886-a82e-8e3e650015b8/all+animals.png Ethnographic Art https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6265c03e9a86bf2601af5e6b/f3fef0e5-a7cd-4f83-8c27-c0123695f372/NL_Brook_trout.png Ethnographic Art https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6265c03e9a86bf2601af5e6b/79eee1cb-a8ed-470f-9fb5-3c05855e81ab/Screenshot+2026-04-01+at+12.20.23%E2%80%AFPM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6265c03e9a86bf2601af5e6b/81375381-fba2-4272-883b-e6639de3133b/McNally_AN_image2.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6265c03e9a86bf2601af5e6b/3588acac-8223-4930-89e8-b6666dca8235/Screenshot+2025-01-18+at+1.35.35%E2%80%AFPM.png