Studio #A14 Carol McKee

Carol McKee
http://carolmckee.com

My aim is to bring to my art my spiritual love of nature, borrowing her colors and moods.  Color has always been an important factor in my life – any scenario, I see color first and the object second.  I begin by choosing a palette that inspires me, these colors often reflect a particular season.   As I work on the canvas I recall a place and time – drawing on the impression it left with me.  As my interpretations aren’t always literal, it allows me to express atmospherically by color and movement of the paint my feelings, then somewhere in the process my imagination becomes inspired by the canvas itself – as thought it has taken on a life of its own – that’s the moment I wait for.

 

My wish is that my paintings draw you in through the language of color and light and strike a personal chord with you. There can be no greater complement paid to my art, then when a viewer makes their own personal connection, transporting them to a private place and time.

 

Born:

1954, Yorkshire, in the North of England

 

Education:

2000 Glassell School of Art, Houston, Texas

1995 University of Anchorage Alaska

1993 Cornwall, Southern England

 

Selected Exhibitions:

2012 Buchanan Gallery, Galveston Island, Texas

Art4Life, Station Museum of Contempory Art, Houston Texas

Anual Artist’s Exhibition, Winter Street Studios, Houston

Art On The Avenue
2011 Annual Winter Street Studio Artists’ Exhibition & Open Studios, Houston, Texas

Annual Art on the Avenue. Fund Raiser, Group Exhibition, Houston, Texas
I C Art Studio Tour, Houston, Texas
Candlelight Dinner & Auction, Spring Street Studios, Charity event for the Houston Heights

Assoc., Houston, Texas
2010 Annual Winter Street Studio Artists’ Exhibition & Open Studios, Houston, Texas

Annual Art on the Avenue. Fund Raiser, Group Exhibition, Houston, Texas

Audley Society, Articulation,

Group Exhibition, Houston, Texas
Houston Art Crawl, Houston, Texas
I C Art Studio Tour, Houston, Texas

 

2009 Annual Winter Street Studio Artists’ Exhibition & Open Studios, Houston, Texas

Annual Art on the Avenue, Fund Raiser, Group Exhibition, Houston, Texas

Child Advocates Group Exhibition. More than Meets the Eye, Houston, Texas
I C Art Studio Tour, Houston, Texas

 

2008 Annual Winter Street Studio Artists’ Exhibition & Open Studios, Houston, Texas

Annual Art on the Avenue, Fund Raiser, Group Exhibition, Houston, Texas

Annual Winter Street Studio Artists’ Exhibition & Open Studios, Houston, Texas

Jung Center, Houston, Intersections, Group Exhibition, Houston, Texas

I C Art Studio Tour, Houston, Texas
2007 Glassel Student Juried Art, Houston, Texas, Houston, Texas

Annual Art on the Avenue, Fund Raiser, Group Exhibition, Houston,

Texas Visual Alliance Juried Show, Williams Tower, Houston, Texas
Annual Winter Street Studio Artists’ Exhibition & Open Studios, Houston, Texas

 

2006 Glassel Student Juried Art, Houston, Texas

 

2005 Synergy Gallery, Anchorage, Alaska

Collections: Neste Oil