About the Artist
“To see the breathtaking vitality of McClenaghen’s work is to be reminded of Joan Eardley’s late output. For both artists, painting is a way of keeping pace with nature, spatially, temporally and emotionally.”
Laura Vida, Scottish Field Magazine
John McClenaghen studied at the Glasgow School of Art, the University of Huddersfield, University of Liverpool and the University of Chester and was Senior Lecturer and Programme Leader for Fine Art at the Wrexham School of Art, Wrexham University until 2020 when he went part time in order to focus more on painting and exhibiting. He became a full time painter early in 2025.
John has also written about art practice with book chapters published by Q-Art and Black Dog, London and has presented papers on painting at the Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester and to the National Association for Fine Art Education.
