Lot #163 - Jerry McKeehan, 1938-2022 (USA)

Jerry McKeehan, 1938-2022 (USA)

Estimate: 1 000 - 2 000 £

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Lot Description

Jerry McKeehan (1938-2022). Garden Bouquet, 1980. Oil on canvas, size 122 x 92 cm (43 1/2 x 36 inches). Frame dimensions 134 x 104 cm (45 3/4 x 37 2/3 inches). Signed in the middle right. Titled and dated on the verso. (Jerry McKeehan, a resident of Kansas City, Missouri, was born in Boulder, Colorado, and received his B.A. with honors from Colorado State University in 1962. His formal education includes work under Clifford Still. Jerry has developed an energetic style combining his rich color palette and exciting compositions. Each painting contains a narrative force commanding attention. His art is the work of a seasoned talent with ageless appeal. He has had numerous one-man shows, awards, and has been represented in national, regional, and European competitions such as the following: Watercolor USA, Springfield, Missouri
Centennial Exhibition, The Nelson-Atkins Museum, Kansas City, Missouri
Annual Exhibition Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, Arkansas
Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio
Academy of Professional Artists, St. Louis, Missouri
Ten State Competition, Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, Missouri
Thirty Miles of Art, Nelson-Atkins Gallery of Art, Kansas City, Missouri
Ten Missouri Painters, Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, Missouri
Rochester Festival of Religious Art, Rochester, New York
La Peinture Contemporaire Dans Les Collections Vaudoises, Lausanne, Switzerland
The Fine Art Center Competition, Colorado Springs, Colorado
The National Watercolor Exhibition, Wichita, Kansas
Unity on The Plaza, Kansas City, Missouri
Jewish Community Center, Kansas City, Missouri
Rockhurst College, Kansas City, Missouri
Hyde Park Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri
Unitarian Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri. His work is included in numerous private collections throughout the United States. McKeehan's work is represented in the permanent collections of: Hallmark Incorporated, Kansas City, Missouri
The Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art, St. Joseph, Missouri
The Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, Missouri
Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri
Colorado State University. Source: Jerry McKeehan website)