Ryan McKeon
Ryan McKeon
Oil
I loved to draw as a child, left it behind for a time after high school, but eventually returned to my creative roots. While backpacking across South East Asia I found myself drawing every day and realized this was something I needed to pursue. Since that time I have graduated from OCAD and studied at a traditional studio to further my drawing and painting skills. Currently, my Weimaraner pup Daisy has added an exciting element of chaos to my landscape painting routine.
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I loved to draw as a child, left it behind for a time after high school, but eventually returned to my creative roots. While backpacking across South East Asia I found myself drawing every day and realized this was something I needed to pursue. Since that time I have graduated from OCAD and studied at a traditional studio to further my drawing and painting skills. Currently, my Weimaraner pup Daisy has added an exciting element of chaos to my landscape painting routine.
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ARTIST STATEMENT
My artwork is a mix of outdoor sketches and studio paintings from travels abroad and local subjects in Mississauga and along Lake Ontario. The sketches are both a reference for larger studio works and an end in themselves, a traditional practice that has developed out of my love for nature, an interest in observation and an appreciation for arrangement and design. As my practice develops I have become more aware of the interpretive possibilities of landscape, and my focus has shifted to subjects that are more about subtlety and suggestion.
My artwork is a mix of outdoor sketches and studio paintings from travels abroad and local subjects in Mississauga and along Lake Ontario. The sketches are both a reference for larger studio works and an end in themselves, a traditional practice that has developed out of my love for nature, an interest in observation and an appreciation for arrangement and design. As my practice develops I have become more aware of the interpretive possibilities of landscape, and my focus has shifted to subjects that are more about subtlety and suggestion.