The Cheyenne County Art Guild has selected Patrick McNabb of Chappell as Artist of the Month.
Born and raised in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, McNabb came to western Nebraska to fulfill a request by
his late father to watch over his mother. Bringing his family and his
artistic talent with him, he is currently exploring America's oldest
past time; romanticizing our own mortality in a series of artworks
entitled "Pavement Ends", bringing a glimpse of his travels beyond where
the pavement ends. It is a taste of American's Heartland and a
celebration of life through art using street art on street signs and
painted skulls.
McNabb, a self-proclaimed cynical surrealist, uses stencils, brushwork, and aerosol paint worked with a
specially prepared reflective background to create the packed ambiance Georgia
O’Keefe-like desert skull images that come to life with light effects capable of
crazy psychedelic extensions. His internally
reflective and revealing light produced paintings capture the attention
of the viewer. At a show in June in the greater Philadelphia area, he
received the following comments:
"I was seriously impressed at the gritty, thought provoking, "modern"
art," and "Buck's County's (PA) creative genius, master of light and
medium and social commentary, reknowned loveable rascal does it again!
Hidden light effects and meanings produced by mastery of concepts and
material. The depth of Patrick's expression is mastery."
