Danielle Mckinney

Shelter

€1,750

Danielle Mckinney

Danielle Mckinney

Shelter

€1,750

Limited edition

Edition of 100
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A serene portrait by Danielle Mckinney ponders the rhythms of metamorphosis. 

Shelter depicts a woman alone with her daydreams. Cocooned in her coat, she is visited by a Monarch butterfly which rests at the tip of her finger beyond her gaze. Butterflies often appear in Mckinney’s work to signal transformation and cyclical rhythms, while the subject’s red fingernails – another signature – symbolise smaller, everyday changes. Shelter invites us to reflect on our own moments of transformation and the quiet beauty found in contemplative solitude.

The edition meticulously translates the rich colours of one of Mckinney’s first oil paintings into print. Each is finished with deckled edges and flashes of gold leaf, applied by hand to the wings of the butterfly.

Danielle Mckinney by Pierre Le Hors
Danielle Mckinney3 collaborationsIntimate and contemplative, Danielle Mckinney paints moments of female solitude. Using acrylic paint on canvas, she puts single figures in homely places. They’re always occupied, whether smoking a cigarette or sitting deep in thought. She draws attention to physical details, using luminous colours. The photographic backgrounds, faces and fingernails are often highlighted in bright orange. She says, "I can’t undo that photographic training – it’s embedded in how I begin a painting". She uses photos of Art Deco interiors from Pinterest and Instagram as a starting point. American painters Barkley L. Hendricks and Kerry James Marshall inspire her. Both had a huge influence on Black American portraiture.

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