Ripple, Mixed Media

Perhaps you are one of the many folk who frequent the Lee Hansley Gallery on Glenwood South, and perhaps you have even been there recently. If so, you’ve probably seen the artwork of my Father, local painter George McKim. His work is abstract, geometric, amorphous, numerical, poetic, surreal and altogether his own. Being the son of an accomplished modernist Architect, Herb McKim, and the student of artists such as Paul Hartley and Clarence Morgan, his work includes aspects of Modernism, Post-Modernism, Cubism and Post-Impressionism. He has also spent time as a professional architectural photographer, draftsperson and poet.

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Although the Oakwood neighborhood has the largest collection of Victorian-era houses in Raleigh, Hillsborough Street was once a bastion of homes built in the same period. Sadly, only a few remain today. There are others on the periphery however, such as the house pictured above on Boylan Avenue, one block away.

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Just barely outside of Downtown Raleigh lies the Walnut Creek Wetlands area. For decades the area was neglected and served as a place to dump refuse, despite being home to more than 50 federally protected animal species. After several years of cleanup efforts, this past September saw the opening of the Walnut Creek Wetlands Center (above), designed by local architect Frank Harmon.

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