Artist Statement

My subject matter comes mostly from the area around our oceanfront property on the Northumberland Strait, landscapes/seascapes, flowers, bugs, birds and animals.  I am interested in nature and concerned about the environment.  While looking at my work I hope the viewer will also be moved by these concerns.

Using acrylic, oil and watercolour, my work is mainly representational although I have completed a few abstract paintings.  I hope to explore this mode of expression in greater depth while continuing to draw on the natural world as my subject.

Biography

Colleen McKee's interest in painting and drawing began in childhood and has continued throughout her life. Her formal study of art began at the University of Toronto in 1970 and, after a pause to raise her son and a move to Nova Scotia 1988, she continued her studies at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design from which she received her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 2010. Her works can also be seen on occasion at the Art Sales and Rental Gallery in the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia.

Colleen now spends half the year at her summer home near Northport, Nova Scotia where her studio is located, and the remainder of the year in Toronto. She works in acrylic, oil and watercolour and her paintings are mainly representational.

Her paintings are held in private collections in Canada, the United States and England.