The Contemporary Fine Art Gallery Eton: Artist Biography - Graham McKean

Graham McKean was born in 1962 in Irvine, Ayrshire. In 1996 McKean felt the time was right to commit himself totally to his work and became a professional painter.

A review by the late W. Gordon Smith (art critic, The Scotsman) described his work as a cross between the painters John Byrne and Stanley Spencer but with an interesting bite. Graham has work in numerous public and private collections throughout Europe and the USA. He has had commissions from several companies including William Grant & Sons (to produce a painting and statement to be incorporated onto their bottles of Glenfiddich single malt whisky).

Published Articles

• The Guardian
• Scotland on Sunday
• BBC News
• Scottish Field Magazine
• The Sunday Express.

His bold figurative paintings never fail to attract attention. The human figure is the main inspiration for his work. He believes in artistic independence and originality while maintaining a strong attachment to the craft of painting. His subject matter is a mixture of natural observation and experience - he merges imagination with reality.

Collections

• Standard Life
• RICS, Edinburgh
• William Grant and Sons Ltd

His painting Scottish Opera was recently selected by The Scottish National Opera for marketing and publicity purposes.