Ron McKay
ronsart@interlog.com

Requiem, Charcoal Pencil on Paper Board, 18 in. x 18 in., 2001

Traditional technique and post-modern fragmentation, the human body, the feminine mystique, technology and the soul. These are just some of the themes that run through my work as an artist, a husband and father, and a social and environmental activist.

Colourful and boldly graphic - yet instilled with sensitivity and the occasional sardonic twist - my work is informed by a knowledge of art history and contemporary commercial imagery, critical but amused observations of life, and a love for the small details of the visual world.

My art represents a response to and record of human culture at the beginning of the 21rst century: telecommunications and human connections, decorative symbol and the struggle for deep meaning, digital media and the craft of oil glazing - contradiction and balance. It's what I strive for in my work. It's what I ask the viewer to contemplate.