Connection or Fusion

mixed media on canvas

24 x 30 in.

$3,000 USD

Like many artists, Casey McGlynn first began exploring his creativity as a child, drawing for hours, already beginning to develop what would become his robust, recognizable visual language. McGlynn’s paintings, often including collaged elements, are honest, vulnerable, and dynamic, often depicting himself or those close to him through representative symbols like whales, birds, elephants, horses, and a large man in red. The artist balances his angst with humor, shares stories from his life, and often includes written words that read like diary entries on his canvases. Inspired by the early punk rock scene in Toronto, ON, and a musician himself, it’s easy to see the connection McGlynn feels to punk’s rejection of the mainstream. But McGlynn’s rebellion is approachable, posed as a question he continues to explore in his sensitive work.

Exhibitions

CASEY MCGLYNN | 235 IDEAS FOR TATTOOS

CASEY MCGLYNN | 235 IDEAS FOR TATTOOS

February 6 - 22, 2025

26 years ago, I had the idea to do a show of all small works called 235 Ideas for Tattoos. This show was a reaction to what was...

CASEY MCGLYNN | I AM THE HORSE

CASEY MCGLYNN | I AM THE HORSE

June 1 - 24, 2023

As he approaches 30 years of exhibiting his vernacular, street-influenced paintings in galleries and museums, Casey McGlynn returns to one of his earliest metaphors in his new collection I...

CASEY McGLYNN | LANDING IN THE CROW'S NEST

CASEY McGLYNN | LANDING IN THE CROW'S NEST

April 1 - 24, 2021

In this body of work, Landing in the Crow's Nest, McGlynn's starting point was the idea of returning to or finding home, landing in a place of healing....