My artistic journey began as a small child growing up on our family farm surrounded by the beauty of the natural environment. My home and studio are located on this same land which has been in our family for 7 generations and my love of nature and the land runs very deep. I am frequently asked how long I have been painting. I can not remember a time when I have not been looking at the world through the eyes of an artist, eager to put my vision on paper or canvas.

I began my career as an artist painting from life in the studio and “en plein air”outdoors. I combine the knowledge learned from direct observation with sketches and photos for studio work.

Geraldine presenting her painting of the set of the movie “Beloved” to Oprah Winfrey after the premier in Philadelphia, PA.

The subjects I choose to paint are a reflection of my daily life and include the land, architecture and people around me. I am attracted to color, line, texture and light and I strive to capture a sense of time, place and season through mood and atmosphere. I am a traditional realist and have painted in transparent watercolor for over 30 years. I enjoy the luminosity of this challenging medium in which the white of the paper reflects the light. I have recently returned to the mediums of oil and acrylic when the subject calls for an opaque approach. 7

Art is a connection to the inner soul and my paintings are a direct response to a subject that has touched me emotionally. Being an artist is learning to see and for me the joy of painting is to capture and share a moment in time from the world around me.

Awards and Achievements

  2021    Official Artist of the Maryland 5 Star at Fair Hill

  2020    Baltimore Watercolor Society Mid-Atlantic Regional Watercolor Exhibition           

  2019   "Paint Cecil County  " Plein Air Show, The Palette & The Page,Elkton, MD

             Honorary Chair - 22 Annual "Expressions of Healing " Art Exhibit

  2018    Featured in publication "Artists of the Delmarva Peninsula"

            " Paint Cecil County" Plein Air Show, The Palette & the Page, Elkton, MD

  2017    Arches Watercolor Award - On Location: Artists on the Brandywine Art Show

  2016    Merit Award in "Best of the Chesapeake", McBride Gallery, Annapolis, MD

  2015     "Favorite Places" Solo Show, The Palette & The Page Gallery, Elkton, MD

              " Maryland My Maryland" Art Exhibit, MD House of Delegates, Annapolis, MD

  2014     Solo Show, Heron Point, Chestertown, MD

  2011     Best in Show, Cecil County Arts Council Annual Members Show, Elkton, MD

               Watercolor published in "SPLASH 12", North Light Books

  2010     Juror of Selection and Awards for the Delaware Watercolor Society 

               Juried into the Plein Air -Easton Painting Competition, Easton, MD

  2008     Juror of Selection and Awards for the Philadelphia Water Color Society
               Members Show

Collections

Geraldine McKeown works of art are a part of these collections:

Collections of Oprah Winfrey, Danny Glover and numerous other private collections in the U.S.A., Canada, & Germany
Peoples Bank of Elkton, Elkton MD
Cecil Federal Bank, Elkton MD
Department of Motor Vehicles, Elkton MD
Union Hospital, Elkton MD
University of Delaware Art Collection, Newark, DE
Bank of America, Newark DE
AT&T, Washington, DC
DuPont Company, Wilmington, DE
Legg Mason, Baltimore, MD
Bell of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Bank of Delaware, Wilmington, DE
Wilmington Trust Co., Wilmington, DE
Philadelphia National Bank, Philadelphia, PA
DuPont Country Club, Wilmington, DE
Cecil Federal Savings & Loan, Elkton, MD
Lumbermans Insurance Co., Philadelphia, PA
Subaru of America, Cherry Hill, NJ
Colonial Penn, Philadelphia, PA
TSO Financial Co., Philadelphia, PA
Philadelphia Reinsurance Co., Philadelphia, PA
Wilmington Country Club, Wilmington, DE
Chaddsford Winery, Chadds Ford, PA