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VANESSA MCKNIGHT Bio

Vanessa McKnight creates psychodramas in paint. Her masterfully executed photo realist style is inspired by classic cinema. The light in her paintings imitate that of projected film, which is by its very nature hypnotic and flickering with perpetual distortion, while the close cropping and dramatic clipped imagery conjure the experience of the wide screen.

McKnight paints her cinematic characters as alter egos and as a means to step into their worlds which she finds larger than life and more real and by projecting herself into their dramas, she finds catharsis. This projection of self onto media/movie characters is reflective of a national mindset and obsession with celebrities. We too as viewers see our own pathos reflected in her psychologically charged flickering images and find release.

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oil on canvas
30" x 40"

Vanessa McKnight

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oil on canvas
40" x 30 "

Draggin Country Frozen Moment of Lifeless Duration

"Draggin Country"
oil on canvas
40" x 30 "

"Frozen Moment of Lifeless Duration "
oil on canvas
40" x 30 "

It Doesn't Matter, It Doesn't Matter, It Doesn't Matter... The World Comes Clear

"It Doesn't Matter, It Doesn't Matter, It Doesn't Matter...."
oil on canvas
30" x 30"

"The World Comes Clear"
oil on canvas
30" x 30"

I Turn to Stone The Indifference of the Accumulating Years

"I Turn to Stone"
oil on canvas
30" x 40"

"The Indifference of the Accumulating Years"
oil on canvas
30" x 40"

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