Mackay’s paintings depict domestic interior spaces, usually seen from a low viewpoint as if we are seeing the room as small children. The compositions are usually simple, with careful attention to detail, such as the pattern on a piece of lace or the effect of light on a tiled floor. Despite their mundane subject matter however, the paintings are often faintly unsettling; objects are sometimes arranged in an unusual configuration, and the scale of objects does not always match their surroundings. This gives an impression that the paintings are at a slight remove from the straightforward reality that they at first seem to depict. View Jude’s page here
