About Paul McKee
My paintings in oil, watercolour and mixed media and drawings in charcoal and ink are expressive interpretations of familiar subjects – , landscape, still-life, the nude, ancient myths and stories.
The joy of mark making and elements of chance lead to distinctive and unusual images. I create collections of work, which freely interpret my visual experience – through drawings, photographs, memories and feelings – leading to colourful and unique expressions, in paint.
Working in the tradition of British romantic landscape painting and energised by a fresh perspective, McKee’s haunting and memory-infused, work is invested with an abstract twist – making the paintings suggestive, dream-like and full of poetry.
I have exhibited widely in the UK and have work in public and private collections at home and abroad.
I trained at Liverpool School of Art and University College London, achieving a BA Hons. Fine Art, a Post Graduate Certificate of Education and an MA in Museum Studies.
I have spent much of my life working in museums, as a curator and exhibitions officer and this has given me a wealth of experience and a broad knowledge of art history and artistic expression. I am now a freelance artist and teacher and a member of Cheltenham Group of Artists and Gloucester Contemporary Artists.
I hope that you enjoy looking at my work, most of which is for sale.
I am happy to undertake commissions and decorative schemes. Please contact me, via these pages or directly and leave a comment, or contribute to my occasional blogs.
