Painter of the Coast

In his earlier work McClelland used a cool, detached and minimalist approach to his drawings and paintings. They were as quiet and precisely constructed as elegant mathematical equations.  But then his work took a turn. It was if the abstract geometric shapes he had utilized so sparingly began to grow and reproduce frenetically, running into one another and becoming so congested on the surface of the artwork that they had to pile up into our space.  The result is more sculpture than painting.