Geraldine McKeown

I paint to capture the natural world as I see and experience it. I am drawn to the ethereal quality of light and atmosphere, the richness of color and the 3-dimensional properties of form. The luminously of transparent watercolor has been my medium for many years but I have now been expanding my portfolio as I explore the opacity of oils. I am primarily a landscape painter but also enjoy painting the still life and portrait.

A native of Maryland, Geraldine lives at the Head of the Chesapeake Bay in the 1855 ancestral family home. She grew up on the family farm surrounded by the natural beauty of the countryside which nurtured her love of nature and the land which is expressed in her landscape paintings today. She spends time during the summer at her studio in Maine where she paints the coastal shores and skies.

Geraldine’s passion for art began at an early age and she has been painting since childhood. She began working in oils and pastels and had her first solo show at the age 12 at her local elementary school. She studied art at Towson University and is an alumni of the Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia. She began her study of watercolor with the legendary watercolor teacher Ed Whitney at his Maine outdoor workshops where she fell in love with the beauty of Maine and “en Plein air” painting. To further her skills in oil painting she has taken plein air workshops with master landscape painter Joe McGurl on Cape Cod. She has also studied Classical Realism in oil for 4 years in the Brandywine atelier of Neilson Carlin.

An accomplished watercolorist, Geraldine has taught watercolor in her studio for over 40 years. She is also the recipient of numerous regional and national awards including the Silver Medal at the Baltimore Watercolor Society Regional Watercolor Exhibition, being selected to exhibit in Arts for the Parks Top 100 in Jackson Hole, Wyoming and won the “Best Floral Award” in Plein Air Easton. Her watercolors have been featured in numerous publications including Splash 9, Splash 12, and Best of Watercolor 1 and 11.

She is an elected signature member of the National Watercolor Society, Philadelphia Water Color Society, Pennsylvania Watercolor Society and Baltimore Watercolor Society. Her paintings are included in many private and corporate collections and the highlight of her career was to present a watercolor to Oprah Winfrey.