Renee McGinnis: the whole world in one artist

It's hard to believe that a woman, even if she is an artist, is able to draw in detail and accurately such intimidating warships and sea accidents. Moreover, her paintings are forced for a long time and gaze intently into the smallest details. Many, once luxurious, ocean liners on her canvases are slowly dying, showing cracked bodies and corroded metal panels.

Renee McGinnis grew up on a real farm in central Illinois. Her thesis, in which she conducted research in the field of sociology and anthropology, Renee defended at the University of Chicago. Apparently the reflection of this knowledge is in her paintings. She often talks about the vain attempts of man to dominate the world and the inexorable dominion of nature over all that exists. But most of all, according to the artist herself, the formation of her personality was influenced by the absence of a TV in the house. The old one broke down, but the new father decided not to buy. So it happened that Renee grew up surrounded by encyclopedias and filings of the magazines "National Geographic" ..

At the beginning, Renee McGinnis's shows were held in Chicago, then exhibited in Washington, New York and Baltimore. Later, victorious walking around the world began - her canvases were seen in Australia and Germany. She successfully dared for so many styles that the show of her works could easily be mistaken for a joint exhibition of several different artists. One canvas, for example, depicts a human figure with a transparent skin beneath which the muscular fibers shine. The other picture shows an allegorical landscape - playful and strange. Animals and landscapes, battles and disasters. Looking at her work begins to seem that the whole world has gathered in one artist, more than that - showed himself with his help by all the facets of his existence.

by Vladimir Kush paintings