A daily newsletter featuring today’s finest visual artists.
Today’s Newsletter is Brought to You by FASO.
FASO Loves Tim Oliver’s watercolor paintings!
See More of Tim Oliver’s art by clicking here.
Wouldn’t You Love to work with a website hosting company that actually promotes their artists?
As you can see, at FASO, we actually do, and,
we are the only website host we know of that does.
Click the button below to start working
with an art website host that actually cares about art.
FASO Collector Recommends: Rosanne Mckenney
Biography
Artist Statement
Representational painter Rosanne Lillard Mckenney’s aim is to capture a simple moment of everyday life. She balances between revealing too much detail, and leaving parts unsaid. Inspired by Ancient Roman and Italian Renaissance painters and 19th century French, American and more recently Russian painters, she incorporates elements and techniques that made these artists distinctive. Working primarily in oil, she tells a story. Mckenney occasionally incorporates abstract elements and symbolism into her pieces. She chooses the figure as her principal subject, because human gestures and expressions can say so much. The stories explore the essence of human experiences, often unresolved emotions, common through many cultures.
Artist Biography
Raised by American parents in Italy, Rosanne learned to appreciate classical art. At 18 years when she moved from her childhood home, the ancient city of Naples, she realized how important art had become in her daily life. In university, Mckenney did not formally study art but pursued art instruction at every opportunity . When she realized the void left by leaving Italy and its rich heritage of artistic beauty, she began a lifetime pursuit of painting, Over the course of 2 decades she studied what made these classical pieces appealing to many generations. Rosanne with her husband Jeff, moved to the Gulf Coast of Mississippi in 1990 where they started their family and the Christian charitable organization that would support a Hospital, Children’s Center and School in Honduras. In 2000 the Mckenneys moved their young family to Honduras where they have lived and worked starting a hospital and school on the edge of the jungle. Living among the poor in an art-poor environment, only intensified the need and appreciation for art. Rosanne paints in her studio in Honduras each day, before and after their busy schedule,. She teaches art History to Honduran students in person and on zoom when she is in the U.S.
Currently McKenney with her husband Jeff Mckenney a surgeon, share their time between Honduras and the Mississippi Gulf Coast with The Cornerstone Foundation, (Biloxi, MS). She paints every opportunity she has. For more information see www.rosannemckenney.com
Or follow Rosanne Mckenney Art on Instagram
Learn More About Rosanne Mckenney
New Artwork by FASO Members
Your art could be here tomorrow, for free.