Patrick McGannon (American), Winter

Oil on canvas, 2002, signed and inscribed to verso, framed

Stretcher size 18 x 15 1/2 in.; Frame dimensions 22 3/4 x 20 in.

From the Collection of Ron W. Djuren, Durham, North Carolina

Patrick Mcgannon is an artist who has lived and worked in Atlanta since 1997, after relocating from his hometown of Chicago. He received a BFA from the School of The Art Institute of Chicago in 1989 and an MFA from Indiana University in 199. While at Indiana University, Patrick made two trips to Florence, Italy, where he studied Old Masters. After receiving his MFA, Patrick taught drawing and painting at Southwest Missouri State University.

In addition to studying fine art at the Art Institute of Chicago, Patrick was a conservation assistant in the Ryerson Library of the museum. This work and experience developed into a career over the last 25 years as a fine art conservator of paper artifacts. Patrick has exhibited at Mason Fine Art (formerly Mason Murer) and Addington Gallery in Chicago, Illinois for the last twenty years.

Light grime to the canvas.