artist research: Ian Mckeever

Sentinel III

2004
225 X 131 cm
Acrylic and oil on canvas

Hartgrove Painting No 10

1993-94
250 X 265 cm
Acrylic and oil on canvas

Assembly Painting

2006-07
190 X 270 cm
Acrylic and oil on linen

b.1946
self-taught


paintings breathing in or out
obsessed with light and creating/harnessing it
often applies paint on reverse on canvas and doesn't always prime,
uses cotton/linen depending on the whether he wants painting to absorb/give out- uses areas of exposed raw untreated canvas

i prefer his more recent abstracted pieces uses ovals/circles and veils of translucent white

interesting interview on you tube him discussing exhibition in copenhagen and meditative quality of his work 
works on more than one canvas at once, large scale
mainly known for large scale painting works, also accomplished etcher and printmaker

Gallery representation:
Alan http://www.alancristea.com/artist-Ian-McKeever


References: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApuAy5ajmMI

http://www.ianmckeever.com/gallery/paintings.php?pg=4
https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/article/ian-mckeever-on-richard-diebenkorn
http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/ian-mckeever-2335