Casey McGlynn'S BIO
Casey McGlynn grew up in rural Ontario, where he would sit in front of the television and draw endlessly on scrap paper, creating self-taught surrealist pop art. Later in life, McGlynn attended the Ontario College of Art and Design. He was not enrolled in visual arts but at night, when he couldn't sleep, he picked up the brushes and paint of one of his roommates and began to work on canvas. When shown examples of his pieces, professors told him to never take a class and to just keep painting. With some friends, he initially marketed his work from a van, traveling from show to show. There are reoccuring symbols in his work. Animals from his rural upbringing. Numbers from memorizing math tables to gain skill in that area. Birds from his studio window sill. "I work with a language of symbols that I have had to learn to speak thru and the language grows and becomes more elaborate as the years go by." Today, he has exhibited extensively in the US, Canada and Europe. With a combination of text and expressive imagery, Casey provides insight into his life and the world around him.
