NAL Artist's Galleries - Maureen McKee
Maureen McKee
Media: Oil Pastel, Oil, Monotypes
website: http://www.MaureenMcKee.com
email: ZArtGal@comcast.net
Blog: http://maureenmckeeartist.blogspot.com/
Art has always been a lifelong passion. I received my formal training at the American Academy of Art in Chicago and have attended various colleges and workshops in the Chicagoland area including the Art Institute and studied print making at Triton College. After spending many years as a graphic designer and art director, I now dedicate my creative endeavors to painting. I am an award winning artist of many juried and selective art shows in the Chicagoland area.
My work can best be described having impressionist tendencies that incorporate rhythm and vibrancy. Each painting’s takes it’s own imaginative pilgrimage. I love color and motion! I work primarily in oil media - Oil Pastel, Oil, and Oil Monotypes and enjoy the diversity of each in my explorations of creating visual images. Inspiration comes from nature, people and everything around me. The rhythms and variations of nature are ever-changing, ever-moving and never boring. The shadow, light, temperature, structure, view point and my own frame of mind at any moment make images ever-evolving. Compositions that work within themselves with spontaneity make my heart sing!
I currently reside in Naperville Illinois and am a Signature Member of the Oil Pastel Society. I belong to the Chicago Artist Coalition, Naperville and DuPage Art Leagues, The West Suburban Artists Guild and the Yellow House Artists.
View other images at http://www.MaureenMcKee.com or the Chicago Artist Coalition Website:
www.caconline.org/gallery.asp?artist=Maureen_McKee
2010 Exhibits*
*Check my blog for updates http://maureenmckeeartist.blogspot.com/
website: http://www.MaureenMcKee.com
email: ZArtGal@comcast.net
Blog: http://maureenmckeeartist.blogspot.com/
Art has always been a lifelong passion. I received my formal training at the American Academy of Art in Chicago and have attended various colleges and workshops in the Chicagoland area including the Art Institute and studied print making at Triton College. After spending many years as a graphic designer and art director, I now dedicate my creative endeavors to painting. I am an award winning artist of many juried and selective art shows in the Chicagoland area.
My work can best be described having impressionist tendencies that incorporate rhythm and vibrancy. Each painting’s takes it’s own imaginative pilgrimage. I love color and motion! I work primarily in oil media - Oil Pastel, Oil, and Oil Monotypes and enjoy the diversity of each in my explorations of creating visual images. Inspiration comes from nature, people and everything around me. The rhythms and variations of nature are ever-changing, ever-moving and never boring. The shadow, light, temperature, structure, view point and my own frame of mind at any moment make images ever-evolving. Compositions that work within themselves with spontaneity make my heart sing!
I currently reside in Naperville Illinois and am a Signature Member of the Oil Pastel Society. I belong to the Chicago Artist Coalition, Naperville and DuPage Art Leagues, The West Suburban Artists Guild and the Yellow House Artists.
View other images at http://www.MaureenMcKee.com or the Chicago Artist Coalition Website:
www.caconline.org/gallery.asp?artist=Maureen_McKee
2010 Exhibits*
- Oil Pastels - A One Woman Show - Southminster Presbyterian Church 680 S Park Blvd, Glen Ellyn, IL January 18 - March, 18 2010
- Best of the Best Exhibition - Mayslake Peabody Estate 1717 w. 31st St. Oak Brook IL March 22-May 7, 2010
- Chicago Art Open - The River East Art Center 435 East Illinois Street Chicago, IL 60611 April 20 - May 8, 2010
- DuPage Art League Oil Pastel Demo, Monday, April 19, 2010 at 7 pm DuPage Art League School & Gallery 218 West Front St. Wheaton, IL
- Naperville Art League Oil Pastel Demo Thursday evening, May 20, 2010 at 7 pm
- Oil Pastel Workshops - April 14 and April 21 Oil Pastel 2 day Workshop 9 - 11:30 am $65.00 Naperville Art League 508 North Center St. Naperville IL 60563 630 355 2530
- June 1 and 2 Oil Pastels 2 day Workshop 1 - 3:30 pm $65.00 DuPage Art League 218 West Front St. Wheaton IL 60187 630 653 7090
*Check my blog for updates http://maureenmckeeartist.blogspot.com/
