David McKay

David McKay (b. 1946) is a regional landscape painter who works primarily in oils. His education in the arts was interrupted by four years in the US Army, Airborne Infantry with a tour of duty in Vietnam. His B.A. in fine arts from Dominican University included study with noted painter Jeffery Cote de Luna (Chicago) and a semester studying painting in Florence, Italy, where he was influenced by the works of Giotto and Masaccio.

As the curator of the Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science museum, he produced and curated theme-based art and science exhibits. The exhibits were presented both as university based exhibitions as well as traveling exhibits along the East Coast. In 2009 he returned to Connecticut from Chicago to paint the landscape he grew up with. David is a member of the Gallery on the Green, Canton, and his paintings are held in private and public collections in Florence, Milan and Silva, Italy, Chicago, and Oak Park, Illinois, Connecticut, Massachusetts and New York.