SHAWN MACKEYPainting the Good Life!
| FIRST TASTE
| SEDUCTION
| DANCING IN THE STREET This is the original painting from which the limited edition print of the same name was created.
| KISS II
| EVENING HEAT
| SECRET
| STARGAZER
| TERRACES
| AFTERNOON MIST
| KISS II
| SAN FRANCISCO
| SECRET
| STARGAZER
| TEMPTATION
| FROM THE ROOFTOP
| ANGEL
| MAGNETIC - 3rd DIMENSION
| SURPRISE VISITORS
| SUNSET CHEERS - 3rd DIMENSION
| THREE MUSES
| STORM This is the original painting from which the limited edition print of the same name was created. "Two dancers share a passionate moment while a storm brews in the sky behind them."
| LOVERS
| ECLIPSE II
| PALAZZO
| A WALK ALONG THE RIVER
| SEASIDE EVENING
| REFLECTIONS
| ISLAND SUNSET
| ELECTRIC
| THE MATADOR
| DRIPPING IN GOLD
| FIRST LOVE
| TEMPTATION
| GAZE
| MOONLIGHT DRIVE-IN
| KISS Limited Edition print also available (see below)
| PICK YOUR POISON
| MIDNIGHT STROLL
| SIDE STREET
| THINKING OF YOU
| GLOW
| THE CONSPIRACY
| THE ENCOUNTER
| THE RENDEZVOUS
| LOOKING OUT II
| WOMAN AT BAR I
| WOMAN AT BAR II
| RED GUITAR
| SCOTCH AND CIGAR
| CONTEMPLATION
| COPPER FIRE
| FOUR GENTLEMEN
| STAIRWAY Original Painting A mysterious staircase cuts through a rocky mountain. It snakes upwards until its steps are barely visible. At the top, a glowing light radiates down from the sky. Where does it lead to? and where did it begin? Limited Edition print available as well.
| SERENE SQUARE Original Painting
| PEACEFUL PLAZA Original Painting
| CITY WAITING Original Painting
| CITY HURRY Original Painting
| CITY COMMUTE Original Painting Limited Edition PRINTS: click on images for larger view |
| FIORE Signed & Numbered
| KISS Signed & Numbered
| STORM Signed & Numbered Two dancers share a passionate moment while a storm brews in the sky behind them.
| DANCING IN THE STREET Signed & Numbered Beneath the late evening sky, a couple shares a passionate dance in a vibrant European city. They look into each other’s eyes as they share this magical moment. Behind them, the lights of the city sparkle and reflect off of the stone tiled street.
| FIRST LOVE Signed & Numbered
| STAIRWAY Signed & Numbered A mysterious staircase cuts through a rocky mountain. It snakes upwards until its steps are barely visible. At the top, a glowing light radiates down from the sky. Where does it lead to? and where did it begin? BIO - Shawn Mackey(back to top of page)Shawn Mackey was born on August 11, 1984 in Edmonton, Canada. Growing up in the long cold winters of Canada, he had ample time to draw and let his creativity flourish. Mackey’s parents, who were both teachers, would bring home boxes of scrap photocopy paper for him to draw on. He would cover hundreds of sheets with pictures of everything from Italian sports cars, to the elaborate floor plans of luxury mansions, to a variety of superheroes and cartoon characters pulled from his own imagination. From a young age, Mackey’s talent was evident and this was paired with a growing entrepreneurial spirit. At the age of eight, he was already collecting payments from his classmates for hand drawn pictures of cars. At this time he was no stranger to causing a stir with his art. He received lectures from his teachers for sneaking into the school bathrooms at recess to run his own “tattoo shop”. There he would ink his friends’ arms with colored markers. As he progressed into high school, he became increasingly bored with classes and more interested in filling his notebooks with drawings and sketches. After graduation, Mackey decided to put his artistic talents on hold. He began to pursue university studies with the goal of becoming a lawyer. After a year of classes filled with politics, economics, and essay writing, he longed for a change. Mackey realized that the need to create, which boiled deep inside him, could not be contained. After taking a summer art course he realized his passion lied in putting pigment on canvas and he transferred to the university’s fine arts program to study painting. On speaking of this transition, Mackey has said, “I had considered entering an architecture or design program, but then I realized that the canvas was the one place where my creativity would be totally free. I could create whatever kind of building, object or scene I wanted, whenever I wanted.” The ability to tell a story, and invoke a deep emotional response with his creations only increased his attraction to painting. While completing his Bachelors of Fine Arts, Mackey was drawn the power of an expressive style of art. He dove headfirst into the world of abstraction. Experimenting with a variety of mediums including oil and acrylic paint, polymer mediums, and even earth, Mackey searched for a way to breathe new life into a thirty thousand year old art form. During his time in art school, Mackey also worked as a bartender. This would eventually come to greatly influence his later work, as it nurtured his love for fine wines and spirits. After graduating, Mackey pursued a few random jobs and eventually returned to school to become an art teacher. It was during this time that he began the journey of what he considers his biggest artistic growth. On his evenings and weekends, he began to study the work of the great masters of art history. Starting with the impressionists and working his way backwards several centuries in time, he put his own twist on the techniques of the great artists that came before him. Now armed with an extensive knowledge of art history and experienced in a wide variety of styles, Mackey was ready to claim his spot in the art world. After a full summer spent experimenting with ways to combine the evocative power of abstraction with the storytelling ability of realism, he came up with his current technique. Today, Mackey’s work combines the movement, color, and texture of the abstract background with seductive and mysterious imagery. The sensual forms are perfectly matched to images of liquor pouring into glasses or streams of smoke rising from cigars. Harking back to a by-gone era, wine and romance flows freely, as does scotch, cigars, and gambling. Together, this fusion of abstract expressionism and realism creates paintings that are filled with energy and passion.
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