Patrick McKelvey

Patrick McKelvey grew up in Indiana, lived in southern Virginia for about 20 years, and then returned to Indiana where he has been doing artwork on and off for the last couple decades. He likes to draw and paint from life and from memory or imagination. The mountains, streams, farms and fields, the people and the houses, the skies, seasons, even the weeds he finds very appealing. Some paintings are done on location, some are based on photographs, while others are complete inventions done in the studio.
He's been doodling and sketching as long as he can remember. In the mid 70's he attended the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia for two semesters. Prior to that time he worked primarily in pencil, pen and ink, and watercolor. After the Academy he worked almost exclusively in oil, with an occasional pencil drawing now and then.

Country House and Barn
Oil
$390.00

Dead Tree
Oil
$390.00

If you grew up in a rural area, Patrick's work will hit a chord with you. His pieces are embedded with a nostalgic feeling of "home," from the rustic subject matter, to the color saturation, to the frames that surround the painting itself. Even in Dead Tree, a subject which would traditionally warrant a drab color scheme, Patrick commits to the enhanced saturation levels that seem to define his work here in the gallery. The colors glorify the nature that the artist finds so close to his heart.
Stop by the gallery next time you're downtown to see the work of Patrick McKelvey and over 60 other local artists!