Collection Florida Levee, Works on Paper from SCOTT A. MCKINLEY | Artwork Archive

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Collection: Florida Levee, Works on Paper

The movement of dark water and the architecture of the locks and levees around Florida's Lake Okeechobee inspired my FLORIDA LEVEE paintings. These small abstractions in paint, ink and oil pastel on heavy art paper capture my experiences at the waterside. The paintings are made from memory back in the studio after hours of walking, exploring and drawing at the lock sites.
I paint them intuitively and trust the suggestive tensions between stable, interlocked architectural forms and the fluidity of the water to reveal deeper thematic content.

Steps Close and Distant

Acrylic paint, latex paint, charcoal, oil pastel, crayon on heavy paper.

11 x 8.5 x 0 in

Channel Doubling

Acrylic paint, latex paint, ink on heavy paper.

11 x 8.5 x 0 in

Between Skies

Acrylic paint and sprays, latex paint, charcoal on tan paper.

11.25 x 8.25 x 0 in

High Wall

Acrylic paint and sprays, latex paint on heavy paper.

Sky Burden

Acrylic and latex paints, charcoal on paper.

11 x 8.5 x 0 in

Levee and Sun

Acrylic paint and sprays, latex paint, charcoal on heavy paper.

11 x 8.5 x 0 in

Double Fall

Acrylic paint and sprays, latex paint, charcoal on heavy paper.

Channel Bench and Drift

Acrylic paint, latex paint, crayon on paper.

11 x 8.5 x 0 in

Light Holding

Acrylic paint and sprays, latex paint, charcoal, oil pastel on tan paper.

11 x 8.25 x 0 in

Black Damp

Acrylic paint, latex paint, charcoal, crayon, ink, charcoal on heavy paper.

11 x 8.5 x 0 in

Step Forms

Acrylic paint, latex paint, colored inks on heavyweight blue paper.

Inlet Forms Doubling

Acrylic paint, latex paint, colot=red inks on heavy brown art paper.

12.5 x 10 x 0 in

Step Forms - Lilac

Acrylic paint, latex paint, charcoal, oil pastel on heavyweight blue paper.

Quiet Pool Forms

Acrylic pain and sprays, oil pastel, ballpoint pen on newsprint paper.

10.5 x 8 x 0 in

Night on the Levee

Acrylic paint and sprays, latex paint, charcoal on heavy paper.

11 x 8.5 x 0 in

Levee Forms Doubling

Acrylic paint and sprays, latex paint, charcoal on heavy paper.

Piers - Levee Doubling

Acrylic pain and sprays, charcoal on heavy gray paper.

Levee Schematic

Acrylic paint, spray paint, charcoal, oil pastel on heavy paper.

Blue Field and Raft

Acrylic and latex paint on heavy art paper.

12 x 9.5 x 0 in

Steps and Raft

Acrylic paint on paper.

Bright Landings

Walnut ink, acrylic paint and spray on tanned paper.

8.5 x 11 x 0 in

Channel Figures

Acrylic on burlap over panel

11.5 x 8.5 x 1.5 in