BIO

Began art career in New York City as a graphic designer now live in Connecticut as a painter.

SUBJECT MATTER

McColl works are of an free flowing impressionistic style. The work typically explores subject matter of nature or human nature in vibrant and expressive ways.

Garden landscapes depict the every day business of flowers hosting numerous insects busy pollinating the various flowers.

Landscapes of various approaches in spire the art. The shoreline of the sea or lakes and mountain scapes typically find a place in each week's work.

ARTIST STATEMENT

IN THE STUDIO

My painting technique is

 Alla prima comes from Italian, literally meaning 'at first attempt' and is loosely applied to any painting that is done in a direct, expressive style.

I plan out my paintings before I start painting with a brush, working out compositions and color combinations that will most effectively capture the drama of the landscape. I work with a limited palette of 9 colors, which I mix into a wide variety of hues and values appropriate to the scene I am creating.  You can see the texture of every brush stroke in my paintings, since I do not layer or thin my paint with solvent. The result is an impasto oil painting with additional depth and movement from the texture of the paint.