“McKay's work reflects the Texas interpretation of minimalism, a sense of sparseness that goes along with the Marfa aesthetic of Donald Judd - a sense of wide-open vastness.”
René Paul Barilleaux, Former Head of Curatorial Affairs, McNay Art Museum, San Antonio
One of the few artists working on fully translucent canvases, McKay has been a full-time artist since 1985, building each piece slowly, layer by layer, in a forty-year practice still pursuing the Reflection of Light, Mystery & the Unknown.
His paintings, sculptures, and installations have been exhibited at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, the McNay Art Museum, and Blue Star Contemporary, and presented at major art fairs including SCOPE Basel and EXPO Chicago.
His work has been reviewed in Art in America and featured in the books Texas Abstract and Texas Artists Today, and is held in private and institutional collections nationwide.
“McKay intends to communicate ideas of impermanence, interconnectedness, and the unseen forces that shape our existence.”