Darren McKay

Cape Town-born artist, Darren McKay, is no stranger to the art world. He has an extensive career in the commercial art industry that spans nearly 30 years, creatively managing popular, award-winning local and international campaigns.

 His early art education through school and university sees Darren revisiting his love for pure art. With no briefs or boundaries, his newfound inspiration for replacing the mouse and keyboard for paint and canvas stems from a vacation to Swellendam a few years back and spending time with Nguni cows. Observing their spots, splashes, and overall unique colour palettes, Darren was inspired to splat, splash, and literally capture this unique look exactly as he saw them. 

His technique has now transcended through all his paintings of different subjects. Darren chooses subjects that allows his personal style to continuously develop and be recognised. Full of explosive energy, movement and expression!