Paul McGehee

Art Brokerage: Paul McGehee American Artist: Paul McGehee was born in Arlington, Virginia in 1960, and now resides there as a full-time professional artist with his wife Lois and son Cameron. He is primarily self-taught, growing up in close proximity to the National Gallery and other famous art institutions in Washington, D.C., to which he has been a regular visitor since he was a child. Also in the nation's capital, Paul studied at the prestigious Corcoran School of Art, where he worked with live models in a classroom setting. He has always admired the works of the great artists and illustrators painted in the style known as "luminism", those paintings which exude a quality of light from within the scene. In his paintings, McGehee is continuing this school of thought, while maintaining historical accuracy. Paul grew up near the Potomac River waterfront of Washington, D.C., the old port cities of Georgetown and Alexandria, and the Chesapeake Bay ... areas rich in maritime history that first inspired his interest in that field. His paintings have been described as pieces in which the viewer can look through a "window to the past", placing themselves in scenes which were at one time commonplace, but have since faded from view through the passage of time without being properly documented. McGehee captures the light of another age, and his talents as painter and historian merge. Listings wanted.