COLIN MCKAY

COLIN MCKAY IS A FULL TIME ARTIST, RECENTLY RELOCATED TO DELAWARE. HIS WORK COMBINES DARK PSYCHEDELIC SURREALISM, SYMBOLIC FIGURATION, AND AN ILLUSTRATIVE TECHNIQUE SHAPED BY YEARS LIVING AND PAINTING IN NEW YORK CITY, CHICAGO, MINNEAPOLIS, AND PHILADELPHIA. HIS PAINTINGS OFTEN FEATURE DISTORTED FIGURES, ANIMALS, MASKS, MYTHIC UNDERTONES, AND EMOTIONALLY CHARGED SCENES THAT FEEL COMIC, VIOLENT, SPIRITUAL, AND DREAMLIKE. HE CITES AS HIS MAIN INFLUENCES: FYODOR DOSTOYEVSKY, CORMAC MCCARTHY, FRANCIS BACON, AND WALTON FORD.