The Lane

Artist William McKeown (born Tyrone, Northern Ireland 1962 - d. 2011)

Date2008

MediumOil on canvas

Dimensions182 x 168 cm

ClassificationsPaintings

Credit LineCollection & image © Hugh Lane Gallery. Purchased, 2013. © The Estate of William McKeown.

Object number2040

DescriptionWilliam McKeown’s meticulous, luminous abstract paintings, frequently capture the light at the break of day. Minimal and monochromatic in style, works such as The Lane are concerned with the primacy of feeling and the power of nature. Their highly finished surfaces reveal a refined sense of colour executed in subtle tonal gradations. The emergence from darkness to light, the liminal spaces between earth to sky, as well as freedom and happiness are consistent reference points in his work.

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