Description: cMc design Cynthia McKean
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I dream . . . of the natural and built environments and how they might interact. The results may lean toward Mother Nature and/or compliment her. Many ideas frolic without particular meaning but some are serious. I think . . . in terms of cutting through space, blocking space, and what the results might be. I see . . . the object. Sometimes I see the space around it. Usually, it is a combination of the two. I neglect . . . naming an abstract piece, causing viewers to make of it what they will. The piece mus
Cynthia McKean grew up in Montana and Wyoming. The horizon there is chiseled against a sky so blue that some say it hurts their eyes. Wide open spaces go on forever. Mountains thrust upward to the sky. Colors are strong. Weather is fierce, be it hot or cold. Wildlife has adapted as has the vegetation sustaining it. People are so few that it is natural for them to become molded by these extraordinary surroundings. It is not surprising that she chose to attend a small liberal arts school in WallaWalla, Washin
Many wonder where it all begins… Behind her home in Saugatuck, Michigan, Cynthia McKean works in her studio lovingly referred to as “The Barn”. Several pieces of sculpture reside in the meadow and woods surrounding the barn.